I cannot stand this trend of smashing a kids face in their cake when they go to blow out their candles, and honestly I have no idea where it has come from. Who thinks its a good idea to shove a squirmy head close to open flame? And why the FUDGE are you contaminating the entire cake?
One of my nephews pulled this with my daughter and got smacked in stereo by his mom (my sister), his dad and his older brother all before I could get to him. My daughter was 2, he was 20. It broke her heart, she wouldn't even eat her cake, she just wanted to hide under the table. My daughter is almost 6 and still won't go near her cake when she's blowing it our and it sure hasn't happened since.
Hints why his parents smacked him. And again I mention LIT CANDLES, though also here I don't see any candles at all. But still, even at 12-15, don't contaminate the whole cake, priorities people.
Well if youre gonna do that you should obviously plan on the cake being ruined, and have a second one ready. Wasting a cake is not that tragic, so long as everyone enjoys the prank (hence someone old enough to laugh it off), it is done safely (no candles, even unlit ones, what if you smack their eye in a pointy candle ?), and it doesnt ruin the celebration (thats when the second cake comes in).
I would probably also only do such a thing in a setting where the person can go and get cleaned up. Ideally at their place, where they can take a quick shower and change.
TLDR : its not a huge no-no in my book, but you should have a plan.
One of my nephews pulled this with my daughter and got smacked in stereo by his mom (my sister), his dad and his older brother all before I could get to him. My daughter was 2, he was 20. It broke her heart, she wouldn't even eat her cake, she just wanted to hide under the table. My daughter is almost 6 and still won't go near her cake when she's blowing it our and it sure hasn't happened since.
I would probably also only do such a thing in a setting where the person can go and get cleaned up. Ideally at their place, where they can take a quick shower and change.
TLDR : its not a huge no-no in my book, but you should have a plan.