I know that now that my kids are eight and ten and the Help! We’ve Got Kids book is in it’s 20th year, I probably should be more jaded, but when something new happens in the kids birthday party world I still get excited. Not just excited, happy. Happy that the birthday party world is evolving and changing and updating to keep up with the crazy fast world we’re living in.
That is how I felt when I first heard about PercyVites. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m always trying to be as eco friendly as I can, but you know as well as I do that kids birthday parties can really rack up the crap. One of the first things I did was eliminate the paper invites. It is so much easier to pull a list together, track and remind parents (what is with those people who never RSVP!?) via an electronic invite, so I made that switch years ago. However, most of the online invites aren’t really geared to kids and don’t have all the bells and whistles that we as party-planning-parents really need. Until now.
With PercyVites, kids can choose a character they love, send invites to their friends, and you can add pictures and then even send personalized thank you notes to the guests after the party. My son was over the moon when we recently tried out an invite using Johnny Test — I had already become the birthday heroine and his party hadn’t even happened yet! Also, after the party you are able to send out a personalized “Thank You” video which is a really cool and unique touch.
While there is a small fee for using PercyVites, for all the bells and whistles and time savers it comes with, it definitely is worth it. Time is money after all. And the smile on my son’s face when we made the invite together was absolutely priceless!
