You can use the same kit as a play for 8 to 16 guests or download even more characters and use it as a “meet and mingle” kit where everyone mingles and talks about their Cookies clue(s) and then hears some Reports.
You can also use it for a quick 30-40 minute party or school classroom activity by skipping Acts 2 and 3 and just doing Act One and reading out the Reports.
Shorter clues (so easier to read).
This kids mystery has also been used and enjoyed by adults too!
Select which items you want below by adding “1” on the left.
Perfect as a library game or for anyone who loves cookies!
Last night all the characters had slipped out of their books to play in the library. When Mrs Bookworm, the librarian, un-locked the fundraising cookie cupboard this morning she was shocked. The cupboard was empty.
Kids Mystery Samples:
Downloadable Base Kit for 8 guests (6 female and 4 male) ($24.95):
More about this mystery party game
Discover who committed the crime and be the hero of the story! Who Stole The Cookies? is a fun, interactive game that lets you play detective. With quirky characters, an exciting storyline, and innovative puzzles to solve, you’ll be transported into a world of detectives and mysteries. Spend hours of entertainment with your family and friends as you investigate the dreaded crime committed right in your own library. Who will you suspect? Who will be the culprit? Get ready to solve the case with, Who Stole The Cookies!
Excerpt
Anyone ____________ (except Cinderella): “Cinderella was so busy dancing with the Prince at the ball that she forgot to eat anything. So when she returned home she desperately wanted a midnight snack, so that’s why she wanted to steal the cookies from the cookie cupboard.”
I am doing this as a play for a girl scout theater group. The girls are having a great time learning their parts. At this time no one knows who did it and it is driving them crazy!
17th Dec 2014 – imported from our previous shopping cart system.
Carlene McKinley, USA
Carleen sent in this feedback:
“Hi, Stephanie,
Thank you.
We really had a great time and will definitely do it again. We had about 20 people so we were able to mingle quite a bit.
Carlene”
Cheri Thomas, USA
“We loved this mystery so much! Our church did it, and had a ball!!! We had some fantastic costumes! Now we will be doing it with a large group from my college. Thank you so much! You guys are great!!!!
Cheri Thomas”
Jackie Overton, USA
“I just wanted to send a few pics taken at my daughters 50th birthday party……….What a fun time all had………we had 50 plus attend……..fun was had by adults and children……….thank you for a memorable party……..To save this memory, I took pictures and transferred them to material squares and I am having a quilt made. Thanks again for all your help to make this a memorable “50th” for our daughter….Jackie Overton
PS: I will highly recommend your parties to anyone !!”
Christan Martin, USA
Christan sent in this feedback about his party (see photo no. 3 above):
“I purchased this kit to use as a culminating activity for my sixth grade Honors students after they completed a long-term reading and writing unit on mysteries. The students had a blast dressing up and acting like their characters, eating from the fairy tale- and mystery- themed menu (Fairy Dust Caviar, Make-Believe Sushi, Red Herring Cake, and Mad Hatter’s Tea), and participating in the mystery. The students were able to have fun while using their knowledge about foreshadowing, red herrings, motives, and other characteristics of mysteries to help them solve the crime! The kids enjoyed the activity so much that they shared the experience with all of their friends, and I had to order another mystery to use with another class! Everyone loved “Who Stole the Cookies?” and we are all hoping to have another mystery dinner party before the end of the school year!”
Colonial Heights Public Schools
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Mia Marr, USA
Mia sent in this feedback about her “Who Stole The Cookies?” party (see photo no. 2 above):
“We had a lot of fun. We had 8 girls, I (Mia) was Sherlock Holmes, and a mom played Mrs. Bookworm. I wanted to have a food that represented each character so in one of the pictures we were toasting (sparkling cider) as if we were at Cinderella’s Ball. In another photo you’ll see our ‘cookies’ and petit fours (Alice in Wonderland) that some said “Eat Me” and a sliced poison apple (Snow White). The girls were laughing and had a great time. For prizes I wrapped giant candy bars and each one would say: Presented to Best… (actress, dressed, Who guessed it, etc). I also made a CD of music from the different character’s that we played between Act’s when they were snacking.
This was also enjoyable because the girls had never done this before so they really got into it.
Thanks!
Rosemary Muscolo, USA
Rosemary’s “Who Stole The Cookies?” party showing Peter Pan and Wendy in front of the books mural created with chalk on black foam boards (see photo no.1 above)
Rosemarie sent in this feedback:
“Hi – I would like to submit the photos from our Fall 2005 Girl Scout Mother/Daughter Mystery Event – Who Stole the Cookies.
This was the 2nd event we did using your games (Celebrity Celebrations the year before was such a big hit the girls wanted more!) which was attended by almost 70 people! We hold this event for our Girl Scouts in grades 6-12 accompanied by their moms and a Scholarship fundraiser.
The “library” backdrop was hand drawn with chalks by the very talented husband of my co-chair for the event, Marge Smith (who purchased this past year’s game).
The Girls and their moms had terrific costumes and we all had a great time! The photos attached show both the costumes and the back drops….We’ll keep our fingers crossed that we are winners….we are planning another event for the fall!
Rosemarie Muscolo
Community Director Kings Ferry Girl Scouts“
Maarit Vaga, USA
Maarit sent in this feedback (see photo no. 4 above):
<em”>“I just sent the last of my characters back between the pages of her book. The Queen of Hearts put up quite a struggle but at least she didn’t steal the cookies, though I had my doubts about her….
