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Overview
Weenie creature decks come in many different varieties, but are all focused on the same approach to killing their opponent. You bring out little wimpy creatures and pump them up with enchantments and instants.
The White Weenie deck works mostly from the enchantments Crusade, Jihad and Angelic Voices, and the instants Army of Allah and Morale. Another addition that gives the White Weenie deck an edge is Armageddon. Since the deck itself mostly functions using 2-3 mana, it can survive after an Armageddon takes all land out of play. White also has a great deal of creatures that are advantageous to use, like White Knight and Order of Leitbur, which have protection from black and first strike, Tundra Wolves with first strike for one mana, and Pikemen, with first strike and banding for only 2 mana. Banding is a great edge for the white deck when it has to play defensively (which seldom happens). It means that the white deck will typically lose fewer creatures when it is forced to be defensive. This situation usually happens when it plays against another weenie creature deck.
Another great and widely used weenie deck is the red/green weenie deck. These decks bring out hordes of cheap creatures, like Scryb Sprite (1/1 flier for 1 mana), Ghazban Ogres (2/2 for 1 mana) and Ironclaw Orcs (2/2 for 2 mana). These are some of the cheapest bargain creatures in the game. When they attack, they do a lot of damage through Bloodlust, Giant Growth, Berserk (for type I), Fanatical Fever, and Stampede. Having green also gives you access to Regrowth, one of the most powerful cards in the game (IMHO). Having red gives you fast damage in the form of Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning and Incinerate. These can be used to finish off your opponent or to take out your opponent's creatures so yours don't get blocked. Some people like to use Forbidden Lore and Aegis of the Meek in decks like this, but I have always found these two cards to be too slow to be effective.
There are other varieties of weenie creature decks, like Thrull decks, Goblin decks, and Merfolk decks. Each of these deck varieties are good in their own right. The thrull deck not only has bad moons to pump up your creatures, but also Thrull Champions. The Goblin equivalent is Goblin King, and the Lord of Atlantis helps out your merfolk. Each one has its advantages and disadvantages. Arguably, the Goblin deck is the fastest of the three, but all of the goblin deck's damage comes from red, which is the most widely-protected-against color in the game. Thrull decks always have to worry about protection from black creatures (there are quite a few) and Karma, and with the release of Ice Age, Drought.
Another variation on the weenie deck theme is the Unstable deck. The Unstable deck is based on smaller creatures, along with Unstable Mutation and Essense Flare to pump up their power. Combined with Giant Growth and Blood Lust, this can be a fast, formidible deck. The problem with using all these cards is you have a three color deck, and may not reliably get the right color mana to do anything.
The enemies of the Weenie Deck include Pyroclasm, Moat, Island Sanctuary, Wrath of God, Pestilence, Drop of Honey, and The Abyss. Pyroclasm and Pestilence will take out your creatures frequently, since typically your creatures have lower defenses. Wrath of God is bad because it will take all of your creatures out of play, but typically the weenie deck will be able to put creatures into play fast enough to recover from it. Unless you have flying creatures in your deck, Moat and Island Sanctuary will shut you down completely. The Abyss tends to just slow a weenie creature deck down to a crawl, since you are losing creatures every round. Your defenses against the cards mentioned include Shield Wall (the anti-clasm), Disenchant, Tranquility and deck speed. Your deck should be fast enough to overcome many of the obstacles I mentioned. White weenie decks tend to be weaker against flying creatures. The most popular white flier in a weenie creature deck is Mesa Pegasus.