Kids Party Manners: Part 2

Teach your children:

As a Guest:

• To arrive on time
• To be dressed as mentioned in the invitation
• To wish or greet their hosts and the other guests when introduced.
• To go and sit or play wherever arrangements have been made for them
• To offer to help the host
• To eat when they are asked to help themselves
• To not take more than 1 piece of any item at a time, no matter how much they like it
• To not stuff their mouth
• To take bites that they can comfortably chew
• To ask to go to the bathroom if they have dropped food on themselves to clean up
• To say sorry to the host if they have dropped something on the floor and help to clean it up
• To not fight with other children or shout at anyone
• To not run around a room specially if there are older people in the room unless it has been cleared for a game
• Say good bye to the other guests and ‘Thank You’ to their host and the parents before they leave

As a Host:

• To be at hand to greet all their guests individually
• To mix with everyone, and not only with their best friends
• To see that their friends are served first even if it is their birthday
• To not grab the gifts that come for them
• To say thank you for each gift and send a ‘Thank You’ note later
• To not open any gift during the party
• To not criticise or compare gifts later
• To not fight with their guests no matter what the provocation
• To ask an adult to help if the guests are fighting
• To make sure all of the guests are included in the activities and no one feels left out.
• To speak nicely to everyone
• To say ‘Thank You’ and ‘Good Bye’ to all the guests at the end of the party

Previous: Kids Party Manners – Part I

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