My daughter had her second bday party last weekend and I was wondering how many of you send out thank you cards? Not sure the etiquette on this. We have not been to many parties bc she is only two, but I don't remember ever recieving thank you cards for the parties we have attended.
Thanks for the responses. I too send thank you cards whenever I receive a gift, but wasn't sure about doing so for my two year old daughter. I have written my thank yous and they went out in the mail today! Appreciate the advice!
Yes! My trick when my children were young was to save all of the art work from preschool and at home. I used the saved art and made them into cards to use as thank you notes. The card recipient thought it was wonderful to receive a handmade card, my children thought it was great to share their artwork, and I thought it fabulous - no piles of art to wonder what to do with or feel guilty about throwing away.
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Yes, absolutely send thank you cards, EVEN TO FAMILY....good manners never go out of style :-)
I ALWAYS send thank you cards. For this age, you can have her draw a picture, and scribble a message that you can "translate" into thank you. :)
I always do thank you cards, it not only is the nice thing to do but teaches her child to be grateful. My daughter gets a kick out of it when she receives a thank you card from a birthday party in the mail. She thinks that it is so neat that she got mail and she usually puts it on the refrigerator or somewhere special. =)
For my cards I take a picture from my daughters party and make a card out of it. I have a sample of her last thank you card on my website www.WorksofaWink.com under the Thank you Card Gallery. Last year I just put in a fake childlike signature, but I am hoping this year she will be able to write her name.
In my view and the way I was taught, thank you notes are necessary when receiving gifts by mail, but not when you opened the gift in front of the giver and personally thanked them. It can be a nice gesture to send a note in the second case, but not necessary and to me bit redundant.
Hi LE,
I know hand written thank you cards may be going out of style, BUT, there are still some people that expect them and find them to be considered good manners. So, to not offend people, I always write thank you cards. I think it is a very nice gesture and shows people that you really thank them for caring about your little one. :)
R.
I can hear my mother clearly: "Even if every one else did fail to use their best manners doesn't mean it isn't expected of you." Besides, saying thank you is simple and always appropriate. Make sure your child gets a part of the action too. Stamping and mailing is good at this age.
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Yes, and now she's old enough to participate by adding some scribbles of her own. It teaches her how to show appreciation. However, our last party, we handed out thank yous as everyone left the party. It saved us some money in mailing them as we were on a strict budget. We may do the same this year.
I have sent thank you notes whenever I ever received a gift. It is the way I was raised.
When my daughter was a toddler, I wrote note for her and had her color or do something to show that she was a part of the thank you.
To this day, at 14, she will automatically write a thank you because it is the way I taught her. The right thing to do is to send a thank you.
MANY people disregard this which is disrespectful in my opinion. If someone is kind enough to think of you and send a gift....the least we can do is send a nice thank you note.
Sending a thank you does not take up much time and it shows appreciation I've grown to
accept that it is no longer the "norm" to send a thank you or RSVP.
That is just my opinion. . It is how I was raised and how I have raised my daughter.
Just my opinion.
