POWER OF ATTORNEY

Known all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby authorizes Joseph J. Zepf and Mark Davis of Party City Corporation
(the "Company"), to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and 5 and
any amendments thereto, and cause such form(s) to be filed with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission prursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Act of 1934, relating to the undersigned's beneficial ownership
of securities in the Company.  The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatseoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all
intens and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substituion or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.


This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of, and transactions in, securities issued by
the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has cause this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th
day of March, 2004.


/s/ Linda M. Siluk