#Spy party game for free code#
#Spy party game for free free#

We had planned to make a bomb-shaped cake, with a sparkler/candle that had to be вЂњde-fusedвЂќ but my husband saw this idea in a magazine and Parker loved it. This led them back to the porch/deck, where the cake was waiting. One of the kids had a paper towel tube in his bag, and had to figure out that he should wrap the paper around it to reveal the message: вЂњALL HANDS ON DECKвЂќ)

For this clue, I downloaded the red sqiggle design from the Martha Stewart website.ДЇinally, the last clue involved a cipher device called a Scytale (directions can be found on the NSAвЂ™s kidвЂ™s page, under вЂњgames and activitiesвЂќ and вЂњmake it at home,вЂќ but basically you wrap a thin strip of paper around a paper towel tube or similar item, write your message and then un-wind it. Look out below!вЂќ (Clue was hidden under a bed). This was a simple graph/substitution code.ДЇrom there, the went to the bunkhouse, using a piece of red plastic to read the clue вЂњI found your bunkhouse headquarters.

#Spy party game for free free#

(I used a free font called FAM-Code)Д¬lue #3 spelled out вЂњDock, Dock, GooseвЂќ to send them down to the dock. (вЂњThe next clue is in the shed.вЂќ)Д¬lue #2 used a mason cipher to spell out вЂњON THE TRAILвЂќ and led them to a trail in the woods on our property. I typed up the message, making sure the letters for the coded message were in the right order within the words, and then used my Silhouette machine to cut out the cipher _ a piece of cardstock with boxes cut out, so when it was laid over the note, the message appeared. YouвЂ™ll see my first clue is very similar to the Birthday Blueprint clue, though I constructed it a bit differently. Each kid got to feel special when it was his turn to use his special cipher, but they all worked together to solve the clues. I gave them an envelope with the first clue, and they had to figure out who had the cipher to solve it. The boys then headed out onto the pond for a rousing game of вЂњPush off the RaftвЂќ aka вЂњSpy Agility TrainingвЂќ with my husband, while I set up the secret mission/clue hunt. I hung some tiny jingle-bells on the yarn as вЂњalarms,вЂќ though I think the boys had removed them by the time I took this picture. We also did вЂњlaser trainingвЂќ _ they had to get through this maze of yarn without touching it. I then took headshots of each kid, and used those to make photo ID badges that we will mail to them with their thank-you notes) (For the party, I wrote their names on their badges. We ended up with: Blue Missile, Red Gun, Massive Ejector Seats, Weak Bullet and вЂ¦ I wrote them down on slips of paper and had them pick one of each for their names. To figure out the names, I asked each of them to call out two adjectives and two nouns.

#Spy party game for free code#

When the boys arrived, we did their fingerprints and picked their code names. It turned out to be an odd assortment of white, black,orange, yellow and teal. HereвЂ™s our screened-in porch set up for the party (I bought this pack of balloons at Target thinking it would be all primary/rainbow colors. I have plenty of reporterвЂ™s notebooks given my day job, so I just glued black cardstock to the fronts and added the вЂњtop secretвЂќ stickers. In each bag was tucked a pencil,notebook, ID badge, fingerprint card and one item related to the вЂњsecret missionвЂќ game we played later. Another one kept saying вЂњDo we have to bring them home? Do we?вЂќ Sigh. One boy asked me if they could keep their bags, and when I said yes, he hugged me. So each bag cost less than $2 for the straps and D-rings. I used leftover fabric from my living room slipcovers for the bag exteriors, and random leftover fabric for the interiors. I also added another D-ring to make the bags actually close. Not the most refined finish, but these were for 8-year-old boys.

Instead of that, I just made the linings about an inch taller, and then folded them over the top of the exterior and topstitched. I simplified the pattern a bit by making fewer pockets and flaps, and skipping the bias binding around the top. I also made each boy a spy/adventure bag, using a free pattern for a nature explorer bag at Chez Beeper Bebe. I cut regular file folders into mini-folders, with the invitations tucked inside: YouвЂ™ll see that I followed many of them very, very closely!

I was so grateful for all the wonderful, detailed ideas I found on a blog called Birthday Blueprint. We invited four of his buddies for a вЂњspy trainingвЂќ party, and it was a blast! ParkerвЂ™s birthday is later this month, but we had his party a few weeks early to take advantage of the late-summer warm weather given that he had his heart set on a sleepover party at our cabin.