Kids parties - Lisa Atwood

From a pretty pink cupcake party with a butterfly theme and an outdoor Easter gathering with a spirited egg hunt to a spooky Halloween get-together with punch the colour of blood, Kids Parties is packed with a year’s worth of fun-filled birthday and holiday celebrations for children from ages four to ten. Seven distinctively themed parties are featured. Each one offers a work plan to help you budget your time; a menu and recipes; fresh new ideas for invitations, decorations, and favours; and suggestions for games, crafts, and other party-time activities. Many of the recipes are geared toward getting the kids involved, from making pizza to decorating lollipops to frosting cupcakes. And every menu includes food ideas for partygoers of different ages and tastes. Lisa Atwood has worked as a food writer for Sunset Books, and editor and publisher for Williams-Sonoma cookbooks, and a children’s cooking instructor. She lives in the wine country town of Sonoma with her husband and three children.