For cryptic clues, take photos of really obscure parts of your house – a corner of a bedroom, or a close-up of the top of the TV, perhaps – and send the kids to find them.Make children enter the party venue through a secret passageway – direct them round to a back entrance or put up a pop-up tunnel.Buy or make some fake moustaches and search charity shops for a selection of hats, coats and glasses for children to perfect their disguises when they arrive at the party.“We also got the children to add their fingerprints to the cards using an ink pad.”

Take a photo of each child as they arrive (or ask parents to send one in advance) and put them in plastic name badge holders to give each child their own spy ID cards.A utility belt full of toy gadgets completes the look.Alternatively, go for all black – trousers and a T-shirt or polo neck – with sunglasses.For a suave James Bond look, style black trousers, a white shirt and bow tie with slicked back hair and a briefcase.Recommend guests dress up to fit the theme Or just send a card, we think this Spy Car is perfect! …comes with stickers and matching envelopes and you could even write your invitations in code!) (Or use our secret agent kit, the paper is just perfect for this… Put them in large brown envelopes with Confidential or Top Secret stamped or written on the front.Give them a secret password to remember to gain access to the party.Don’t forget to tell parents this, or add an explanatory note in normal ink! When the paper is held in front of a lightbulb or other source of heat, the message will reappear.Use a cotton bud to write your invites in lemon juice on plain white paper – when the lemon juice dries, it will become invisible.Share vital intelligence about the day’s proceedings in a suitably secretive manner (I saw this on Mumsnet and thought it was brilliant – and that we had a couple of things that could really help to make it even better, so I’ve added in a couple of things here and there)įor your eyes only: here’s the perfect blueprint for a spy or secret agent-themed extravaganza – from the invites through to the party bags How to organise a spy-themed children’s party

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