when two of your children are invited to the same party

[binny]

do you buy gifts from both of them or each of them?



This isnt a huge deal or anything lol Im just curious.

my girls are both preschoolers and they have they same friends so they are both going to the same party.

I have gifts from each of them but I was just wondering what you do?

 

[lizzie64]

HI binny,

Since I have twins and 2 other kids that are 2 years apart, we run into this situation all the time.


I do both. Sometimes I buy 2 separate gifts. If I see something or want to buy something a little more pricey, then I go for it and sign the card from both and I'll attach a little stuffed animal with it so there are two gifts anyway.

Did that make sense? I think all this rain is making my brain funny.

 

[Disney Ella]

I buy gifts from each of them. Seems only fair. Every once in a while I buy one gift, but in that case, I spend the same amount I would spend on two gifts.

 

[peg2001]

We buy one gift. One. Most of the parties my kids go to, the birthday child gets WAY too much, IMHO. It is too much for them to absorbe, much less appreciate. The parents are yanking gifts aways from them as fast as they are opened and shoving another gift at them. It's appalling.

I've already talked to my older DD and suggested that when she turns 7 that we have a party where we ask that no one brings gifts, but if they want to bring something, that it be something we can donate to charity. She's already excited about it and wants to suggest that guests bring pet food and supplies that we can donate to Animal Works.

Peggy

 

[jwsqrdplus2]

We hang around with a bunch of people who all have kids about the same age. Birthday parties for the kids seem to comprise the majority of our social life!! Fortunately we know how to have a party for both kids and adults!

Anyway, to answer the OP's question, my two girls "give" one gift to each birthday child (we have several friends with multiples!). And they generally get one gift per family.

Hope this helps.

 

[binny]

My friend did something interesting last year. She said " Bring a gift to trade with someone else" so every kid brought a gift and they passed hem around and every kid went home with something.
Sounded great in principle but these kids were NOT happy! they all wanted the birthday girl to keep THEIR gift, were upset about having to take home a gift meant for the Birthday girl. etc She said it was the worst idea she had ever had! She said that every child left the party miserable.

Some kids, eh?

Oh well.

 

[WilmaBud]

Either we give 2 gifts or 1 gift that costs what I would usually spend on 2. Children love to give gifts, and they love to see the birthday child's reaction.

 

[CamColt]

This is common in our neighborhood since there are 3 families, with 2 boys in each. What we all usually do is get 2 gifts from both....say one nicer thing and one smaller thing to go along with it.
Then we have 1 more boy with only much older(late teens/early 20s) half siblings so when we went to his party we gave a little more, seeing as he had to give twice to our kids and yet we were only giving once to that family.

 

[snoopy]

2 kids = 2 gifts

(I am very sensitive to this from the opposite point of view - I had twin brothers, and people were constantly giving them one gift to share! )