My son's 9th birthday was last June and I had an Amazing Race party for him. He is very competative, as well as his friends.  There were twelve kids altogether including friends and family.  The invitations were on yellow cardstock and I made them post card size. One side said THE AMAZING RACE, the other had all the details: The childs name, You have been selected by Conor to participate in THE AMAZING RACE. Purpose of Event: Conor's 9th birthday. Event Date: Sunday June 8th 1:30pm. Address: Our house. Everyone who was invited came so we had 3 teams of 4.  I mixed them up to be as even as I could, with at least one girl on each team. We live in a rural area on the lake so not many neighbors and the road is only about 4 km, so the race took place on our road. I used my parents house, sister's cottage, Conor's Dad's appartment and other points along the way.  I went to the local travel agency and they gave me posters for different places which I used for the destinations.  I had the poster stapled to two posts with a large hula hoop where the entire team had to be complete each leg of the race. I made up roadblocks and detours along the way and there were hand drawn maps for them to use.  To start the game each team received a clue to make their way to Conor's Grandparents house where they will find a bucket of cooked pasta in cold water. They were to reach in find a key and return back to our house.  Once there they had to try the key in each vehicle parked in the driveway(there were more vehicles than needed)When they found the right vehicle, that was their team car and I had volunteer drivers for each team. There were speed limits they could not go over and the volunteer drivers could not help out, but just take the kids to their destinations and keep them together.  Once they found their vehicle and driver they were given a clue and map for their first destination of Mexico. They followed the map which took them to a private road leading to a field and sand pit. At the edge of the road was a Road Block envelope attached to a post. Inside the envelope were three road blocks, the same for each team. It read: TEST YOUR STRENTGH, Choose one person from your team to piggy back another team member to the end of this road. If you drop them or set them down you must start over. Once you get to the end, you must both run back here to the rest of your team and then your whole team must run to the destination.It was in the field at the end of the road. A poster with Mexic on it was what they were looking for)First team to arrive as a whole team gets a prize. All the prizes were handed out after the race. When all the teams made it Mexico they were given their next clue.  It read California Here we Come. Home of Disney Land. You wil need your cars for this leg of the race so race back and get them.  When they arrived back to the house, inside each car was a Detour. It read Highschool Musical Auditions or Marathon training?  Together your team must choose to either audition for a part in the hit Disney movie High School Musical, when auditions are over you can drive to California. The audition will involve singing and dancing. Or your whole team must travel on foot to California. This is a long walk  when your team has completed either of these tasks correctly you can continue the race. (the walk was about 2km)Every team chose auditions where they watched a video clip with a song and dance and had to audition for me as a team.  Each team had a girl who was quite familiar with the movie so they were able to teach the boys.  When they were done and all passed I gave them their map to California and their drivers took them.  California was at Conor's Dad's appartment and once they got to the drive way there was a Road Block. It read: Who's Hungry? Choose one person from your team to eat like the movie stars do. This person must completely each 3 escargot. If you have already performed a Road Block you cannot do this one. Once this task is completed you can continue to your Destination Check point. First full team to arrive wins a prize.(the escargot was cooked up the night before plain without added flavouring, then put in the fridge, the kids had to eat them cold)When completed each team was given a new clue/map that read:Now off to ALaska. Don't worry no food there. Remember the first full team to arrive in the desination circle wins a prize. All the teams hopped in their cars and followed the map to Alaska (which was at my sister's cottage)Along the way there was a road block and three wagons and three full pails of water. It read: Fast and Steady. Choose one person from your team who has not yet participated in a Road block to carefully put one of the pails of water into the wagon and continue on to your destination. Try not to spill any water.  The first team to arrive with the most water in their pail wins a prize and can continue the race. When the teams all arrived they were given their next clue/map that said, Not much further now. We are heading to Hawaii.  Only thing is you can only get there by water.  put on your lifejackets and hop in a boat.  One team per boat.  I had three pedal boats waiting for them and they had to boat from my sisters cottage to my parents house.  THe map gave them directions on where to stop, they didn't know my parents house was in Hawaii, so they had to pay close attention to the map.  When they got there they had another Detour: Hula or Rocks? welcome to Hawaii. Together your team must decide to either have one person hula for one full minute without dropping the hula hoop or your team can count how many rocks are in one fo the buckets.(there were over 200 rocks in each bucket, I had counted them before and kept a record of how many in each)When your team has completed either of these tasks correctly you can move on to the final Destination Check point. FIrst full team to arrive wins THE AMAZING RACE.  All the teams chose to Hula instead of counting.  IT took them a few tries but they were all able to do it.  The team who finished first though, lost his map and wasnt sure where to look for the final destination check point so another team won. The final check point was at our house in the back yard. It was a close race and were all running on foot to beat the other teams.  Once everyone arrived we went inside for food and I handed out the prizes to each team that won prizes(we made sure each team won one leg of the race so they all got prizes)the team to get to the finish had already won a leg but the final was a trophy.  I ordered small race tropy's that were engraved, THE AMAZING RACE 2008" 1st place. Everyone had a great time the race took about 2 hours. Once the prizes were handed out we opened presents and went swimming. Everyone had a great time and Conors friends have asked me to do another one this year. I am planning it now. There will be a few extra kids and maybe a little harder. "