Penny Whistle Birthday Party Book

I used this book 25 years ago to plan my children’s bday parties. Bought for my daughter to use with her family. Lots of fun, creative ideas. As a working mom this book Enabled me to plan and pull off fun at home parties. My kids and their friends still talk about what we did so many years ago.

This book is great for planning parties, with everything from games to recipes! I love it.

I had this book years ago when my daughter was growing up--we got a lot of good party ideas from it. Some of her friends still talk about some of the fun parties she had based on this book's great suggestions. I bought this edition for my daughter, now that she is a mother so she can make good memories for her child.

this book gave me a lot of great ideas for birthday parties. i used the pirate party for my classroom and the students loved the treasure hunt. i recommend it to everyone.

This is a great book of ideas and suggestions to help make your parties a huge success! Love each word!!

Received in great shape

This is an outstanding handbook for putting on a children's birthday party. The author's guiding principles in planning a party are that (1) parents can do the work themselves without having to hire professionals, (2) children ought to be involved in preparing for and hosting their own party, and (3) birthday parties should be expressions of personal style and time spent together rather than lavish, expensive affairs. In their words, "Forget the fireworks; make a birthday banner yourself and your child will remember it forever."With these priorities in mind, Brokaw and Gilbar present an eminently practical handbook for putting on a homemade, creative party suited to your child's age and interests. Each of their 32 party themes comes with a suggested timeline, a design for a special invitation, a list of materials and instructions for decorations and games in keeping with the theme, and a themed menu with recipes for food that most kids will eat, which is simple to prepare (a very unusual combination in this kind of book). There is also a suggested themed party cake for more ambitious parents. (The cake I made for Christopher's recent party stretched my baking abilities, and the so-called Seven-Minute Frosting took considerably longer to prepare, but it was a big hit with our party guests.)This book takes the intimidation out of planning an original party by providing easy-to-implement, well thought through plans that can be executed by anyone, to whatever degree their energy (not their creativity) allows. For unimaginative parents like myself who don't want to spend money on a prefab themed party but do want to include their kids in preparing to host their friends for a celebration, this is a wonderful resource.

This book is ridiculous. Nothing in here is affordable!When I read the other reviews, I assumed that everyone here must have a fortune to spend on their children's birthday parties.I'm on a tight budget and could never afford the lavish parties suggested in this book.Don't waste your money on this book--check it out from the library. It has a few good game ideas, that's about it.