Game Show Party: My daughter actually came up with the theme.  She loves games shows, especially Deal or No Deal. We did this for her 9th birthday and also for our younger daughters 7th birthday.  It was great fun for both ages. We sent out invitations that said: Congratulations! You have been selected to be a contestant on Deal or No Deal and Jeopardy.  Please report to Studio A (our daughter's name starts with A) at 2:30 on Saturday April 22, 2006.  Please call the producer at, (phone number) to confirm your registration (rsvp). Then we had a second sheet that was a registration form that the kids were asked to fill out and bring with them to the "studio". The registration form had name, hometown, favorite food, favorite color, favorite band, hobbies and interests, and an interesting fact about yourself. We used the form to call the contestants on stage and tell a little about them to our studio audience.  For decorations, we fixed up a room with streamers hanging from the ceiling and a banner that said Deal Or No Deal.  We had a sign on the front door that read "Studio A", and a sign in the yard near the entrance to the house that read "Cast and Contestants Only". We also had signs that we held up that said "Applause" or "Clap" (for the younger kids) and on the reverse side it said "Quiet Please".   For the game, we had envelopes numbered 1 through 20 and we randomly placed slips of paper in the envelopes with a dollar amount on each slip. The amounts went from .01 all the way to $5. The contestants would pick the envelope that they thought contained the $5, and that one was set aside.  They then had to select 6 envelopes.  The 20 super models (all played by Mom, who was dressed the part), would open the envelopes as the numbers were called, and then mark those amounts off of a dry erase board.  After 6 were opened, Howie Mandel (played by Dad) would offer the player a deal.  If the player said no deal, the game continued with 5 envelopes chosen, then 4, then 2, with a deal being offered after each round.  To make it even more interesting, we offered to double the money to the player with the largest amount at the end. The most we paid out was $4 which was doubled to $8 and the least was .05, with most players getting about .75.  We even had party poppers that we shot off at the end of the show.   For Jeopardy we did a goolge search and found a template, and my daughter made up the questions based on Disney shows.  We played with 4 teams of 3 on each team. We had 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place prizes for the teams. It was a great party, and easy to pull together, as well as inexpensive. The kids all thought it was great to win real money.