Child Birthday Party Idea

Unique Birthday Party Idea for Toddler to Tween

Our Unique Birthday Book Party - Means Books for You, the Guests OR a Charity!

How it works
In all of our child birthday party idea options, guests do not bring a gift but instead purchase books at your party. You will choose who these books will be for. Your choices are books for your child, books for the guests themselves, or books for a charity of your chioce. In addition to books purchased, free books are earned based on the gross total of the orders made. You also get to choose what to do with the additional free books! (See party idea options below for more clarification).

Why do a Book Birthday Bash?
A friend came to me with a dilema one day. She had just returned from a birthday party attended by her 3 year old son.
She was overwhelmed at the extravagance of the party and all the gifts the toddler had received. She told me, "The whole class was invited! What will I do when it is time for his party? I would like to invite the whole class, but I honestly do NOT want all those gifts in my house! Toddlers don't need all those gifts!"
That is where our child birthday party idea comes in. Have a Birthday Book Bash! We give you a choice to celebrate in different ways without loading up the house with too many toys!
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As a consultant, I guide you through the entire unique birthday party process.
Minimal cost: $20.00
Maximum cost: is up to you and what you choose to do to make this child birthday party idea a very special day.

Looking for a Unique Child Birthday Party Idea? -- Have a Birthday Book Bash!

Just complete this inquiry form to get more information.
You are not committed to the party. This form is for information only.
Click on Submit when ready to send.

Choose your unique party type: (you may rephrase your invitations if desired)
Build a Child's Library:
How this child birthday party idea works: Each guest may purchase a book for the birthday party child and in addition, the party child will receive additional free books based on the total sales. This birthday party idea is the most popular of the three options for a toddler birthday party idea because toddlers usually do not have the maturity to understand the next two options. This is also a great toddler birthday party idea because usually toddlers do not yet have a full library, so you as a parent have a wonderful fun problem of choosing what books you should get for your toddler! Get some book titles for your toddler to grow into! For a tween child, it will depend on your the needs and personality of the tween as to which option might be best.
Write in your invitations:
"Abracadabra, hope you'll appear! _________________ (child's name) is turning _______ (age) this year! Bring a buck, buy a book, and leave the gifts at home!"

"Your child's presence at the party will be the best gift of all. Please do not purchase a gift to bring. Should you wish to select a small gift., ___________ (birthday child's name) has made a wish-list of Usborne Childrens books for you to pick from at the party. These are educational books ranging from $5.95 to $24.95."
Build the Guests' Library:
How this child birthday party idea works: Each guest will purchase a book for themselves and the birthday party child receives free books based on the total sales. (The birthday child is giving more than receiving when choosing this option and your child should be at an age where he/she can understand this.)
Write in your invitations:
"Abracadabra, hope you'll appear! _________________ (child's name) is turning _______ (age) this year! Bring a buck, buy a book, and leave the gifts at home!"

"Your child's presence at the party will be the best gift of all. Please do not purchase a gift to bring. ___________ (birthday child's name) is celebrating this year by telling her friends about Usborne Children's books. These are educational books ranging from $5.95 to $24.95. Instead please allow ____________ (guest's name) to make a purchase at the party for her own home library."
Build a Charity Library:
How this child birthday party idea works: Each guest purchases a book for a cause (classroom, organization etc.) and the free books may be donated to the same cause or go to the birthday child. (The birthday child is giving more than receiving when choosing this option and your child should be at an age where he/she can understand this.)
Write in your invitations:
"Abracadabra, hope you'll appear! _________________ (child's name) is turning _______ (age) this year! Bring a buck, buy a book, and leave the gifts at home!"

"Your child's presence at the party will be the best gift of all. Please do not purchase a gift to bring. ___________ (birthday child's name) is celebrating this year by helping __________ (organization name, classroom etc. - whomever your child wants to give books to) get Usborne Children's books. These are educational books ranging from $5.95 to $24.95. Please allow ____________ (guest's name) to make a purchase at the party for ____________ (organization name, classroom etc. - whomever your child wants to give books to)."
your Contact Information

Your name:

Email address:

Phone number to reach you:

Best day(s) and times to call:

Mailing address (for catalogs):

City and State:

Zip Code:
Date of Party (at least 4 weeks out):

What search engine (google, etc.) or website (amazon.com, etc.) did you click through to find us?
If you found us by a search engine, please tell us exactly what words you typed (birthday, tween party, etc.) in the search box?

