How do you feel about this for a thank you note

[Scurvy]

I've gotten form thank you letters similar to that from adults before! I think it's fine for an 8 year old, though I do think it would be even better if it included a space to write the item you're thanking them for on there. These days, any thank you note is a nice surprise.

 

[arminnie]

I am picky, picky, picky about thank you notes. But even I think this is just fine for an 8 year old.

I wouldn't like it from a 25 year old. I also don't mind email thank you notes or even sympathy notes. But as I live in two cities I can go for months without getting my snail mail so I so prefer to get stuff on the computer.

 

[cluvsdisney]

I think it's fine from an 8 year old.

 

[monorailsilver]

I agree, I think it is fine.

When my kids were non-writting, I would write the card for them (we just had family parties).

Then as they got older they did more to the cards.

My youngest turned 4 in March & finally started to write her name. So I scanned it in, added a picture of her (I do photo card/thank you's). I put her scanned copy of her name at the end of the blank spot (where I wrote about the gift) & that was it.

My oldest wrote at a young age & LOVED making cards (still does & she is 9). She pretty much made all her TY cards & wrote them all out.

My son (just turned 7) is another story. He can do it but it takes him too long.

Last year I had him write "thank you for my birthday gift. Love (his name). I left a blank spot on the top & he wrote who it was to.

This year I did the picture thing but made him write on them & he did good. I still have to send TY's for his friends party that he had last w/e & hope to get them done today.

 

[poohfriend77]

I think it's fine for an 8yo. I even bought DD5 fill-in-the-blank thank you cards from Hallmark for her last birthday.

For DD7's last couple birthdays, I take a photo of her with each guest right before she opens the gift. Then I make a 4x8 photo card at Walgreens or Wal-Mart. I have "Thank you for coming to my party and making my birthday extra-special!" printed on the front. Then DD writes a sentence specifically thanking the guest for the gift and signs her name, then glues that on the back.

 

[Juliegirl1]

I'm a mean mom. My child has always written thank you notes. In fact I put all of his presents on a table and he is not allowed to play with them until the thank you note is written. They usually all get written within a few days.

When he was really little I wrote the notes for him and let him "draw" on the note. As he got older he would sign his name and write the item similar to the OP's note. Now that he is ten he writes all of his notes by himself.

I am a stickler for manners and always tell him that he doesn't have to be the smartest, wittiest, handsomest or most athletic but if he has nice manners people will remember that. From the time he was able to hold open the door he does it for others, says his pleases and thank yous and excuse mes. I am constantly told by strangers that I have a lovely little boy with beautiful manners. Makes me happy because I believe that with good manners comes thoughtfulness and kindness to others and maybe, just maybe, he will remember those virtues as he becomes a terrible teenager.

 

[HM]

My DS8 attended a bday party last week and already received a thank you! At first thought though, I was a bit , it was a form letter basically with To ____ and the kid filled in my son's name, then a typed note saying thank you for your gift and for coming to my party, I hope you had a good time. Then signed by the kid.

I don't really care either way for us but I know some people are very picky on thank yous! Is this wrong to do? Would you be offended?

I'm asking because DS's party is coming and I'm thinking of perhaps going this route. We usually do the note cards, i write what he wants to say on a piece of paper and he copies it onto the card.

We've been getting those types of thank yous for years now. This is nothing new.

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

I think that's fine - for a 5 year old. An 8 year old is capable of stringing a few senteces together. Ds7 went to a party last week. He was given a piece of paper that said "thank you for coming to my party, and for the great gift," a gift he hadn't even opened yet!

That's what we got @ SIL's wedding.

 

[ginna74]

I think it is fine although in our area we don't get/give thank you notes for kids parties. We have never got one for parties my daughter has been to or parties my son has been to or given them from any of our parties.

 

[NewCrew42]

I think it is fine. My daughter has spelling and handwriting issues. We did this for years with her. She is now 12 and writes her notes, but the receiver probably wishes they were typed as her hand writing is so difficult to read.

 

[aprilgail2]

For DD7's last couple birthdays, I take a photo of her with each guest right before she opens the gift. Then I make a 4x8 photo card at Walgreens or Wal-Mart. I have "Thank you for coming to my party and making my birthday extra-special!" printed on the front. Then DD writes a sentence specifically thanking the guest for the gift and signs her name, then glues that on the back.

One year when my daughter was about 2 I took a picture of her with the gift each person sent her--if it was a toy then she was holding the toy, if it was clothes then she was wearing the clothes and I enclosed it with the thank you note- so many people called and thanked me for the picture LOL...