Mum sends out extremely blunt invites for twins’ multi-themed birthday: ‘Set your expectations appropriately’

‘This event is brought to you by Pinterest fails and the dollar store,’ the invitation quipped

A mother has gone viral after she sent out some hilariously blunt birthday invitations for her twins’ fifth birthday party.

In a recent video posted to her TikTok, the parent, Natalie LeClaire, shared a picture of the now-viral invitation that her son received. As she described the note as “hilarious,” she shared a picture of the invite and recited what the beginning of it said.

“This event is brought to you by Pinterest fails and the dollar store, so please set your expectations appropriately,” the note read. “As requested, the theme will be unicorns but with rainbows and maybe bats. But there should be princesses, also Minnie. But we need dancing lights, so dress accordingly.”

The invitation went on to hilariously describe what parents should pack for their children, before attending the party.  “Please pack a bathing suit, puddle jumpers, etc, in case your sweet baby angels decide our original plan sucks, and the pool would be a better time,” the note continued.

The mother also invited fellow parents to the party, before noting that she’d understand if the adults say no to attending.

“If you would like to drop off and run, we support that entirely,” the parent quipped in the letter. “If you would like to stay, we will provide adult juice and deny any offers to help, to be polite. But deep down, we want to support you. You do you.”

Ms LeClaire, who’s based in Ontario, Canada, concluded her video by noting that she and her son are going to the party.

“Needless to say, we will absolutely be attending because these are my people,” she said.  “This is the kind of mom that I can be friends with.”

Along with Ms LeClaire’s son’s name, the invite also had Minnie ears, bats, unicorns, princesses, and a rainbow drawn on it.

As of 15 June, the video has more than 5.1m views, with many TikTok users in the comments applauding the honest thoughts that were put in the invitation.

“This is incredible. It’s what we’re all thinking when hosting kids parties,” one wrote, while another added: “Do they realise how many people will now be emotionally attending this party?”

A third wrote: “I’m glad a parent is finally lowering the standards/expectations because I’m done with these Pinterest/IG inspired kid parties.”

Other people also poked fun at the seemingly open-ended dress code at the child’s party.

“I think you should go all in and make sure you wear an outfit that hits every theme point. And from a dollar store,” one wrote.

“Can’t wait to see how everyone interprets ‘dress accordingly.’ Someone better be dressed like a bat princess,” another added.

During an interview with Today, the mother who created the invitation, Carys Roberts, noted that the party will be held next month, for her twin daughters, Edie and Elle.

She also shared that she came up with the invites pretty quickly, in hopes of amusing some of her fellow parents and making sure that they weren’t too worried about what gifts to get.

“Ultimately, I just didn’t want anyone to stress about gifts. The last thing we want is for people to be spending a lot of money. We’re really low-key,” she said. “I’ve received a lot of great feedback and I’m truly thrilled that people thought the invitation was so relatable and funny.”

Speaking to Today, Ms LeClaire went on to emphasise that she loved the invitation when she first noticed it. “I started reading it and my jaw dropped. It was so honest and straight up. I was like, ‘I need to be friends with this person.’”

The Independent has contacted Ms LeClaire for comment.