Decorating your crime scene party can be a lot of fun with crime scene tape and chalk outlines on the floor. Use real and different people to draw the outlines so that they are realistic. You can leave fake footprints, fingerprints, and clue cards throughout the room (not too well concealed unless you want people snooping). You might even get lots of help as people will usually enjoy helping set up a crime scene and it makes for something different. You can incorporate many rooms and your backyard as well, if you are feeling truly adventurous, have a different case going on in different rooms and have the children draw numbers for teams and race to solve the crime first.
You might also do well to set up a lab, complete with microscope and tables dedicated to sorting out the evidence and make notes for the shocking conclusion of the crimes in question. Always take into account your guests - children should, obviously, have simpler clues whilst you can make an adult party a little more tough. Use your favorite episode for inspiration if you must and throw in a red herring or two to keep things fun. Young and old alike, the children will have a good time arguing over the clues and trying to decide who really committed the crimes (and of course making up their assumptions and stories as to why the crimes occurred in the first place).
For food you can have an real CSI cake or go with cookies that are shaped like footprints or thumb print cookies for an excellent play on words. Of course by the time children are old enough to enjoy a party such as this they probably would be happy with good food rather than themed food and pizza, sloppy Joes, finger foods, chips and dips, and cookies and cake will make an excellent food addition to the party without needing to fit in with any one theme. Be sure to have plenty of pop and bottled water on hand though because crime solving is thirsty work.
In real life it is best to leave the jobs of solving crimes up to the men and women who were trained to do so. In the world of birthday parties however, crime solving and crime scene investigating reign supreme as the next great thing in birthday party ideas.
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