HELP! No One's Coming to My Son's Bday Party Saturday!

Have you tried just inviting anyone in their class for school or daycare? Of both kids? If you are more worried about people than gifts, just say sorry for last minute no gifts needed just kids who want to have fun. But seriously a bounce house is awesome, if you get in it with them hee will probably still think it was the best birthday ever. My five year old always tries to get me to join in, but most time adults can't. When I can he thinks it's the best day ever.

I would NOT cancel or change the party. So it is only your two and the two cousins. Your son is expecting the party and will always remember if you cancel it. Go on with the plans and enjoy watching his eyes light up when he gets to go in the Pirate Ship Bounce house!! That is such a fun age- all the J. and amazement they experience with such simple pleasures. I am sure he would rather have the party he is excited about with just a few friends, than no party.

I don't know if this is a wierd suggestion, but I thought of it because I'm new to the area, and a neighbor where I used to live did this for the holidays - how about a "block party"? If the other 6 also say they can't make it, maybe you can have a kind of "open house" and people on your block can come - put flyers on their doors, or just invite the neighbors you hang out with to come over and have fun. Who knows, you might make some new friends. Good luck!

Ride it out! You never know, people may show at the last minute. If you act like the party is great then he will think so also. I wouldnt start the big hoopla like 6 flags thing unless you have to. It gets kinda hard after a while.

Good luck!

I have the same problem with both my children's birthdays since it conflicts with a couple of her friends and Labor Day. Our solution has always been to coordinate and move it away from the other conflicts. I always tell my kids that we have their Birthday party and their family birthday. The family birthday only includes our family and we let them choose a restaurant and they get all gifts from us on that day we try to make it on their actual BD if possible.

I agree with the other responses. It makes me CRAZY that no one RSVPs. I always get the "I was meaning to but...." response. I would call the other 6 children so that you know for sure what you are facing before you make a decision. If the party doesn't work, then ask your child what he wants to do. You might be surprised with his response.

Even though you asked those parents in January, they may not have realized it was spring break. That was probably too far out and with the busy schedules, they probably didn't check. I have found it is impossible to plan anything around the major school breaks. Good luck :-)

I know your situation well! I have a son and daughter whose bdays always fall during Spring Break and my youngest son's bday is in June. After going through the two Spring Break bdays and trying to plan and successfully execute those parties, I started moving my youngest son's bday party up a month. That worked out great! It is very hard to explain to your kiddos why a lot of their friends can't make it to their bday parties when they have been to their friends' parties and noticed the large turnout. A lot of soothing of hurt feelings. One thing that I did was to call and leave a message on their answering machines. This seemed to help as they had a "reminder" of sorts. Also, I did get to know my youngest sons' friends and parents better (I stayed home with him...looking back, I realize what a blessing this was!) and having older or younger siblings were an issue as well. So I started inviting the siblings as well, and we were pleasantly surprised...the parents stayed too! What a fun day. We had our two older kiddos help with their brother's parties and they really had some good ideas as well. But....we almost always had a pool party and we needed the extra eyes to help us! We played outdoor games (water balloons, squirt guns, etc.) We also always stuck to a simple menu..pizza, hot dogs, or hamburgers and juice boxes. If you do not hear from the other 6, stick to your original plan and have fun with your family! He will have good memories of that rather than his friends couldn't come or that the party was postponed. Good luck!

I dont think people RSVP anymore. I know for my baby shower only 1 person RSVP'd. We invited 50 people. 30 people showed up!! I wouldnt be too worried about it! If its just family your little one is still going to have fun just b/c you have the big bounce house out back! Good luck!

People do not RSVP anymore......manners seem to be lost for some reason.......I would call those 6....just tell them you are trying to order/buy food and wanted to make sure that you could count on seeing them.......I had this happen one year when my son was young for a skating party...I was so glad I had close friends coming.....the next year I invited his entire class.........we are not planning a surprise party for his 16th and are not inviting many....fingers are crossed.....good luck!

My son's birthday falls on Memorial Day Weekend, so we have had this happen before and I feel your pain. We went ahead as planned and made sure he had extra presents to open and also invited a few "spare" kids (friends of friends) over at the last minute. We now have his party the week before or the week after. :)

Good luck to you.