Digital invitation: Halloween WhatsApp garden tea, ages 3–6

On Saturday at five, the gate creaks open and six small witches stand on the path with paper cups. You have sent the Halloween invitations on WhatsApp for a 3–6 garden tea, and already three parents have asked the same thing: do we stay? A Digital invitation puts the answer on one page: time, address, what to bring and the RSVP. You can choose a design, add your own words and photos, and send the link today from the catalog.

The point is not to make the message longer. It is to make it clear before the group chat starts guessing.

The Digital invitation message parents read with phone in hand

Open with the hour in the first line. Parents of three- to six-year-olds decide with the time and the address, not with the word 'spooky'. Then answer the big question in the same breath: whether an adult stays or whether they can drop off and come back. Close with what to bring. Keep it to three lines and a link.

• Saturday 31, 5pm, in the garden.
• Exact address and meeting point: 'gate with the pumpkins, walk down the side path'.
• 'One adult stays for the whole tea' or 'drop off at 5pm and collect at 7pm'.
• Bring something savoury or sweet to share, and a small water bottle with your child's name.

How to create digital invitations for a Halloween WhatsApp garden tea

A digital invitation is a web page for your event, not a PDF or an image. You share one link by WhatsApp and guests open it in any browser. Nobody installs an app. In the editor you fill separate fields for the label, names, date, phrase and place, with a character counter and a live preview. You can add up to six of your own photos, choose the cover and let the frames crop them.

Set the RSVP questions to what you need for this tea: 'Are you staying?', 'How many of you?' and the child's name, so you know how many chairs to bring out. If the forecast turns and you move the tea indoors, edit the place or the phrase and the same link shows the new version. No resending, no new message in the group.

A Halloween tea for small children needs two things on the invitation: the hour and whether you stay. Everything else is decoration.

From 5pm to 7pm: a tea that lasts as long as a three-year-old

Two hours is enough. At five you eat, at seven you collect. A three-year-old in a garden with lanterns at eight in the evening is a meltdown, not a party. Put low tables or a blanket on the grass with mini muffins, popcorn and cups with names. Leave a quiet corner with two books and a blanket. Carve two pumpkins, hang orange lanterns, drape a dark cloth over the table. Keep the mystery funny: cotton cobwebs on the letterbox and a note that says 'come in, if you dare'. Skip the blood. Costumes optional, because a witch's hat over normal clothes survives longer than a full outfit. Then choose the design, write the hour and names, and send the link. A Digital invitation costs 29.99 EUR, paid once, no subscription. Edit it when something changes and the same link takes them to the new version.