The Detective Party
The Invitations
I purchased some colorful 81/2" x 11" file folders and cut off approx. 4" off the width to create a mini file folder. My daughter helped me find letters in magazines to paste TOP SECRET on each invitation. I've personalized each invite with a label (this one was addressed to Agent Rico). The fingerprint photocopy raises intrigue in the the young detective's mind!With the extra cut scraps of the file folder I created a secret pocket to the file folder for the detective to discover (content of secret pocket in picture below). The invitation recruits detectives to solve the mystery of the birthday girl's missing cake! There's also a note indicating that their first mission is inside the secret pocket. had also included
The first mission was to fill out the response card. Each detective had the check the appropriate boxes and return it to Agent Mickaela.
- Yes, I will be attending "child's name"' b-day party on "date"
- No, I will not be able to participate in this mission
- Signature of parent X_____________________
- Returning this assignment to Agent Mickaela
- Will complete this first assignment by "date"
The Loot Bags
PAPER BAGS! Labels...make it look cool and shady... Each detective was handed their detective gear as they arrived at the crime scene.The Secret Code Watch
What you will need:- Velcro (dollar store)
- Match boxes (dollar store)
- Computer
The secret code watch was used at the very end of the mission. Each detective was give a certificate of achievement which was written in code. Each was personalized in code (make sure you write the initials of the detective somewhere so that each get the one addressed to them). The code said something along the lines of "Agent Rico, Thank you for helping solve the mystery of the missing birthday cake. Good work!"
Preparations
This party requires A LOT of preparations but I assure you it is worth it! You will need some actors so grab your friends and family and have a little fun with it. I found my suspects on the internet. Found pictures of some really interesting and bizarre people and printed out 8 different suspects. I assigned parts to family, friends and even parents of guests at the party. I wrote a small description of each suspect which I gave to the "actors" ahead of time...THEY KNEW ONLY WHAT WAS ESSENTIAL to know about their character. They knew what they had to answer to the questions to their interrogation. Each suspect had their interrogation one by one. The questions were ones that I had prepared and pulled out of a detective hat by each of the agents. The agents had to find out WHO (ate the cake), WHERE (which room of the house), WITH WHAT (the drink they had with it) and HOW (with what utensil).The Notebook
Seeing that these agents had just started Grade 1 and 2 their handy detective notebook was prepared in advance for them. On the first page was a printed list of all the suspects WHO. They crossed out suspects names by process of elimination...the last name left would be their culprit. The second page was a list of HOW - with hands/with fork/with spoon. The third page had a list of WITH WHAT - milk/juice/water. The forth page had a list of WHERE - kitchen/living room/game room.
The Agents
The guests took their roles so seriously that they quickly forgot they were playing a game. Once we found the guilty party and all the make-up was off the suspect who played "the guilty" was asked by one of the kids "but, why DID you take the cake...that was really mean!" She was a trooper though and played along...she explained to the agent (again) that it just looked soooo goood and afterall, she had REPLACED the cake!If you would like more information regarding this party don't hesitate to comment below and leave me your e-mail address. I'm sure I can dig up the written scenario of the mystery.
We had a wonderful time...and the agent boys were disappointed the following year as we had the SPA PARTY...girls only!
6 comments:
This is amazing. VBS theme this year is spy related and I have been trying to think of a good Kickoff!! This would be wonderful! If you can, please send me as much info as you can on your plans and script. Thanks SO VERY much. Big time saver for ME!!
Darlene! I've got a whole package ready to be sent via e-mail but I do not have your e-mail address! Let me know where I can send it. Thanks! Lucy
This party looks absolutely AMAZING!!
Will you "copy" me on the email you send to Darlene???
My email is jor2jor3@gmail.com
Thank you SO Much!!
Done! Have a great party Jorie!
I would love to get your packet. I'm planning a detective party for my son. Thank you so much.
Gzelasco@aol.com
Sent Bilingual Brains! Enjoy your party!
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