Return gift or older children and relatives / friends, baby 1st b'day

cooks2010 · Apr 15, 2014

Hello, my family will be hosting my one year old's b'day in India. There will be only 4-5 kids under the age of 3yr. The rest of the 10-15 kids are older (10-14 yrs).

Is it customary in India to give return gift to older children and / or adult family members?

I was planning to give a small goodie bag for the smaller children (3yrs), but wasnt sure how it works in India regarding older children and adults?

Additional info, the party will be around 20-30 families. It will be held in a club / hotel and will be catering food/ cake etc.

Should I take something from US as a return gift or buy from India. My budget here would be around $10-15 per gift and in India around Rs. 500.

Any comments appreciated. Little confused about this.

thanks,
Cooks

cooks2010 · Apr 15, 2014

Thanks rosey I am not sure what silver flowers are? Can u explain more?

Cooks.

Rakhii · Apr 15, 2014

Cooks it is not “required” to give party favors at all. But then, it has become a norm that we give these days, if possible. I have attended only 3 birthday parties in India so far (i.e the big one’s which they host in hotels) and in all 3 of them, only the kids got the party favors, not the adults. Not sure how everyone else is doing it.
But in the parties that I hosted here, I have given a small favor bag to adults as well.

Since you are coming from US, people would really love something from here, i.e if space is not a constraint for you to take them to India. $15 is a lot of money. I am sure you will find plenty of things in that budget.

nalinidiv · Apr 15, 2014

ya its not complsory to give return gifts... I wud suggest you buy the gifts in india.. u get lot of stuff within 100Rs for the smaller kids... for the older kids... am not sure whether to give dem return gifts or not...

DKI · Apr 15, 2014

If you are giving a return gift to the smaller children, it would be nice for the older ones to receive a gift too. They may act all grown up, but secretly they would love a gift too (I have a 14 year old nephew, and though he never asks for anything, if he gets a surprise gift...however small....I can see the joy in his eyes).

Suggestions would be for girls - small nailpolish kits, make up kits, kits to make all sorts of crafts etc
Boys are a different matter altogether (much tougher unfortunately) but you can get them a nice pen set, or a digital sports watch (which will be easily available in your budget)

Happy birthday in advance to your little one.

cooks2010 · Apr 19, 2014

Thanks! Everyone for your suggestions, great ideas.

Cooks

seagreen · Jun 9, 2014

we did our daughter's 1st birthday in India , similar setting. Had the same confusion, so we have 1 kg sweet boxes to each family plus lil goodie bags just for kids.

cooks2010 · Jul 22, 2014

That's a great idea!!! Will go ahead with that.

Rakhii · Jul 23, 2014

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That's a great idea!!! Will go ahead with that.
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when is the party BTW?

heron · Jul 23, 2014

My lil ones Bday was just last week. I gave kids simple back packs with their name embroidered on them + my lil ones name...its hard work but kids loved their names on their bags . Also big companies needed minimum order so I went for a small ladies group(something like dwakra..) and they made the bags out of interest and love....I loved the feeling.

If theres time you can plan...and I think its easier in India for customizing tailors..