Birthday Party Invitations

Choosing Birthday Party Invitations

Choosing the invitations is a fun way to kick off your party planning. When looking for invitations, consider the following:

• Age appropriate invitations – Is the invitation for a child’s birthday party? If so, you should look for invitations in fun colors with child friendly themes like clowns and balloons. Are you throwing a more sophisticated party for an older crowd? Choose your invitations accordingly.

• Party Theme – If you’re having a children’s birthday party with Teletubbies theme, then of course it makes sense to go for Teletubbies invitations, and so on. Where this idea is get tricky is when the birthday is for an adult. While there are no hard and fast rules about matching your invitations to your party style, having the right invitations can help set the mood for your party before your first guest even arrives.

When you invitation shopping, there are many places you can look. Of course, party supply stores are a good place to starts, as are card stores, stationary stores, and even grocery stores. You can also find a great selection of birthday party invitations online, from retailers such as these:

• Polka Dot Design
• Card Shoppe
• Party Basics
• Birthday Express

Of course, if you can’t find just what you’re looking for, you can always design your own invitations. Make them by hand, or design them on the computer using Photoshop or another image software program and specialty printer paper, or use an internet site stocked with photos and graphics, like istock to create a design. You can also go to a specialty retailer like Paper Style with your ideas, and they can design an invitation for you. You can also print up free birthday party invitations from a number of sources like Print Free.

What Should Go on your Invitations

It is important to make sure your invitations include all of the relevant information your guests will need to know about the birthday party. It goes without saying that you need to include information like date of party, time of party, and location of party, but often people neglect to include helpful information like the following:

• Dress code
• Directions to the party
• Whether or not invited guests are permitted to bring another guest
• If the party is in a bar or restaurant, whether or not there will be an open bar or meal hosted by you
• If guests should bring anything
• For young children’s birthday parties, whether or not parents are expected to stay with their child.

Use common sense when deciding what information to include in your birthday party invitations. Think of parties that you have attended, and what information was useful to you as a guest. Part of being a good hostess is making sure your guests are at ease, so providing them with as much information as possible takes a lot from pressure from their shoulders.

Final Birthday Party Invitation Thoughts

Don’t get overwhelmed with all of the options and things to consider when looking for birthday party invitations. Remember – FUN is the operative word. Pick ‘em out, send ‘em out, and let the good times roll!