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Choose one of 46 themes for a kit that includes invitations, paper goods, favors, and decorations. Also find an activity guide of entertaining ideas, such as panning for gold at a Wild West party or making Victorian fans at a tea party.

Try Crayola's Inspiring Ideas section for arts and crafts activities for children of any age and parties of any size. The site also allows you and your child to create invitations, decorations, and thank-you notes.

Whether you want to buy goody bags already filled with party favors or pack them with your own gifts, Birthday Jubilee offers a wide variety of canvas and plastic totes. Each bag can be stuffed with treats tailored to your party's theme, with designs ranging from Blue's Clues to Winnie the Pooh.

Choose from fun themes like First Birthday and Harry Potter and stock up on gifts, decorations, piñatas, and goody bags.

Copyright @ 2002. Reprinted with permission from the June/July 2002 issue of Child Magazine.