The other day my son was invited to a ‘fiver birthday. “A fiver what?” I remember thinking as I turned the invitation over for the ‘please explain’ bit on the back. Then when I read it, I realized that this is perhaps the best birthday party trend since the smash cake.
When I mentioned to a friend that my son has been invited to a fiver party, she said her daughter had been to three of these this year alone and that fiver parties are becoming a bit of a ‘thing’. This was confirmed with a few of my other mom friends who said they love it when they open the party invitation and it says ‘fiver party.’
What is a fiver party?
In short, a fiver party is an end to all of our kid present-buying woes! It is simply a birthday party where all the little guests bring a $5 note to go towards a big ticket present that the parents have bought and which the child really wants.