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Learn how to host theme parties that will make your event stand out from all the rest.This simple guide for successful party planning includes 33 party themes based on historical periods, travel locations, movies, books, holidays and more. Delight your friends with a 1920's Speak-Easy, a Sizzling Red Hot Birthday, a Sunset Caribbean Caper or a "Mad-Hatter" Bridal Shower. Also included are clever ideas for invitations, decorations, party favors, food displays and fun activities for your guests. You'll be the hostess with the most creative ideas when you plan your next party using Flamingos, Poodle Skirts & Red Hots.

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About This Book: Holiday Theme Parties offers everything you need to host a festive gathering. Appealing to both crafters and cooks alike, this book offers nine themed party ideas with how-tos for creating everything from the invitations to the decorations to the food. This book makes planning a holiday event easy by providing the concept, how-to, and inspiration. Craft projects include a wide variety of techniques, such as paper crafts, decorative painting, and floral arranging. Crafting projects are easy but impressive, designed for ease of construction with materials accessible at craft and fabric stores. Complete materials lists make shopping a breeze. Planned menus with kitchen-tested recipes ensure each party will be a smashing success. Also includes helpful beverage suggestions, and expert etiquette tips. Party themes include: Trim the Tree Dinner Party, Formal Evening Wine & Cheese Buffet, Fun in the Snow Family Party, New Year's Eve Bash, Open House Buffet, Caroling Dinner Party, High Tea Party, Cookie Exchange, and Holiday Brunch. With this book, it is possible to host a "Martha-like" event on a busy person's schedule and budget! Highlights: This all-in-one guide gives the host the ideas, materials lists, and instructions for throwing nine fantastic parties. Includes a complete menu with kitchen-tested recipes for each party. Features crafting projects that are easy but impressive, designed for ease of construction with materials accessible at craft and fabric stores. Contains something for everyone regardless of cultural or religious affiliations. Makes a great hostess gift. Will be used year after year as a holiday party planning guide.

Need to get motivated to host for the holidays? Holiday Theme Parties provides that extra boost, and then proceeds to pack it into one amazing volume, gift-wrap it, and top it off with the fanciest of Christmas bows. Released by the publishers of Creative Publishing International, this handy guide includes the simplest, the specialized, and even head-slapping, "now why didn't I think of that?" ideas. The useful and easy-to-follow format has nine full-themed party blueprints including: Fun in the Snow, a Caroling Dinner Party, a Cookie Exchange, and even a Christmas Tea. Each party theme is as complete as one could wish, from the unique, conversation-piece invitations right down to the parting gifts for guests. Starting with chapter 1, "Tree Trimming," the creative team thinks of everything for a tree-trimming party, even Christmas tree coasters and attractive tree centerpieces (made out of string and ribbon). One of the most exciting aspects of this book is that all of the projects are easy for even the most "craft challenged" reader. But the book's depth doesn't stop at the crafts. The recipes that are provided, to complement the themed parties, are as wonderful as the projects with mouthwatering results. The recipe collection has enough variety to appeal to all different palates. The Cookie Exchange tempts guests with classic holiday fudge, while rich Sacher Torte Squares will impress guests at the elegant Christmas Tea. Main courses range from Spicy Italian-Style Lasagne for the Caroling Party to Cordon Bleu Roulade with Red Wine Sauce for a formal holiday brunch. The robust meat and sausage chili served with a cup of the rich hot chocolate will keep the guests warm at the Fun in the Snow party as they find their place at the table marked by festive snowball place cards. Learn how to serve a proper cheese plate, fold napkins, tie bows, and set a table (from the casual to the formal, including stemware). A smart inclusion in the back is the party-planning timetable; it's a good guideline to keep the novice and even the experienced party planner on track in order to pull off, stay in control, even enjoy the actual event. Martha doesn't need an invitation for this party, as the wonderful home-decorating ideas and tempting recipes will work their magic and turn even the most pedestrian of event planners from a soiree Scrooge to a celebrating Santa. --Teresa Simanton

