If you get invited to a DCB/G's birthday party, do you bring a gift? If so, how much do you usually spend? Let's say you work at a center so you have 18 students and get invited to a lot of parties.
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My daughter is 4 years old, so my daycare kids are her friends. We do go to parties, if invited, and take a $20 or less gift. If we are not invitied, we do a celebration here (cookies, popsicles, whatever) and give a less expensive gift. All of our daycare kids ( I only have 5-6, depending on enrollment) are invitied to her parties.
If I worked at a center, or had more DCK's, or my daughter was older and not excited to go to her friends' parties, I would feel differently. When I taught kindergarten, I did not go to parties. I gave my students a birthday card with a small gift (sheet of stickers, bottle of bubbles, dollar store goodies).
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First I would see if your center has a policy about it. I've never heard of one that says no, but I know some centers frown upon outside babysitting and such.
Personally, I go to the parties I am invited to (if I am not busy that day). It doesn't happen all that often. As far as a gift, I just give what my budget permits at the time.
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I go when I can. I also throw a party at daycare during snack, where parents can send a treat. At the party at daycare, we give them a book (a few years ago we decided that a book was a good, easy, universal gift. So I don't bring a present to the actual party - because then I would feel like some of the kids got more gifts than others.
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I currently only have 3 daycare kids and are my daughters only friends at the age of 3 so I have gone to the ones we're invited to. I give a small gift or something I have made within $5-6 range. Just went to one this past weekend and was nice to visit with the parents and grandparents. I also will do cupcakes or something within the week of their birthdays. Gifts are also a business deduction. I figure a cake mix and frosting that might cost me a couple of dollars is worth the excitement it gives the kids. Plus I have a couple that have never had parties outside of thier parents and grandparents so gives them a little something special.
Also would recommend at back to school time you can pick up boxes of crayons or markers for less than a $1, notebook paper for pennies, and coloring books can be found on clearance racks, Dollar Tree store, etc for little money. I have found no matter what their age this makes great gifts. Even my teenage daughter gives these as gifts sometimes.
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I say if you attend, then bring a present. If you don't want to purchase a present, then I would decline the invitation .
I purchase presents for my dc kiddos but I run a small daycare and only have 4 children in my care. Plus, it's kind of my thing. If the parents aren't planning a birthday party or didn't invite me (which I don't care either way), then I send the present home with the child on his/her birthday or just prior (in addition to doing a little party). If I get invited to a party, then I just wait to give it to the child until the party.
Most of my parents bring in a special treat and goody bags for the other kids on their birthday celebration day
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Originally posted by luv2teach View PostIf you get invited to a DCB/G's birthday party, do you bring a gift? If so, how much do you usually spend? Let's say you work at a center so you have 18 students and get invited to a lot of parties.
I don't generally accept invitations. I have a small celebration here with the kids. The birthday child gets to pick from the "Birthday Box" which contains toys, books, art supplies - all under $10 - that I buy on sale.
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I normally give them a crocheted blanket that I make for them, but I give those out when they are getting ready to move up to the other rooms. So in August. I also made them each a hat during the winter. Can you tell that I get bored easily and crochet a lot? ::
BF and I were disagreeing on to gift or not to gift. He thought I should bring another gift to the party, so I wanted to get unbiased opinions first. I think next year maybe I will just have the blankets made soon enough to give them out on the actual birthdays. Thanks everyone!
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