Spy party games for kids are fun to include during your detective party, or just to make a playdate more intriguing. Think about it: how often did you play “international super secret spy” as a child? The Spy Kids series made such games even more popular. Pretending to be a character of mystery and intrigue is one of the best parts of childhood! Your party guests will love spending the day acting like miniature James Bonds, even if they don’t know who that is!
Intriguing Spy Party Games for Kids
Trailing the Suspect
A good spy must be able to trail a suspect without being caught. Choose a suspect and blindfold him (if going with a cooperative game, make the suspect an adult so kids will enjoy the “us against them” feeling). Next, attach little flags to his waist with velcro or tape. Have him stand in the center of a big circle. The spies need to get the flags off him without getting caught. They’ll need to be sneaky and fast! You can either make it so the child with the most flags wins, or turn it into a cooperative game where all the kids must work together to get the flags.
Two Truths, One Lie
Let your little spies find the truth! Each kid of the party tells three facts: two are true and one is a lie. The others have to guess them right. You can let each kid speak personally, or there is a better way to keep some small folded paper pieces with truths, facts and lies written on them. You can make it even more intriguing by using our invisible ink recipe! Place the papers in a bowl and one kid would pick one paper at a time and read the fact written. The kid who guesses the truth and lies rightly wins a prize.
Memory Test
One of the easiest spy party games is the memory game. Place things like binoculars, calculator, camera, small pen dives, speaker, pens and other spy stuff on a large table and let all the children gaze at the arrangement once. Take them to another room and remove some of the items. Allow the group to come back, and the kids have to guess the items misplaced.
30-Second Disguise Game
Spies need to be able to disguise their true identity on the fly, right? For this game, you’ll need a bunch of disguise supplies. Get wigs, funky glasses, hats and various pieces of clothing (things that are large enough to throw over your guest’s own clothes). Throw everything into a jumbled pile. Gather the kids around the pile in a circle. Blow a whistle (or just yell “go!”) and give the kids 30 seconds to throw on whatever they can to make their disguises. Take pictures of their crazy disguises to give out as a special memento of the event.
These spy party games are fun ways to keep kids intrigued during your spy party. For more ideas, check out our mystery party games! If you’re still looking for ways to make your party fun, check out all our party games for kids.
What are your favorite spy party games for kids? Tell us in the comments!
This looks like a lot of fun! My son turns 7 in October I will pin this!
These are definitely all great spy games. I think the ones with memory are also beneficial because they are somewhat educational in that they help kids to work on their memory skills. I like the idea of using an adult for some of the games to create an ‘us versus them’ mentality for the kids- a great way to make the game more fun!
How fun. My kids want to start having parties and more play dates but I am never sure what to do for them. This could be lots of fun. My kids love playing games and if it involves anything to do with spying or tippy toeing. They love all of that stuff. They loved the spy kids movies so they are huge fans and would love this!
Now I know my nephews would enjoy this kind of party to go to! What an awesome idea for little one’s. When I was home during Christmas we played a bunch of hide and seek games with the dog – I know, it sounds kinda weird but my dog loves to “find” us, even though we don’t have to hide very hard haha.
What a great party theme for kids!!! I love the idea of the kids vs the adult I bet they would have a ton of fun with playing that game. We played adult vs kids games when I was younger was fun when we were able to beat the adults at the game!
What great party theme’s for little boys. I wish, I had this when my son was a little one, he would love the Spy game. I play Beat the Parent’s with my Girl Scouts and always, have a blast when they beat the adults. Thanks for the tips. I’ll be pinning this for sure.
These are great ideas for party games – even for adults! I love the two truths one lie game 🙂 I always like to play pin the tail on the donkey at kids parties, or catchphrase at adult parties. I like games where there’s a lot of interaction and excitement. My son is only 3, but he already loves the SPY kids movies, so I’m sure he would love a party with this theme soon 🙂
These are all great game ideas. Thanks for sharing. I will be hosting a kids party soon so if I can find a way to fit them into the theme we will definitely be giving them a try.
How fun! My youngest son started first grade this year and is asking for a party with his friends. These are some great ideas to throw a unique party different from the other themed parties that we’ve been going to lately. Thank you for the inspiration!
So many great party ideas! Spy games are so much fun. My boys loved to play that when they were little. Inspector Gadget was their favorite but I’m probably dating myself by sharing that. I’ll save this list for when I have grand babies!