Let's Get This Party Started: DIY Celebrations for You and Your Kids to Create Together

by Soleil Moon Frye, Meeno Peluce (Photographer)

Overview

Let’s Get This Party Started is a guide to more than 15 parties you can throw for your kids that are inexpensive, wildly inventive, and fun. Each party includes two crafts, one game, and one recipe—all of which you can put together with your child. Author Soleil Moon Frye also offers countless tips and ideas that will inspire you. Among the thematic parties featured in the book are the fairy party, the pirate party, the movie-on-the-lawn party, the camp party, the ’80s party, the rainbow party, the Halloween party, the luau, and many more, captured in gorgeous and colorful images by Frye’s brother, photographer Meeno. Timely and fun, this book is a must-have for parents who love entertaining with their kids.

Praise for Let's Get This Party Started:

“Quality children’s party books are high in demand, so this may be a welcome resource for families with young children . . . Recommended."—Library Journal
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617690341
Publisher:	Abrams
Publication date:	10/15/2013
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	7.32(w) x 9.68(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Enthusiastic, spunky, and positive, Punky Brewster was the quintessential ’80s kid. Today, Soleil Moon Frye, who played the classic character on TV, is a married mom of two, an author, a regular contributor on NBC’s TODAY show, a momtrepreneur who parlayed her successful kids’ clothing line into a partnership with Target and now serves as Target’s Mommy Ambassador, and a social media maven with more than 1.4 million followers on Twitter and a Facebook community of more than 600,000. Frye resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Jason, and their two daughters, Poet and Jagger.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

1 Carnival & Circus, Oh My! 5

2 Spa La La 13

3 Pirate's Life for Me 21

4 Love, Love, Love 29

5 Wild Safari Adventure 37

6 Spring Is in the Air 45

7 It's Slumber Time 53

8 A Sparkling Fourth of July 61

9 A Luau Full of Alohas 67

10 Enchanted Midsummer Dream 73

11 Movie Night 83

12 Under The Stars 89

13 Picnic Time 99

14 So Totally Eighties 107

15 Somewhere Over the Rainbow 115

16 Take Me Out to the Ball Game 127

17 Cha Cha Cha 133

18 Little Explorers 139

19 Ghoulish Times 145

20 A Thanksgiving to Be Grateful For 153

21 A Holiday to Remember 159

Acknowledgments 168

Resource guide 169

Index 170

Editorial Reviews

10/01/2013
Former child actor Frye (Happy Chaos: From Punky to Parenting and My Perfectly Imperfect Adventures in Between) presents ideas and inspiration for 21 generally and specifically themed children's parties. While Frye doesn't specify the age range for these parties, based on the photographs (provided by Frye's half-brother, former child star Peluce), they appear to be for elementary school-age children. Some parties are geared toward boys and girls; others are aimed at just girls. Each selection includes some food or drink options, activities, and a few crafts. The projects and recipes lack detailed instruction, but most are simple. Some projects require several hours to set or dry, but not all the parties are that intensive. The author doesn't discuss the cost of supplies or the availability of equipment or materials. Several of the ideas are quite charming, but others are more puzzling, such as the odd inclusion of mashed potatoes and fried chicken at a Christmas celebration. VERDICT Quality children's party books are in high demand, so this may be a welcome resource for families with young children, despite some flaws. Recommended.

Library Journal