8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                 ---------------

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 14, 2004


                              AMSCAN HOLDINGS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                    Delaware
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


           000-21827                                      13-3911462
      (Commission File No.)                    (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                               80 Grasslands Road
                            Elmsford, New York 10523
          (Address of principal executive offices, including ZIP code)



                                 (914) 345-2020
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)









ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

                  On April 14, 2004, Amscan Holdings, Inc. issued the press
release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

         (c)      EXHIBITS.

                  99.1     Press Release, dated as of April 14, 2004, issued by
                           Amscan Holdings, Inc.











                                    SIGNATURE

                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


Dated:  April 14, 2004

                                     AMSCAN HOLDINGS, INC.



                                     By:     /s/ Michael A. Correale
                                             -----------------------------------
                                     Name:   Michael A. Correale
                                     Title:  Vice President, Chief Financial
                                             Officer





                                  EXHIBIT LIST


     Exhibit                      Description
       No.                        -----------
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      99.1          Press Release, dated as of April 14, 2004, issued by Amscan
                    Holdings, Inc.

EX-99.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Amscan Holdings, Inc.
James M. Harrison
(914) 784-4014

Michael A. Correale
(914) 784-4050

AMSCAN HOLDINGS, INC. ANNOUNCES EXPECTED OFFERING OF DEBT SECURITIES



ELMSFORD, NY - April 14, 2004 - Amscan Holdings, Inc. ("Amscan" or "the
Company") today announced that it expects to commence an offering under Rule
144A and Regulation S of $175 million principal amount of senior subordinated
notes due 2014. The senior subordinated notes would be general unsecured
obligations of the Company and would be subordinated to all existing and future
senior debt of the Company.

The net proceeds of the offering, together with amounts borrowed under a new
senior secured credit facility and the proceeds of a cash equity investment by
affiliates of Berkshire Partners LLC and Weston Presidio, are intended to be
used to finance the Company's previously announced merger with affiliates of
Berkshire Partners LLC and Weston Presidio, the Company's previously announced
tender offer to purchase its existing 9.875% senior subordinated notes due 2007,
the repayment of other existing indebtedness of the Company, and the payment of
related fees and expenses. This announcement is not an offer to purchase, a
solicitation of an offer to purchase or a solicitation of consents with respect
to any of the existing senior subordinated notes. The simultaneous completion of
the merger is one of the conditions to the offering. Subject to acceptable
market and interest rate conditions, the Company anticipates completing the
offering this month.

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to
buy the securities described herein. The Company is offering the notes in
reliance upon an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933
for an offer and sale of securities that does not involve a public offering. The
securities to be offered have not been and will not be registered under the
Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws and may not be offered or
sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements.

Amscan designs, manufactures and distributes decorative party goods, including
paper and plastic tableware, accessories and novelties. Amscan also designs and
distributes home, baby, wedding and other gift items.

Any statements released by Amscan that are forward-looking are made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Terms such as "intends," "anticipates," "expects," words of similar import
and variations on such words are intended to identify forward-looking
statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements necessarily
involve risks and uncertainties which are difficult to predict and actual
outcomes may materially vary from what is expressed or forecasted in such
forward-looking statements. There is no assurance that the debt offer will be
consummated.