October 2009

Fransie Snyman. It's Party Time! South Africa: Metz Press, 2002.

In It's Party Time!, Fransie Snyman stresses the need for parties to be fun for the birthday child as well as the hard-working parents who are hosting the party. With this thought as the foundation for her book, she goes about offering simple but ingenious ideas for a wide selection of party themes.

While It's Party Time! is mainly focused on younger children's parties, there are also several party ideas aimed at the older age bracket, making this book a winning resource for parents with toddlers to those with teens.

The party themes detailed in It's Party Time! are all based on the idea that the key to a great party is keeping the preparations inexpensive and hardly any trouble to arrange. In fact, to indicate just how easy the tips in this book are, most of the ideas suggested within it's pages encourage the participation of the birthday child themselves.

Rest assured that It's Party Time! will take a load of stress off any parent faced with planning their child's next party.

The party themes covered in Fransie Snyman's It's Party Time! include:

* Creepy - Crawly!

* Pirates of Penzance

* Fairyland Fantasy

* Forest Fun

* We have Lift-off!

* Animal Antics

* Clown Party

* Ghost Party

* What a Pretty hat!

* Abracadabra

* Come Fly With Me

* The Science Fair

* Hamburger Party

* Pancake Party

* Pizza Party

* Around the Fondue Pot

With suggested menus for each theme, this book definitely takes the "think-work" out of party preparations. And the suggestions made are not only simple, but clever too. With enticing items on the menu like Space Kebabs and Moon Juice, Eery Eggs and Spooky Floats, Candy Sangomas or Ice Cream with Lava, you're bound to have a party that is spoken about long after the balloons have been deflated!

With volumes of sage advice on party preparations as well as a handful of tips and recipes focused on making parties fun for children with food allergies, this book is undoubtably a valuable resource. I found that It's Party Time! was a suitably complete party planner's guide offering tips on themes, invites, decor, party food and games. I would definitely recommend this book to any parent who doesn't have a lot of time on their hands, but still wants to throw a party with a personal touch.

Happy Parties!
*SHELLY SHINDIG*
Resident Bookworm

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