How to ask for gift cards instead of toys

A gift card can be the easiest gift for guests and the most useful one for your child. Here’s how to suggest it without sounding pushy.

Light and optional

Gifts are never expected! If you’d like to bring something, Mia would love a gift card to her favorite bookstore.

Your company is the best gift. If you’d like to bring something, a gift card is perfect, no wrapping needed!

Mia is saving up for her first big-kid bike! If you’d like to bring a gift, a gift card would help her get there.

Leo has his eye on a new LEGO set. A gift card toward it would make his day, and is totally optional.

We’re trying to keep the toy pile small this year. If you’d like to bring a gift, a gift card is a great choice!

Always say it’s optional. It keeps the tone warm, not transactional.
Name a store or two the child actually loves so guests know where to go.
Avoid listing amounts on the invitation.
Make it easy: a digital gift card guests can send from the RSVP means no store run and nothing to forget in the car.

One link for the invitation and every RSVP, made for kids’ parties. Free to send, and nothing for guests to download.