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Sweet sixteen
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The invitation is for the sixteen-year-old's friends, but it is read by their parents — and it has to work for both.
How do you word a sweet sixteen invitation?
Either the parents invite or the guest of honour does — both are correct, and the choice sets the tone. Whichever you pick, the card must carry end time, address and a parent's contact number, because the people deciding whether their child attends are the parents reading it over their shoulder.
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The wording.
I'm turning sixteen —come and celebrate with me.Gabriella
The version most sixteen-year-olds want, and it is entirely correct. Keep the practical detail beneath in a quieter, plainer voice.
Carlos and Sofía Torresinvite you to celebratethe sixteenth birthday of their daughterGabriella
More formal, and the better choice when the guest list includes family and adults as well as school friends.
Eight until midnightCarriages at midnightAny questions — Sofía, 07700 900123
The single most useful block on a teenage party invitation, and the one most often left off. Parents need an end time and a name to call.
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Common questions
Should we mention gifts?
How do we handle plus-ones?
Digital or printed?
A design that is genuinely theirs.
A sixteenth is the first party most people get to shape themselves. Evorrah designs from a brief, so the result looks like the person rather than a template.
See sweet sixteen design