Send a Thank You Video After Your Child’s Birthday
I am 100 percent in favor of thank you cards, both in theory and in practice. But also? Life, man. After your child throws a birthday party, you should receive postcards, track each guest’s mailing address, find stamps, and, if you have enough funds to allow your child to write notes, oversee the project for a few days. (“What’s Mackenzie spelling? Oh no, I screwed up. I’m going to start over.”) It’s a process . I have noticed that many parents are now skipping physical thank you letters and sending in a ton of “Thank you for coming!” messages via Evite and I understand it, but it seems a little impersonal to me.
Here’s a way to let your kids be grateful (it was their party after all) and make your life easier: send a video of gratitude.
About 20 children attended my daughter’s fifth birthday party at the local carousel. It was a fun day! When we got home, before the birthday girl had time to open any toy, I asked her to make a video of gratitude for every family that came. I grabbed my phone and pressed the record button as she held each gift and said a simple joke: “Hello Maya! Thanks for coming to my party. Thanks for the science kit. I love you! “I then sent my parents a nine second video. Done.
Soon the guests started sending me messages. “My God, the kids watched this 10 times. It was so cute! “One wrote. It made us chat even more, which was a nice bonus. And after long weeks of planning, I was able to cross the last thing off my to-do list for the party that evening, drown on the couch, and relax. Sometimes modern technology can be very good.