Diane Warner's Great Parties on Small Budgets: Celebrations for Grownups and Kids of All Ages

218 Pages·2002·13.34 MB·English

by  Diane Warner

Diane Warner’s
Great Parties
on Small Budgets
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D i m e Warner
New Page Books
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Franklin Lakes, NJ
Copyright 0 2002 by Dime Warner
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DIANEW ARNER’S GREA’I’ PARTIES ON SMALL BUDGETS
EDITEBDY DIANNWAA LSH
TYPESEBYT J OHNJ. O’SULLIVAN
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationD ata
Warner, Diane.
Diane Warner’s great parties on small budgets : celebrations for grownups and kids of
all ages / by Diane Warner.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-56414-613-8( paper)
1. Entertaining. 2. Parties. 3. Cookery. I. Title: Great partics on small budgets. 11.
Title.
TX731 .W353 2002
793.24~12 200201 A 2
Dedication
To my Mom, Michelle Sparr.
Thank you for
your love and encouragement
through the years.
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Acknowledgments
My sincere thanks go to my daughter, Lynn Paden; my daughter-
in-law, Lisa; and my many friends in Tucson, Arizona, who shared their
creative ideas for this book. I’d like to especially thank Jo Yoder, Connie
Nelson, Raquel Cook, Marlene Fox, Mickie Harris, and my neighbors,
George and Marilyn Eddington, who so graciously provided the French
translations for the Cruise Ship Formal Night Dinner.
I would also like to thank my agent, Jeff Herman, and several im-
portant people at Career Press/New Page Books, including Ron Fry,
Anne Brooks, Mike Lewis, John O’Sullivan, Dianna Walsh, Stacey
Farkas, Clayton Leadbetter, and Jackie Michaels.
Thank you all for contributing to the success of this book.
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Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................... 13
Part 1: Small-Budget Party Basics ....................................................... 15
Chapter 1 Small-Budget Invitations .................................................... 17
Chapter 2 Small-Budget Decorations ................................................. 19
Chapter 3 Small-Budget Party Fun for Children ............................ 23
Chapter 4 Small-Budget Party Fun for
Teens and Adults .................................................................. 31
Part 2: Small-Budget Birthday Parties ............................................... 41
Chapter 5 Baby’s First Birthday Party ................................................ 43
Chapter 6 Teddy Bear Party (Ages 2-7) ............................................ 45
Chapter 7 Peeper Family Puppet Party (Ages 3-7) ........................ 47
Chapter 8 The Big Race (Ages 4-7) .................................................... 51
Chapter 9 Let’s Play Dress-Up (Ages 4-11) ..................................... 55
Chapter 10 Petting Zoo Party (Ages 4-12) .......................................... 59
Chapter 11 Outer Space Party (Ages 5-9) ........................................... 61
Chapter 12 Drive-In Movie Party (Ages 7-12) ................................... 63
Chapter 13 Funny Paper Party (Ages 8-12) ........................................ 65
Chapter 14 Sweet 16 Party ....................................................................... 67
Chapter 15 Winter Beach Party (Teen Party) .................................... 69
Chapter 16 Tacky Party (Teen Party) ................................................... 71
Chapter 17 2lStB irthday Party .......................................................... 75
Chapter 18 Adult Birthday Parties ................................................... 77
Part 3: Small-Budget Holiday Parties ................................................. 79
Chapter 19 New Year’s Eve Party ......................................................... 81
Chapter 20 Valentine’s Party .................................................................. 85
Chapter 21 Mother’s Day Luncheon .................................................... 87
Chapter 22 Father’s Day Barbecue Bash ............................................. 89
Chapter 23 Summer Holiday Picnics
(Memorial Day, 4“’ of July, Labor Day) ........................ 91
Chapter 24 Halloween Parties ................................................................ 95
Chapter 25 Christmas Parties ................................................................ 101