Description

Hello!
Thank you for joining me in this wonderful world of Wizardry Mystery! This Birthday Party “Escape Room” or Who Done It Mystery revolves around finding the Mystical Wand of Fire. It is the only wand that can light a birthday candle and it has been sent to the wrong person.
Wizards unite to solve the clues and reveal who in fact has the wand (torch lighter) so the candle can be lit and Happy Birthday can be sung!
This Mystery requires a lot of pieces, all of which you can find in my Amazon List for this party. You can also scale it back and do your own DIY.

Alternate Endings: For the final clue, Clue 10 you can choose who has the wand at the end simply by eliminating one of the 10 jelly beans. The flavor missing is the one that has the wand!

I have included 6 FREE bonus pages of images that you can print off and frame for a suspect wall. These images are pulled from the internet, not my credit, I’ve just sized them to be 5″x7″ for framing. They are a FREE Add-on. You can also pull all your own images.

How to set it up:
You can navigate the setup of this party through my blog: https://www.acottonkandilife.com/how-to-throw-an-epic-harry-potter-birthday-party/
I do all of our parties with an all-inclusive teamwork theme. I don’t like to divide up kids at a birthday party and create that winners/losers dynamic. Everyone wins here by working together.

Print this entire suite of printables. I’ve also divided it up into a “Color Print” and and “B&W Print” if you want to send it to a printer. Keep this original so you know how the order runs.

The Top sections of directions are meant for your/host’s eyes only. You can cut each section apart and staple it together like a booklet so you can keep track. I’ve also included little supply lists that link directly to the products I’ve used.
I strongly suggest planning out where you’re going to set each clue up on a map so that they have their own spaces and aren’t too close together.

Introductions:
When the party begins, everyone meets at the sorting hat.
You can sort kids into houses, but they will still all work together.
Everyone gets a trinket bag (by their house if you want.) Inside that bag are their tools for the mystery.

Each bag needs:
Wizard Code Printout (1/3 slip)
Mischief Manager Printout (1/2 sheet)
Invisible Ink Pen (wand)- sold separately on Amazon

Read the first letter and then the players are off!
Each clue guides through to the next.

You’ll need your Wizard Code and Mischief Manager at each clue to unscramble the decoded suspect names.

Alternate Endings: