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Post by sharon on Oct 26, 2011 19:32:56 GMT -6
Do you have your child open presents at his/her kid party? Or after?
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Post by JazzyMaxie on Oct 26, 2011 19:43:37 GMT -6
It depends on the party...if we are in a time crunch, we do it after the party. If we have time to kill....we do it during the party.
Yes...it is cool to see the kids' expression when they see the birthday child's face when they open their present. But, on the flipside.....when the kid has to wait through all of the presents...they get restless, and start to run around. Kids can't stay in their seats.
When Langston does open his presents at home....I take a picture of each and every one of them with him and a card (if there is one), and send it with the Thank You card. Langston typically does a really good job of fun poses for each gift.
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Post by sharon on Oct 26, 2011 20:33:04 GMT -6
We open them after the party and rarely do we attend a party where presents are open during. But someone I was talking to was surprised about this, so I wondered if our circle is not typical.
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Post by love on Oct 26, 2011 21:00:50 GMT -6
We do it at the party. People enjoy seeing his face while opening. I would be sad if we spent time and money on a present and they couldnt even open it in front of us? If you do not have time at a party- make time! IMO
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Post by jo2 on Oct 27, 2011 5:16:11 GMT -6
We always open them at the party. We have been to very few parties that the presents weren't opened. My kids love watching their friends/cousins open the gift they gave them! At my children's parties I often take a picture of each child with my child holding the gift they gave. I then send a copy with the thank you card.
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Post by sharon on Oct 27, 2011 5:23:27 GMT -6
For me it's not about not having time, but that we prefer not to open them in front of everyone. At a family party, it's different, and we open them, but with friends I would not want to, no matter how much time we had.
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Post by alipski on Oct 27, 2011 6:16:05 GMT -6
I personally like to watch kids open their gifts. It's so fun to see the excitement in their eyes. I know my kids like picking out gifts and cannot wait for their friends to open what they got them. I didn't know how common it was to not open then in front of people. Honestly curious, but why don't you if it's not due to time? Never thought about it.
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Post by sharon on Oct 27, 2011 12:31:20 GMT -6
It never occurred to me NOT to open the presents until my son was 3 and was getting invited to lots of birthday parties. NO one was opening the presents at the parties and I liked it so much better! The emphasis was on celebrating and having fun together and not on the "stuff." That way if a child can't give a present, or can't give as expensive a present as someone else, they are not embarrassed in front of everyone. That way my child doesn't have to feel put on the spot to act equally excited about every gift so as not to hurt anyone's feelings. That way if two people give him the same thing they don't have to be embarrassed. When we get home we slowly open the presents and our son writes a thank you note for each one. When he was little he would draw a picture and dictate the words. Now he writes his note in words. I'm not offended when someone else has the presents opened at the party - I have been to a few over past 4 years where it was done that way. But I would not start doing it that way.
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Post by love on Oct 27, 2011 12:57:51 GMT -6
Why do you not prefer it?
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Post by elizac on Oct 27, 2011 13:46:17 GMT -6
I grew up opening the gifts after the party. Thank you notes were not expected either. I come from a different culture, so that might be the reason, as everyone was celebrating birthdays this way. I think the emphasis was placed on the birthday person, not the giver of gifts.
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Post by laurac on Oct 27, 2011 14:14:01 GMT -6
We always had our kids open them at the party. The gift-giver could hardly wait until it was their present that was opened!
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Post by dara1012 on Oct 27, 2011 14:55:33 GMT -6
We always had our kids open them at the party. The gift-giver could hardly wait until it was their present that was opened! That's how it always has been in our family and at friend parties. DS can hardly contain his excitement when he gives a gift.
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