Please enter any comments or questions you may have about our child birthday party idea:
(pls review our FAQ below first - thanks!)

Frequently Asked Questions about our child birthday party idea - Birthday Book Bash!

Who provides and sends the invitations?
You do. As the host you will pick out your invitations from a store as you would any other party. Our suggested text can be printed on a slip of paper and inserted inside the invitations to explain this unique child birthday party idea.
How do I know the children will like the titles? Are their good books for toddlers? Are their good books for a tween? Can I get a sample catalog?
No, we do not send out sample catalogs. But we have our online searh system where you can browse and get a good idea of the books available. Use the advance search to search for toddler or tween age. You can put in the exact age and see what type of titles result. We have over 1,000 titles ranging from infant through adult and 80% of the books are geared for toddler through tween. I can also recommend titles before your party once I know the ages of the attendees.
How do the children choose their books?
We provide you catalogs to use. That is what your $20 payment goes toward.
How long will it take to receive the books?
Books arrive 2-3 weeks after the child's birthday party date.
I chose the Build the Guests' Library option. Will you be shipping the books to each guests house?
No. We ship all books to you and you will need to sort and deliver to each birthday party guest.
Who pays shipping and taxes?
These are computed on each guest order form as in a typical sale in a store. We will work closely and guide you on this to make this very easy.

What is the scale for the free books earned?

Gross Retails Sales	Free Books
$25.00 - $84.99	$5.00
$85.00 - $124.99	$15.00
$125.00 - $149.99	$20.00
$150.00 - $174.99	$25.00
$175.00 - $199.99	$30.00
$200.00 - $249.99	$35.00
$250.00 - $299.99	$45.00
$300.00 - $349.99	$55.00

Why is this child birthday party idea fun?
You will be surprised by how enthusiastic a toddlers or tween is about our colorful unique high quality books! Also, if you choose the charity option, children really do love picking out books for a good cause. Their hardest decision will be what book to give!
What about the cake? What about the games? What about Party Favors?
(Please take time to read the article below.) Our Child Birthday Party Idea - The Birthday Book Bash focuses on the gift part of a birthday party. The rest of the party should be planned as usual by you. Of course you need a cake and if you normally have games and party favors, you would still do all of this as well.
I alread paid but I need to cancel the birthday party. Can I get a refund?
If you return all untorn "like new" catalogs to us, we will give a full refund of your $20.00. Catalogs must be returned within 6 months with delivery confirmation.
Ok. I am sure I want to do this unique birthday party idea. What is the next step?

Please pay the $20 administration and catalog fee by paypal.com.

Why do this child birthday party idea, the Book Birthday Bash?

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In all our Child Birthday Party Idea options the children do not bring gifts but instead a small amount of spending cash. The only real decision you have to make is to decide which option you would like to try. Please discuss this with older children and "tween" age children. Toddlers will most likely have their parents there who can assits.

In the case of my friend's toddler mentioned above, I would recommend she choose the Build a Child's Library option and choose a wide range of books to be used by her toddler over the next few years. Or she could choose the Build the Guests' Library option, let each guest take a book home, and she would still receive some free books for her toddler based on sales. And, she can still celebrate at the party by opening a the family gifts thus, ringing true to "traditional present opening" that toddlers expect. You only need to open a few gifts to satisfy toddlers. After all, how many toddlers are really paying attention after gift number 4 or 5 is opened?

Birthday parties with a large attendance are very popular these days. When we lived in Texas, if you invited one tween in the class with an invitation, you had to invite the entire class of children! This can be a little overwhelming and makes one realize how affluent the world has really become (not to mention how affluent the school thinks we parents have become!). In Mexico, I watched a child fly his homemade kite made from a paper plate, string, and a twisted plastic bag for the kite's tail. I couldn't help thinking about how happy he was with his one "toy".

If you find that each birthday means "WORK!" Each birthday means finding space for new items and a trip to goodwill with the old, maybe it is time to try our child birthday party idea.

Our unique child birthday idea Options Build the Guests' Library and Build a Charity Library work especially well for a tween birthday party idea because they are unique, almost every tween will LOVE to shop (even if it is for someone else) so they have lots of fun browsing the catalog and choose how they will be spending the money they brought, and it teaches the value of giving to charity (or the value of giving back to your guests.) We also recommend these two options as a tween birthday party idea because a tween will have the maturity to understand the gift of giving. It is very important that your child understand this birthday party idea so there are no unexpected surprises or tears on the special day.

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