“Who Stole the Cookies” was an enormously entertaining play enjoyed by sixteen young guests between the ages of 7-11. The party was in honor of our daughter Lydia’s 10th. birthday and she insisted on playing the Queen of Hearts.
I modified the characters slightly by adding the White Rabbit as a character to better suit one of our guests’ personality and our Sherlock Holmes was just fresh from the Outback, having solved a rather nasty crime Down Under. The Queen’s siblings added their help by playing both maid and butler for the Literary-guests. Unfortunately, Cinderella was prevented from attending the party due to an uncharacteristic temper-tantrum but Maid Matilda (5) stepped in to “read” the lines with some help from her literate friends.
I can safely say that each guest fulfilled their required reading assignments for the week after this party, but oddly enough, I heard no complaints about it.
Thank you MerriMysteries for an unforgettable birthday party!!
Yours literally, Mrs. Bookworm (Maarit Vaga, purchaser of “Who Stole the Cookies”) Albion, NY USA”
Characters
Some of the characters in this mystery
The people present in the library are:
Master Sherlock Holmes (from Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conlan)
(optional but recommended character)
I am a man with such superior detective skills that I have become world famous. Nothing goes unnoticed by me.
Alice (from Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)
I don’t like to be rude, but after being in Wonderland, I can’t help thinking how very strange some people are.
Cinderella (from Cinderella)
Having been treated badly by my step sisters, I know what it’s like to be a slave. So in the palace, I am kind to everyone – the servants included.
Snow White (from Snow White by The Brothers Grimm)
I am a young lady with skin as white as snow, lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony. I am friends with a bunch of dwarfs.
Peter Pan (from Peter and Wendy by Sir James Matthew Barry)
I am the little boy who never grew up. I live in Never Never Land and I can fly. Sometimes I teach other children to fly with me.
Tinkerbell (from Peter and Wendy by Sir James Matthew Barry)
(in place of Peter Pan in the all girls version)
I used my magic fairy dust to help Peter Pan and Wendy to fly. On the island there are lots of fairies. “When the first baby laughed for the very first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about and that was the beginning of the fairies.”
Little Red Riding Hood (from Little Red Riding Hood by various authors)
I am a fearless, but kind young lady who goes for walks alone in the woods.
Dorothy (from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum)
I am a very determined young lady from a farm in Kansas. I don’t let anyone get in my way.
Goldilocks (from Goldilocks and the Three Bears by various authors)
I am a naughty and some say “spoiled” little girl. I always do exactly what I want. For example, I steal porridge and sleep in beds I don’t own.
Aladdin (from The Adventures of Aladdin by various authors)
I changed from being a poor boy to a handsome prince and married a beautiful princess in a ‘great splendid palace’.
Aladdin’s Mother Zeenab (from The Adventures of Aladdin by various authors)
(in place of Aladdin in the all girls version)
I was disappointed when Aladdin came back from the cave filled with jewels with only an old lamp. But I started to polish it and ‘out shot another genie’. She was very useful. Aladdin never thanked me. So I took the lamp and genie.
Mrs Bookworm (the librarian responsible for the cookie cupboard)
(optional but recommended character)
Although I try to be helpful, a lot of the children are afraid of me. I think it is because I am always telling them to be quiet in the library.
Reading Level
Reading level: 7
Note: The reading levels of each kit (not just “page” as it says below) were determined by copying and pasting the kit (the play version), into The Readability Test Tool (see www.read-able.com).
2 reviews for Who Stole The Cookies? Kids Mystery Party Game (Base Kit For 8 But Expandable To 104 Guests) – With Period Characters
Rated 5 out of 5
Anonymous (verified owner)–
Bought it to use in a speaking and listening class. Kids thoroughly enjoyed it and managed to work out who had eaten the cookies.
Rated 3 out of 5
Helen R Reynolds (verified owner)–
Not good for ages 10 & under. Kinders can’t memorize or read the scripts.
Stephanie Chambers (store manager)–
I am sorry you were disappointed. We generally only recommend our kits for 9 years upwards. But it does depend on their reading level. There is no need to memorise lines. It is just a matter of being able to read them out.
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My students loved the mystery! I liked how I could sort the cards so everyone had a speaking part and that I could purchase extra characters so that all of my class could play a part in the mystery.
My Girl Scout Troop did this mystery at a lock-in/dinner. We had so much fun, and look forward to many, many more mysteries.
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Will this work for a super small group, like 4 girls?vanessa asked on May 22, 2023
The girls standard bundle of "Mystery In The Library" can be done with as few as 7 girls. Also "The Hunt" can be done with only 6 guests. Most of our kits are for a minimum of 8, because it gets too easy to work out who did it with any less characters. Can they invite a few more girlfriends or can the parents participate too to make up the numbers?
Stephanie Chambers answered on May 25, 2023store manager
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Bought it to use in a speaking and listening class. Kids thoroughly enjoyed it and managed to work out who had eaten the cookies.
Helen R Reynolds (verified owner) –
Not good for ages 10 & under. Kinders can’t memorize or read the scripts.
Stephanie Chambers (store manager) –
I am sorry you were disappointed. We generally only recommend our kits for 9 years upwards. But it does depend on their reading level. There is no need to memorise lines. It is just a matter of being able to read them out.