The Birthday Invitations

The RSVP List

When writing out the invitations, remember to ask each person to RSVP if they will be coming to the party. This will help you in deciding how much food and party favors need to be made available. A few days before the party, call each person whom did not RSVP in order to make sure of whether they are coming to the birthday party or not. A lot of people simply tend to forget to call but still plan on arriving.

Keep your Party’s RSVP list next to the phone at all time. It’s best to have a full list of people whom you have invited so that you can simply make a check next to the ones who call. This will allow you to save time instead of having to write down everyone’s names individually as they call in.

The Guest Book

As guests arrive at the birthday party, ask them to sign a guest book. By doing this, you are know exactly who was there and who wasn’t so that you can later send out thank you letters to those whom arrived. Try to maintain a list (or mental note) of the gifts that each person brought to the birthday party so that you can better personalize each thank you letter.

Remember The Theme

Be sure to include in the invitation of what the Birthday party theme will be. In some cases you may want people to dress according to that theme. For example, if your theme is a Harry Potter one, perhaps you can ask your guests to dress up like their favorite Harry Potter character. If you choose, you can simply have props available for when they arrive instead. For example, you can hand out witches hats, wands or capes to the guests as they arrive.