| When planning for a party, the first to do is to make | | | | transformed into sophisticated ones. However, do |
| out the guest lists and to send out the party invitations. | | | | remember to let the glue dry before folding or mailing |
| Some parties have a theme. One way is for parents | | | | the card. Glitter and glue are inexpensive especially |
| to find commercial ones, fill in the names and send out | | | | compared to those commercial packets of invites. |
| the invites. However, it can be more fun creating and | | | | If you want to be high-tech and you do have the |
| designing you own cards. Firstly it is more cost | | | | facilities, like a computer and CD burner or a |
| effective and secondly it gives your child a sense of | | | | camcorder, you can make a special kind of invitation. |
| involvement if you enlist his or her help to create the | | | | Write a script of when and where the party is taking |
| designs for the card. By discussing with your child | | | | place, what is the theme of the party and how to |
| what theme that he or she wants, both of you can sit | | | | RSVP and let your child can read off the information |
| and have some fun. You'll be surprised what beautiful | | | | and hand out the compact discs as verbal replayable |
| invitations you both can produce that are truly great | | | | birthday party invitations. This is a particularly striking |
| works of art. | | | | idea since not many people have done this before. |
| Stamping is a growing trend. Rubber-stamping is also a | | | | Another option is to make a video of your child inviting |
| great craft for kids to learn. They can create their own | | | | his or her friends to the party with the same |
| ideas as to the different ways they can use the | | | | information. These types of invites might be more |
| rubber stamps to create their own party invitations. In | | | | costly then the others but they are stunning and would |
| this case they can even be proud that they are of | | | | make an impact on the guests. |
| help and have a say how the cards should look like. | | | | The idea to create your own invitations instead of |
| Glitter and glue can be used to decorate invitation | | | | buying commercial ones is to give your child a chance |
| cards. This is especially appropriate if the theme of the | | | | to be creative and involved. There is a certain sense |
| party is about space or fairies or anything glamorous | | | | of pride that your have taken the initiative to be |
| or sparkly. By applying glue and glitter, simple cards are | | | | different. |