It is true that creating your own birthday party invitation is actually a lot of fun and something that you could do together with the birthday boy. If you’re not very crafty, don’t feel like there’s nothing to do but buy some ready-made invitations at the local store, there are so many birthday party invitation ideas on the internet that you might enjoy finding them together.
If the birthday party you’re planning has a particular theme, simply browsing the internet is bound to bring you a fan site or two. If your theme is a popular kids’ birthday party theme, you’ll find that many of these sites even have birthday party templates ready for you to fill out and print. But certainly these sites will have clip art that can be offered to you to share and include in the invitations you can put together.
As you search the internet for birthday party invitations, there’s a good chance you’ll come across some template software that walks you through the process step-by-step. Template software gives you the best of both words, it’s just as easy to use as the ready-made invitations you can actually create yourself.
With or without software templates, making your own invitations is not such a difficult task. You can use MS Word, or even just its rich text editor found on all Windows operating systems. Just choosing big, bright text and using some of the clip art you found on the internet makes presentations look great.
Certainly lots of colored cardstock, glitter and clues and having an old fashioned craft night makes for beautiful and personal birthday party invitations.
The most important thing about your invitations is the information. Start with a nice big header that announces the birthday party and be sure to include the theme of the party if you want to have your birthday party with a fun theme. Go for a big, bright font for this, but try to keep the yellow just for highlighting, yellow is a bit harsh on the eyes. Then move on to the details of the birthday invitation.
. Whose party is it? The first thing is to announce the name of the birthday boy or girl. Be a little creative. ‘You’re invited to Ben’s special day’, ‘Sally would love for you to come to her 5th birthday party.’
. How many years? It’s much easier for the parents of your child’s party guests when selecting cards and gifts.
. When: When entering the date, it’s a good idea to include the date in the long form, ie Saturday June 3, simply typing 3/4/07 can be confused with March 4.
. Where be clear, especially if the party is not at your house. This would be a great place to include some easy instructions using the school or a common reference point known as a starting point. Parents love maps, maybe you can find one online to include stapled to the back or just as a sheet included in the envelope. If you only need a few streets, you could even include the short map in a small area in the body of the birthday invitation.
. What time: Be sure to include both the start time and the end time. Seriously, you don’t want tired party kids still there long after the other kids have gone home.
. Theme – If you have a theme, your birthday party invitation should reinforce it and perhaps include a couple of dress-up ideas.
. RSVP: For your own good, remember to ask for an RSVP, there’s nothing in the word more stressful than trying to plan a party without knowing how many kids to expect. Including a special RSVP coupon with the birthday party invite is a nice polite reminder to parents that they’d really love to know as soon as possible.
. If you have any other information you’d like, consider writing it on the invitation instead of having to remember to tell everyone. If you want the parents to keep their children, it is not impolite to say so. If you’d rather have parents leave their children in your care due to room restrictions, it’s much better to say something here than go through the stress of having to entertain parents while trying to throw a child’s birthday party. If you have a large space and a lot of patience, you may feel good about suggesting that siblings of close age are also welcome.
When you send out your birthday party invitations, remember to keep a list of who has received yours and check them off as they respond. Also most importantly, be sure to make a couple more than you think you’ll need. Without fail you will have forgotten some poor child, it seems that he is in the rules.