Let this hilarious birthday party invite serve as inspiration for how you can throw a party your kid (and all their friends and all their friends’ parents) will want to attend
Kids’ birthday parties can be a lot of fun for the kids involved—and kind of a nightmare for the parents. Between deciding on a theme, spending way too much money on matching decor, scouring Pinterest for crafts and games, failing epically to execute your Pins, wrangling a ton of kids who are hyped up on sugar—well, it’s about time we were honest with ourselves: birthday parties aren’t as magical as they look online, and that’s OK! We can lean into that! Just take it from this TikTok mom, who shared the hilariously honest invite she received to a kids’ party.
Nat Lele is a mom who understands that the standards for birthday parties need to be lowered. So she made this TikTok video to share an invite her son received, and this is the model we’ll all be following from now on.
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“My son has come home with the most hilarious birthday invitation I have ever seen, and I need to share it,” she says, before cutting to a green screen background that shows the invite, clearly thrown together with some Microsoft Word clip art, which we love already.
She continues, “It reads as follows: Evan, you are invited to (insert child’s name’s) fifth birthday party. This event is brought to you by Pinterest fails and the Dollar Store, so please set your expectations appropriately.”
OK, we’re already onboard, but there’s more. The invite also covers the theme of the party, which is “as requested”: unicorns, with rainbows and maybe bats, princesses, mini, and dancing lights. Anyone who’s ever tried to plan a party with a five-year-old’s input is feeling very seen right now.
Lele keeps reading the invite, which continues, “Please pack your bathing suit, sunscreen, etc. in case your sweet baby angels decide our original plan sucks and the pool would be a better time.”
As icing on the cake, the fantastic parent who wrote this invite also gave guidance for parents on attending (or not): “If you would like to drop off and run, we support that entirely. If you would like to stay, we will provide adult juice and deny any offers to help.”
As Lele says, “Needless to say, we will be attending because these are my people. This is the kind of mom I could be friends with.”
We have to agree—how can we score an invite to this party?
