Both of my girls are having a b-day party together. What is the right amount of people to invite?

They are to be 5 and 7 and they want to have a B-day party at the ice skating rink. I'm worried that if I invite all the girls from their class it will be to many. But if I don't invite them then the others will get upset. What do I do? It would be 20 total.
Both of my girls are having a b-day party together. What is the right amount of people to invite?
My parents麓 rule of thumb was: you can invite as many guests as your age. With your girls, that would be 5 plus 7, i.e. 12 girls altogether. And that, mind you, is already quite a bunch of little ones to watch out for. If just one of them slips on the ice and gets a nosebleed, who is going to keep an eye on the other 11?





I suggest you definitely take another adult along, or in case you decide to really invite all 20 girls, take two(!) more. Maybe one of the invitee麓s mums has an afternoon off?





20 girls for a 5- respectively 7 year-old麓s birthday party really is a lot. If you don麓t want to exclude one, ever thought about splitting it rather, and have two 10-girls-invited parties? :)
Reply:First of all that's very cute. Second of all, sit the girls down and ask them who they most would want at the party. Explain to them that all of their friends may not be able to come and to pick a number of kids they really want to show up. Like their closest friends. That will make it easier on you. The kids will do the work for you, LOL. You can probably scoot this around the 5 year old and do the picking for her. It's that 7 year old you're gonna have to bargain with, LOL.
Reply:Wow, what a thoughtful person you are. If it were me, I'd just invite all of them, it sucks to be left out of the group, been there done that. Good luck and Double Happy Birthdays to your kiddies:)
Reply:have seperate parties but at different times.
Reply:Would be better to have separate parties then.
Reply:20 is not too many.
Reply:just invite their friends, there's no need to invite an entire class