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My wee man is 6 today!! So we had a mystery party. Being that all the invited guests were 6 or younger I didn't think we were quite ready for murder mystery (and neither am I!)
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But we did do a great old mystery party - one sweet guest said to me, 'Mrs F********* (they call me this because I do parent help at school) this is the best party I've ever been too.' Bless him - it was a lovely bunch of friends he invited.
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I had rather a tight schedule for the party we missed a couple of games entirely but we had FUN!
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When the guest arrived they did a Mystery Person sheet - a self-portrait with some extra info afterwards. The intention was to use these to guest who was who at the end of party but we ran out of time.
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All the guests received a pack with a magnifying glass, a clues notebook, a clues pencil, a name sticker, a little envelope with colour swatches in it and they added their prizes to it as they went
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We played -
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The Mystery box - feel it, shake it and write-up your guess in box 1 then I gave them 3 clues - I am metal, I am found in the kitchen and you use me to eat with. Then they wrote their second guess.
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Guess the Guest - each guest rsvp'd by email with month of birth, no. of siblings, favourite - food, colour and animal. They put their name stickers on (so people could write their names without having to guess spelling etc) and I read out the information about each person and they wrote the names next to the spaces.
![bdaycupcakes1](http://makeitgiveit.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/bdaycupcakes1.jpg)
What's My Colour - time was ticking along so I did this instead of getting the kids up and giving them a go. Each child had 7 colour swatches and I gave them a clue and they had to be the first to hold up the colour e.g- I am the colour of grass.
![bdaycolourgame](http://makeitgiveit.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/bdaycolourgame.jpg)
What is My Number - 9 different number sentences and the children wrote which number they thought was the mystery number for each sentence. E.g - I am less than 10, I am even and I rhyme with 4
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Then we had a mystery treasure hunt each clue was written on white paper with white crayon so they had to paint dye over each clue after they found it to expose its message
![bdaytreasurehunt](http://makeitgiveit.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/bdaytreasurehunt.jpg)
Food - we had mystery food bags. I showed them some very cute 'food pictures' then gave them a mystery bag filled with foodie bits which they had to make into a picture on a white serviette and then tell everyone what they made.
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I also provided some extra bits, including plain bread which a few of them used and then ate!
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Cake - a big question mark made from cupcakes - easy!!!
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Mystery Box Punch - I saw this idea on pinterest a while ago and it was a neat way to give the kids a small prize to take home.I forgot to take a final before pic!!!
![bdaypunchbox](http://makeitgiveit.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/bdaypunchbox.jpg)
They picked a number out of a hat which determined their order. (Flip and I had already discussed he would go last) and then they punched through the tissue to get their prize.
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The party was great fun the 1.5hours disappeared and we didn't get to the Mystery Bag - put your hand in a bag and guess the item before pulling it out, Reverse Hide and Seek, or finish the Mystery Person Pages. I probably could have done 2 hours but I always like to keep things short and sweet before there are tears and tantrums!!
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A great day, a simple easy themed party, all good! What is your best birthday party tip??
The other thing that worked well was a list of jobs that needed to be done today so that everyone could help with the jobs to get the party ready and I didn't have to give jobs out constantly.
And because I love reading about other people's birthday parties I'm linking in with Simone's favourite blog posts
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8 comments:
What a great party theme!
I love the game ideas, and that punch box - I've spotted that on Pinterest too - awesome!
thanks for linking up xxx
THIS IS SO COOL!
Trust you to be super duper organised . With a run sheet and everything!
That party looks so cool, so awesome to see a different theme!
Wow - you are a machine! Definitely a party to remember - what a lucky lucky boy :)
How much to hire you for Reuben's 6th birthday party next month?
Ha ha!! It was a fun day. I do love parties!
Thanks, I really enjoy making parties for my boys and I am embracing that for what it is - something I enjoy and not something I have to be or do to make some invisible standard :o)
I have learnt to be organised because I have to be, not because I am naturally made that way
The punch box is fun but it is rather a feat of engineering for me!!
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