Pajama Party Pandemonium: Tween Mystery Party Game

We hosted Pajama Party Pandemonium for our daughter’s 11th birthday party at home. We recommend this to anyone looking for a unique party theme or activity for teens or tweens! It was the perfect level of difficulty to keep them engaged and on task. The girls had a blast acting out their assigned roles - it was hilarious! The download packets and instructions made this party straight forward for us to manage as parents. We delivered character assignments and then the Riddler clue to guest’s door steps a few days before the party which generated a lot of excitement! We also gathered from home and bought (think: dollar store items!) 2-3 simple and silly props for each guest to use when they arrived to help them “get into character”. We wanted to avoid asking other parents to shop for anything extra before the party. This was a fun way to set up our table and help stage the game as everyone arrived. We played the game without extra activities and served pizza and dessert - it took about 2 hours from start to finish. Have fun!

Brilliant fun for a group of 7-9 year old girls

I’m doing this party for my great niece’s 16th birthday. She loved the aspect of not having a murder during the party but rather an investigation of a saboteur. I love the characters and the pre-game tasks. Her mom and I discussed whether this scenario might be better suited for younger girls but we decided that since this is the girl’s first Mystery Party it’s perfect!

Used this + the expansion pack for my child's 11th birthday party. We had 22 kids in total so almost all characters were used. I did not pre-assign any characters as I didn't know how many kids would cancel at the last minute (and it seemed like added work to reassign characters). Everyone was assigned characters as they walked into the party and they were quick to get into their respective roles. Was pleasantly surprised to see the number of kids who stayed in character till the end. Something I wish I could change was the fact that I skipped out on the optional games/activities thinking it would take too much time. In our case, the girls found the notes super easy to decode and and pretty much everyone guessed the 'saboteur' even before we were mid way through round 2 (or the forensic notes bit). I loved how they were so into it that they took down notes and investigated seriously. However this meant that we ended up going through the whole mystery way faster than I had planned for. They all said they had fun but wouldn't have minded a harder to solve mystery.
In terms of the all the materials provided, the instructions were easy to follow and concise.
I would definitely consider purchasing another package from here.

I was worried that this party would be too simple for a group of 14-15 year old girls, but they ended up having a fantastic time. The mysteries were just hard enough to keep them interested without being boring.

I used this for our Girl Scout troop and it was well-received. They were able to solve the clues and final mystery and really enjoyed it. However, I wish it was set up for virtual parties. If each character's clues were in separate documents, I could have emailed a packet to each participant. As the mystery package was designed for in-person, at each new level, I emailed each person their new clues or put it in a private Zoom chat.

We loved the Mystery Party for my daughter’s 13th bday celebration because 1) I’m a last minute planner and it only took me about 1.5 hours to cut everything out/have everything planned and ready to go 2) kids can dress up easily (no extra purchase) 3) it was just the right amount of challenge for this age group

We played this as a virtual party game, and it was a great success!!! We printed and delivered the clue cards along with the pre-party activities that was part of the game pack, and I hosted the session with 14 girls who dialed in via zoom. Lots of laughter and fun while we were all safe in isolation.

The kit contains all you need to throw a pretty thought provoking mystery party. If you can - try to begin with the pre party work; that was my one regret.

Next time!!

The girls (11 of them) had a great time! My only thought was that it could have been a more difficult mystery, but that was probably my fault because my girls were all 13.

The instructions were clear and user-friendly. Everything we needed was in the downloadable packet. The characters were fun and easy to assign. The mystery had just enough turns and twists to keep the girls wondering who was the jokester. I am so thankfully for a friendly mystery party with no "bad guys"!