Exhibit 32

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        In connection with the Annual Report of Amscan Holdings, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), we, Gerald
C. Rittenberg, Chief Executive Officer and Michael A. Correale, Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted
pursuant to ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

        (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

                                          /s/ Gerald C. Rittenberg
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                                          Gerald C. Rittenberg
                                          Chief Executive Officer

                                          /s/ Michael A. Correale
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                                          Michael A. Correale
                                          Chief Financial Officer

March 31, 2005