APRIL 2006 9YRS OLD WE DECIDED TO DO A MYSTERY DETECTIVE PARTY: WE USED THE GAME CLUE AS A BASE. I MADE INVITATIONS A COUPLE WEEKS BEFORE AND CHANGED EVERYONES NAME LIAM PAPARAT ( ALAIAS MICHEAL PAPAZUGLO) AND MADE UP A STORY THAT THEIR OLD PROFESSOR FROM UNIVERSITY WAS MISSING AFTER THEIR CLASS REUNION AND THEY WERE INVITED TO COME AND FIND OUT WHO HAD KIDNAPPED HIM. I THOUGHT BEING KILLED IS NOT A GOOD IDEA FOR 9YRS OLDS. I MADE PAPERS LIKE IN THE CLUE GAME EXCEPT I USED ALL THE NEW NAMES AND THE WEAPONS WERE A DUST BRUSH,TOLIET HOLDER A FLASHLIGHT A WOODENSPOON A SKIPPING ROPE AND A SQUIRT GUN. THE ROOMS STAYED THE SAME,THEY ALL GOT A CLIPBOARD AND A PENCIL.  I MADE CARDS AND GAVE EACH CHILD AN ENVELOPE WITH 3 MIXED CARDS AFTER TAKING OUT WHO, WHERE, AND WITH WHAT HAD DONE IT. WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT IN THE GARDEN SO WITH STRING I MADE THE ROOMS AND WHERE THE DOORS WERE WE PUT THE SIGNS, AND PUT STUFF IN EACH ROOM LIKE A STEREO FOR THE MUSIC ROOM...  SO EACH CHILD HAD A STARTING POSITION AND WE ROLLED THE DICE USE 2 OTHERWISE IT IS TOO LONG. SO WHEN A CHILD MADE IT INTO A ROOM THEY COULD ASK WHO, WITH WHAT AND IN THE ROOM THEY WERE IN,AND THE PERSON THEY WANTED TO ASK HAD TO MOVE WITH THE WEAPON IN TOO THAT ROOM AND SHOW THE ONE THAT HAD ASKED HIS ENVELOPE, NORMALLY YOU WOULD ONLY SHOW ONE CARD BUT WE WOULD OF BEEN THERE FOR HOURS SO WE DECEIDED TO SHOW ALL THE CARDS THAT THEY HAD.THE KIDS GOT A KICK OUT OF BEING LIVE PLAYING PIECES AND WERE LAUGHING THEIR HEADS OFF.   WE ALSO PLAYED GUESS THE ANIMAL ON YOUR BACK WITH ONLY ASKING YES OR NO QUESTIONS. A TOUCH AND FEEL WITH GREEK WINE LEAVES FILLED WITH RICE AS SKIN , PICKELED ONIONS AS EYES, SPAGETTI WITH GLYCERIN AS GUTS AND DRIED CHICKPEAS AS TEETH.   WE DID A SPELLING BEE AND HAD MAGIC CANDLES ON THE ICE CREAM CAKE. THE PARTY WAS FROM 3pm-6pm AND WE HAD A BBQ FOR DINNER THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME.