Author: Marci Mohan, Jeanne Palmer, & Peggy Simenson

Publisher: Pizzazz Publishing

ISBN: 0-9744936-0-0

The following review was contributed by: Jennifer Brown & Click Here To View Jennifer Brown's Reviews

Do you get cold feet when your child’s teacher asks you to help plan the next classroom party? Does the thought of creating a Valentine’s Day game for a class of seven year olds leave you frozen in fear? Are you a party mom but lack the creativity to bring a craft idea to the classroom? Or are you just plain bored with doing the same old same old at every single class party?

Marci Mohan, Jeanne Palmer, and Peggy Simenson have you covered. With their new classroom party resource guide, PARTIES WITH PIZZAZZ, they introduce dozens of unique and creative games, crafts, and snacks designed to get your classroom partying down!

PARTIES WITH PIZZAZZ is split into parties revolving around traditional holiday themes – Halloween, Winter, and Valentines Day – and is split again into “Mixers” (large group activities designed to ramp up the party atmosphere), “Team Builders” (division of the large group into several smaller, more manageable ones), “Games,” “Crafts,” and “Treats.”

Mohan, Palmer, and Simenson work together to create unique party activities that are fun and inexpensive, such as:

*Loop the Hoop (requiring two hula hoops and some crepe paper)

*Counting confetti (requiring only snowflake confetti and plastic snack bags)

*Graham cracker gifts (a fun and inexpensive treat the kids will love making)

What’s more, the authors provide you with templates, patterns, and samples in the back of the book for easy and convenient implementation of their ideas. All that is needed is a willing spirit and a few eager children.

While the book seems to be geared specifically toward a classroom setting, it should be noted that most, if not all, of the activities within could be used for any gathering of children, from youth groups to slumber parties. In fact, one can only hope a “Birthday Parties with Pizzazz” book is already under construction.

A valuable resource tool for any parent with small children who might be called upon to help with a holiday party, and an absolute must-have for any teacher worth her salt, PARTIES WITH PIZZAZZ delivers true celebratory spirit.