For Alyssa's party, she chose to have a murder mystery party. It was titled "Murder at the Teen Idol Awards." The characters were all knockoffs of actual celebrities: Justin Bebre, Taye Swiftly, Miley Cypress, etc. Here is Alyssa with 2 of her best friends before the party started.
We had fun turning our small dining and living area into an afterparty of the teen idol awards. Thankfully, Danny had a lot of supplies at the convention center that he was able to bring home for the party. We served a 3-course meal to everyone. The appetizers were pretzels, Chex mix, and fruit kabobs. Dinner was chicken, salad, and baked potatoes. Dessert was French beignets (they are like donuts, kind of), scotcheroos, and mini cheesecakes.
They all did a really good job of dressing up and getting into their characters. We had this red-carpet backdrop as they walked in where we got a photo of each person that came. This was the girl that won the award at the end for best dressed.
Mostly, they stood around in circles talking to each other throughout the party.
Shortly after dinner was served, the murder occurred near the bathroom.
We played a couple of short games in between the meal courses and handed out new envelopes to everyone. The first game was facts about the year 2005 (when Alyssa was born). The second game was a How well do you know Alyssa trivia.
After the murder and at the end of round 2, everyone had a chance to write down their guesses of who the murderer was and why.
Alyssa ended up being the one who did it. She didn't know until she opened the envelope at the beginning of round 3. She was okay with it, though.
Everyone that she invited to the party came. All 16 of them plus Ashley, Tyler, Camden, Danny, and I (yes, we dressed up and had characters, too. But we knew the outcome, so we didn't join in on the mingling).
Alyssa had such a fun night. After the murder mystery was over, they pulled out "Just Dance" on the Wii and took turns playing until leaving. I think everyone was gone by 10:30 or 11. Danny and I were exhausted. It took 3 days to get the last traces of the party cleaned up.
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