Digital Invitation for a Christening: The Kids Menu

The group chat is called Marco's Christening and it is on its sixty-second message. Somewhere between a photo of the cake and a cousin's thumbs-up is the answer to whether the children are getting croquettes or nuggets, and nobody can find it any more. A digital invitation for a christening puts that answer on the page: the kids menu, written once, readable from any phone.

You don't need a printer or a designer for this. Digital invitations for christenings work like this: choose a design from the catalogue, edit the cover in the free trial, write the menu, the time and the address in the editor, and publish with one button. Guests open the link in a browser — nothing to install — and reply from the same page.

The kids menu belongs on the Digital Invitation, not in the group chat

Look at what you end up repeating. Your aunt asks in March whether there is a vegetarian option. Your mother asks in May what time the children sit down. You give the same answer twice, then a third time in June. Written on the invitation, the answer is one tap away and it never gets buried halfway down a thread.

• What is served, with the dishes named: "ham croquettes, breaded chicken and ice cream".
• What time the children sit down, and which table is theirs.
• Whether there is an alternative to the main course for anyone who doesn't eat meat or fish.
• Where the games area is, if you're celebrating in a garden or a country house.

How to write the christening kids menu on the page

Three lines do the job: what you're serving, whether there's an alternative to the main course, and what time the children sit down. The editor has a character counter, so the sentence won't be cut off in the mobile view.

Name the dishes properly. "Ham croquettes" says more to a parent than "special menu": they can decide whether their child will eat it or whether to bring something from home. If there are two options, set them out as two short blocks with a line between them, so nobody has to dig through a paragraph to find the time and the map.

The menu is written once, the link stays the same, and nobody has to chase a reply.

How to create a Digital Invitation for a christening, and change it later

Move lunch from 2pm to 2.30pm and you don't resend anything: everyone who opens the link sees the new time, with the menu untouched. Swap the cover photo for one of the child eating their first plate, or change the map, the dress code or the opening line — the link still works, because you edit the invitation instead of sending a new one. If your grandmother wants paper in her hand, the sensible mix is a link for everyone and a few printed copies for whoever will keep them. One payment of €29.99, no subscription. Choose a design, test the cover for free, and publish when every line says exactly what you mean.