GREAT BOOK!!
This is an absolutely excellent book on telling you exactly what to do and how and also WHEN in order to have a knock-out totally amazing party for your children. It begins with the very basics such as "who to invite", planning ahead, thinking about decorations, games, professional, helpers, etc., giving you about a month to get started, so you won't panic. There is a great list along with instructions on simple by very fun games to play such as chinese whispers, flap the fish, musical statues, island, musical bumps, sleeping lions, and some others that I was not familiar with.
To give you an idea, the first party theme is for fairies and elves, giving everything from games to play, to how to have a puppet show, making fairy decorations such as fairy grotto out os lots of pink ballons and streamer, fairy lights, making a tiara, wand. Also, as an alternate theme, the Mad Hatter's Tea Party is explained. The cake is a beautiful polk-a-dot mushroom house (recipe and directions included.
Other parties include Peter Pan and Pirates. The author gives specific fun games in the Pirate theme, such as "pass the treasure box" and shipwreck, etc. How to make a pirate galleon cake, costumes, etc.
For 5-6 year olds it's an animal themed party, with an adorable elephant cake--not just an elephant lying flat like you might find at a bakery, but a cak that looks like an elephant and is standing up!!
For 6-7 year olds, it's Team Game Fun, with lots of fun outdoor contests.
This book is loaded with fun ideas for children of all ages to have one of those parties that will be remembered for years to come. Great book!
