BARST0013

There is no better place to shop
for the perfect barstool to suit
Your needs! Hundreds of
bar and counter stools
to choose from.

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SPRING
RENAISSANCE

Special order from the finest manufacturers of
exterior furnishings before spring and
Save at least 35%*. Hundreds
of frame styles, finishes and an
endless palette of fabrics
are available for your
customized
application. Special
purchases through
March '97 and take
delivery in time for
spring and

Save at
least

35%*.

*Sale ends MarCh 31,
1997. (*All teak furniture
and patio accessories
excluded. Some
manufacturers
excluded, see
salesperson for details.)

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We are conveniently located
at 13 Mile and Orchard Lake Road
in Farmington Hills.

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CHILD'S EYE page 35

Painted bright yellow, red
and blue, the Fit-n-Fun Tumble-
bus will turn heads when it
pulls into your driveway or lo-
cal park for your child's birth-
day party. This school
bus/mobile gymnasium is out-
fitted with a springboard and
horse, mini-trampoline, mon-
key bars, balance beam, rings
and trapeze bar.
Partners Vicki Paret and Terri
Myers of Fraser introduce chil-
dren ages 3 to 8 to tumbling
and other gymnastic skills and
also lead parachute games and
tunnel races. The birthday
child gets a T-shirt and all the
guests receive gold medals.
The fee is $125 for an hour-
long party for 10 children, plus
$5 per each additional child, up
to 15.
For older crowds, primarily
boys ages 7 to 11, Bruce Wine-
man's Fit & Fun for Kids special-
izes in Kidfit, Hip Hop sports
and games, and other flt-
ness/movement parties.
Depending on the season
and the allotted space in your
home, backyard or local health
club, he leads such wacky
games as Jump the Chicken or
Ultimate Chicken (a football-
like game), and Capture the
Flag, pillow polo or floor hock-
ey.
Surefire kid-pleasers are slop-
py activities that use whipped
cream, frosting, chocolate pud-
ding or eggs. (Picture frosting
tag or sandwich building atop
guests' heads). Summer fa-
vorites include sponge tag,
sponge dodgem, water balloon-
and water-jug-on-the-head re-
lays.
"Everything's a little different
than they're used to playing,"
says Mr. Wineman, youth pro-
gram director at CMI Health
and Tennis Club in Southfield.
Rates start at $115 for a two-

hour birthday party for 15
guests, $3.50 for each addition-
al guest. Snow cone, cotton
candy, lemonade and popcorn
machines are extra. Wineman
also does an occasional bar
mitzvah.
Girls of a certain age, say be-
tween 6 and 10, enjoy hands-
on craft parties. Here are two
ideas for them:
At See Spot Run, a rubber
stamps and stickers emporium
in Franklin, birthday party-go-
ers gather each weekend to
work on two sticker projects,
such as placemats, address
books, mugs or mailboxes, se-
lected in advance by the birth-
day child.
During each two-hour party,
children - (mostly girls, but some
boys, too) decorate their items
in various sticker themes, in-
cluding wild, circus or silly ani-
mals, Winnie the Pooh,
outdoors, sealife, outer space or
fantasy castles, fairies and uni-
corns.
Afterward, they play party
bingo (with stickers), open gifts
and eat cake and ice cream
supplied by the parents.
Guests take home their pro-
jects in bright yellow bags with
helium balloons, obviating the
need for goody bags. The cost
is $15 per child for a minimum
of 10 children, maximum 14.
Armed with dozens of rub-
ber stamps, special fine-tip
markers, loads of paper and glit-
ter, Eve Shulak of Southfield
brings her quiet, Stampin' With
Eve birthday parties to your
home. She'll spend about two
hours working with up to six
children on bookmarks, cards
or doorknob holders.
The birthday child receives a
special stamping favor. Ms.
Shulak, a Southfield schools
secretary, charges $10 per
child. ❑