murder mystery
My daughter is going to be having a party over the summer and we have been looking to do it with a really different twist. Some parties, or so she tells me, are too boring. They leave her and her friends with very little to do but hang out and eat chips and listen to music. Well, she wants it to be really different, but she isn't sure what to do. She has now thrown the ball in my court to try and figure out an incredible party theme with a limited budget. As I started looking into theme parties online, I discovered a lot of the popular ones that the college campuses are throwing, and thought that would make her feel more grown up. Many of them had a drinking theme or a boy meets girl theme that I thought would probably be way over her head.
Then I really thought about what I love best and that would be a good murder mystery. I love the whodunits and the thrill of trying to figure it all out. When I first suggested to her a murder mystery party, I really wasn't sure how we would do it. I first came up with the invitations and thought back about my favorite murder mystery movies. The theme I came up with was the Ten Little Indians, April Fool's Day theme. In case you now have no idea what I am talking about there was a movie that I believe was called Ten Little Indians it was either that or And Then There Were None, by the infamous Alfred Hitchcock. Later, in the 80's I think this same plot was used in a more modern version of the same concept and that movie was called April Fool's Day. Well, in any case, I know that none of these kids will have any idea about the plots for these 2 movies, so I think this will be just the perfect murder mystery plot to use. Basically, we can make this a 2 day, overnighter, and scare the pants off all of them. Invite them to a party, and then make the party guests disappear one by one. What a wacky lady I am! Anyway, now I have told my daughter that I can't tell her anymore about the party, or it won't work, and my husband and I are working tirelessly to try and mimic the Hitchcock moves in our more realistic setting.