Kit's Mystery Party Game (The American Girls Collection) (Misc. Supplies)

by American Girl (Editor) "The game begins with everyone standing up in a room near the dining-room table..." (more)
Key Phrases: mystery party, character card, Miss Finney, Miss Hart, Handy Herman (more...)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Misc. Supplies
• Publisher: American Girl; Brdgm edition (March 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593690045
• ISBN-13: 978-1593690045
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 10 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #346,761 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good but could've been a bit better, January 6, 2007

By	Mom of Three (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews

We used this for our daughter's 8th birthday party. Every one of the kids I asked liked it and a couple yelled, "That was fun!" at the end. It got them thinking and didn't have them sitting for the whole time. It was set during the 1930's during the Depression. The mother can't find her pearl necklace and each person is a suspect. The girls work together to solve the mystery. There are even signs and clues you post up and leave around the house to facilitate the game. The game includes: invitations and envelopes to send to each person coming with a description of that character and how they may dress, scripts for each character, name tags, a pearl necklace card (we used a faux pearl necklace), the clues, the "hobo" signs the adult posts up.
I mistakenly assumed that the parts would be for all girls and looked online to find out if that was the case. I couldn't find that in the item description on Amazon or the AG site. There were 2 boy characters in the game. I prepped the girls for this and a couple volunteered to be the boys (just to be nice). This wasn't a big issue for me though. I think it's good for kids to learn to be flexible and encourage them to look at it as a challenge to be a great actress.
The one flaw the game had was that one character wasn't with the group for most of the game. I had this character be offstage close to the rest of the kids (as the game suggested) but I could tell she still felt excluded since she didn't get to go on the hunt looking for the clues. If I could do it over again, I would be that character (a homeless boy) and have a very mature girl be the mother (the game suggests an adult be the mother to keep the flow going).
Plan to read this a few weeks before using it so you have time to send out the invites and get everything ready.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Kit's Mystery Party Game, March 7, 2006

By	Mom of 4 (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

The game was well written and fun for the girls. I played the adult role to move things along. The costume suggestions were easy to do and really added to the fun for the party. My only complaint was the game went much faster than suggested on the box. We were finished in 30 minutes instead of one hour! The girls that participated were 9-10 year olds. They wished it were longer as well or had a second mystery to solve.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MUST try!!!, April 25, 2007

By	A. Ahrens (North-East Georgia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I wanted something different for my daughter's 9th birthday party and I knew I wanted it to have a mystery theme. We didn't want anything that involved murder. I just happened across this here on Amazon. I was nervous... especially since I don't know anyone who had used it.

But let me tell you - IT WAS GREAT!!! The kids LOVED it! Several said it was the best party that they had ever been to. Some even came in costume.

I recommend this to EVERYONE.... So much fun & has great values.

I can't wait to try the other 2 party games!!!