My friend's ds turns 4 this month. For the party, she's ordered cupcakes rather than one big cake, and each child will get one in their party bag, along with a few other bits and pieces:
- pink, heart cupcake for girls, with tassly/glittery pen and notebook, little bag sweets & choc buttons
- pirate cupcake for boys, mini telescope thingy, little bag sweets and choc buttons
I am somewhat to admit that I didn't say anything to her, but I was really a bit shocked. Why can't they all have the same cupcakes? And even she admitted that the mini telescope thingys were really cool - so why can't the girls have them too?
I can see that some things would be more appropriate for girls/boys (actually, the only example I can think of off the top of my head is hair clips - I suspect that most boys would not be interested in getting them in a party bag (I might be wrong, though)), but really, why different cupcakes and why don't the girls get the "cool" gift?