News and photos

Issue No 56:
15 October 2009

Welcome to our fifty-sixth PartyChitChat.

Here is our news:

• We have created a meet and mingle version of "The Balmy Bahamas Cruise" for 17 to 100. See The Balmy Bahamas Cruise for details and samples.
• We have created a meet and mingle version of "Mystery In The Library" for 17 to 100. See Mystery In The Library for details and samples.

• You can now receive updates regarding Merri Mysteries on Facebook! Become a fan of Merri Mysteries today to find out when we release new kits, receive coupons, and keep in touch with us with your ideas for mystery parties!

In this issue, we have articles about:

• Our photo competition winner
• Our decoration competition
• Feedback on our new kit "The Hunt".

Our photo competition winner

We only had one entrant this month. The winner is:

• Susan Gray (USA).

We are commencing a new competition with a closing date of 15 November 2009 (see photos.htm for details).

Decoration competition

The winner is:

• Susan Gray (USA) (see her photos below).

We are commencing a new competition with a closing date of 15 November 2009 (see decor.htm for details).

Here are Susan's decorations from her "Death On The Mound" party:

Susan sent in this feedback about her "Death On The Mound" party:

"Our party on August 1st – Death on the Mound – it was a blast!. Such an awesome party!

Susan"

Here are some pictures of Susan's guests at her "Death On The Mound" party:

Feedback on the new kit called "The Hunt"

Margot sent in this feedback about her party using our new kit called The Hunt (click to see details and samples):

"Hi Stephanie

We had our party yesterday and it was fantastic. The kids couldn’t quite work out what to expect but afterwards both my 13 year old son and my 11 year old daughter (birthday girl) said it was brilliant, the best party ever! So a great success. We anticipated that our guests might not be so great at getting in character, which was why we went for the scavenger hunt, but boy did they enjoy working out the clues and racing round the house trying to find the treasures. I had found a £1 million note on the internet and a novelty gold bar which made great props and brilliant prizes. I printed off the picture and put it in a proper frame, printed off the coin and glued it to a giant chocolate coin. I hid a small pink stone - there was a frenzy when they all tried to get to that first!

The timings worked perfectly and miraculously by the end of the party everyone had won a prize. The choice of hiding places worked really well as there were several options for most of them which helped split the kids round the house.

We split them into teams of three for working out the clues and this worked really well.

I printed off the title deeds with a border and aged the paper with an old tea bag before rolling it and fixing with a ribbon. That also became a popular prize! I am attaching a copy of both in case you might find them useful.

Well Stephanie, thank once again and best of luck with MerriMysteries.

Kind regards

Margot"

Margot Walshe, UK