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21 memorable dinner parties that will win rave reviews from your guests This cookbook makes entertaining easy. The 21 special-occasion and ethnic theme dinner parties include complete menus, over 100 easy-to-follow recipes, and dozens of ideas for invitations, decorations, table settings, music, and beverages -- everything you need to have a great party, except the guest list. Inside you'll find: * Formal Dinner, featuring Pesto Pinwheels, Salmon en Croute with Dill Sauce, Wild Rice with Pine Nuts, and Crème Brûlé; * Happy Housewarming, featuring Spinach and Oyster Crostini, Roast Pork Loin with Cherry Relish, and Praline Cheesecake; * Backyard Barbecue, featuring Barbecued Spareribs, Potato-Vegetable Salad, Watermelon Sorbet, and Lemon Squares; * New Year's Eve, featuring Lobster Bisque, Risotto with Porcini Mushrooms, and Tiramisu; * Romantic Dinner for Two, featuring Caviar with Toast Points, Cornish Hens on a Bed of Wild Rice, and Chocolate Mousse; * Flavors of Asia, featuring Spring Rolls with Hot Mustard, Chicken Satay with Peanut Sauce, and Orange/Almond Salad; * Middle Eastern Elegance, featuring Lamb Kebabs, Couscous with Eggplant, and Baklava; * Russian Repast, featuring Borscht, Chicken Kiev, Boiled Potatoes with Dill, and Charlotte Russe.

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For parents who’ve never hosted a children’s party, or who want to make the next one really special, here are 20 party themes kids will love, including Wild West, Fairyland, Outer Space, Jungle Safari, and Three-Ring Circus. Festive ideas appear in full color on every page, with reassuringly quick and easy plans for each of the five parts of a great party: themes kids love; truly inviting invitations; delicious yet nutritious food; games and treat bags that turn every child into a special guest; and cakes with hilarious designs that take only minutes to make.

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At last! A theme party planning book with so many clever ideas, you can help but plan a spectacular get-together. Celebration Solutions offers 101 theme ideas for reunions, anniversaries, retirements, engagements, weddings, bridal showers, corporate functions, fund-raisers, product launches, luncheons, graduations, proms, birthdays, over-the-hills, housewarmings and holidays. Celebration Solutions takes you beyond the mechanics of hosting a plain-Jane event to help you create an extraordinary celebration!

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Fantastic sleepover ideas every boy and girl will love!Finally! A way to make sleepovers fun for everyone—even parents! With this kid-tested and mom-and-dad-approved book, you can take back the night and turn sleepovers into awesome fun for your boys or girls—and rest assured that long gone are sleepless children and nonstop chaos on sleepover night.Inside, you'll discover all the tips and tricks you and your children need for the greatest sleepovers, from sleepover night themes and dozens of creative invitation ideas to unique decoration tips and crazy-fun games, including:·Sleepover themes: Awesome Autumn Fall Party; Blast Off! Space Party; Boogie with the Beat Music Party; Cowboy up! Cowgirl up! Rodeo Party; Happy Heartbeats Valentine's Party; It's a Mystery to Me! Mystery Party; Luaus, Leis, and Limbos Island Party; Once Upon a Time Fairy Tale Party ·Guest invitations: Beach Balls, Camp-Out Cutouts, Confetti-Filled Firecracker, Ladybug Letters, Message in a Bottle, Superhero Stand-Ups, Super Sunglasses, Treasure Map Tokens ·Festive decorations: Fantastic flowers (balloon flowers), Lucky Leprechauns (leprechaun footprints and other "lucky" items), Paradise Party (tropical island decorations), Sunny Delight (summertime decorations), Under the Big Top (circus tent), Under the Sea (sea creature decorations) ·Games and activities: Art in the Dark, Balloon Scrabble, Beach Ball Volleyball, Candy Cottage, Cinderella's Shoe, Edible Jewelry, Fireworks Show, Lasso Contest

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At last! A theme party planning book with so many clever ideas, you can help but plan a spectacular get-together. Celebration Solutions offers 101 theme ideas for reunions, anniversaries, retirements, engagements, weddings, bridal showers, corporate functions, fund-raisers, product launches, luncheons, graduations, proms, birthdays, over-the-hills, housewarmings and holidays. Celebration Solutions takes you beyond the mechanics of hosting a plain-Jane event to help you create an extraordinary celebration!