Just to make it more interesting, I added a fingerprint background for the spy girl too and was so glad that Angel recognised it as a fingerprint instantly. For the party invites, I kept it simple and use the colours black and pink, as well as a spy logo image that I purchased online.

The decorations and games took me quite some time to brainstorm because this spy concept was very new to me too but I am glad everything turned out well eventually. Since she's been showing interest in games like Cluedo, likes solving Sudoku puzzles and is always asking me to give her riddles, I thought this would be a perfect theme for her and it might turn out to be really cool and awesome for her friends too! This year, the big girl decided that she would opt for a SPY PARTY, which is a huge change from the sweet, girly, princessy kind of themes we've had in the past. It's more about letting them be able to celebrate this day with just a handful of good friends and have the chance to bond, laugh, play and have fun over simple games, activities and food. My trick to being able to plan all their parties - which fall closely to each other - single-handedly is to stick to cosy, intimate parties instead of trying to make them a grand affair.

Over the years, we've had princess themes, animal themes and last year, the girls chose their favorite toys as birthday themes - Sylvanian and Shopkins. Yup, that means the themes are usually chosen by themselves, though I might give a couple of suggestions if they run out of ideas. I usually ask the kids what birthday party themes they would like a couple of months before their big days arrive.

Spyparty fingerprint glasses