Block Party Dilemna

Some people have elected not to participate, do you think it is tacky for us to get bracelets for those who have paid? DH thinks it is no big deal if kids who's parents didn't pay or even live on the block participate. Am I being a grinch?

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our block stamped the kids whose houses paid

ETA - stamped the kids hands :)

Message edited 8/15/2007 7:37:17 PM.

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I don't think you are being a grinch, but how do you tell a 7 year old that he/she can't go in the bouncy house because his parents are cheap???

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i don't know i think this is always a problem, its hard to tell the kid no, but thats what the other parents are paying for, so then why should anyone pay if everyone is allowed to use it anyway,
i have seen bracelets given out at other block parties, i say do it

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I would do it. Then if they don't have a bracelet, you just tell them that their parents have to get them a bracelet. Puts the ball back in their court.

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Posted by JennasMom

Posted by MrsSchwags

I don't think you are being a grinch, but how do you tell a 7 year old that he/she can't go in the bouncy house because his parents are cheap???

I am a wuss don't think I could I wasn't really concerned about the bouncy house but more of the things that are in demand like the giant waterslide and face painter

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I just wanted to add:

I do think the braclets are a good idea and just like a PP said, it definitely puts it back to the parents.

Just make sure the vendors know they have to have a braclet.

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I would not worry about the braclet...let them have fun!

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I would just let them play....... the main point of the block party is to mingle and have fun w/your neighbors.... you don't know the reason these families aren't participating......maybe they don't have the x-tra money to give,and if that's the case that's even more a reason to let the kids have fun.....

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Message edited 11/10/2011 7:33:41 PM.

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i would do the bracelt. i dont see anything wrong with it.

no pay=no play

what about everyone else who paid then it sets a point not to pay the next yr and then just let your kid do it. so i say let there be a way to see who paid and who didnt

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i def think the bracelets are a good idea, let the people controlling the rides decide who comes on by the bracelets, it does stink for those kids but thats their parents fault!

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Im bumping a few block party posts. hope you guys dont mind.

incase anyone has more feedback, and im sure many others will be throwing block parties this year.


another question about the paying. I hate the whole awkward asking for money part as it is. and now I feel even worse asking the "emtpy nesters" to chip in.
what if they want to join the block party, but have no kids, they really shouldnt pay for the entertainment.

and I want to get this info out there before we start planning.

Do you just ask "per house"? I really dont think that's fair as some of us have 3 or more kids (and company comes), and then the couples home alone that might love to join us, have to feel obligated to pay..

has anyone seen this done any other way ?

ok this is the last post I bumped.

thanks guys.

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We haven't had a block partyt in years, but it was always $X per house.

I think you should let all of the kids play.

When I was a kid my parents didn't have a lot of money so even coming up with the $25 or whatever it was for the block party was a struggle for them and they didn't pay until the day of, and I rememebr sitting on my stoop before the block party started and other kids teasing me and telling me I had to go in the house because my parents hadn't paid.

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just wanted to mention, when we used to do them in our old neighborhood, it was a per house price for the entertainment stuff, and the childless couples kicked in equally because most of them had nieces/nephews/grandkids/etc that were going to be attending and they wanted them to be able to join in....

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Posted by anna

Im bumping a few block party posts. hope you guys dont mind.

incase anyone has more feedback, and im sure many others will be throwing block parties this year.


another question about the paying. I hate the whole awkward asking for money part as it is. and now I feel even worse asking the "emtpy nesters" to chip in.
what if they want to join the block party, but have no kids, they really shouldnt pay for the entertainment.

and I want to get this info out there before we start planning.

Do you just ask "per house"? I really dont think that's fair as some of us have 3 or more kids (and company comes), and then the couples home alone that might love to join us, have to feel obligated to pay..

has anyone seen this done any other way ?

ok this is the last post I bumped.

thanks guys.