Spies party/dress ideas

[Boleyn]

Hi - my soon to be 7 year old is obsessed with being a spy.

Hhe has been invited to a super heroes party and wants to go as a Super Spy - any ideas (I thought black with gadgets).

His birthday is soon and I'd like to make/decorate a spy themed cake - but what can it look like? I'm also enthusiastic as a cake decorator but not that good.

help please!

I'd say black trousers, white shirt, tie - very smart. Shades, slick hair, shiny smart shoes. Briefcase maybe, and gadgets galore.

Spy themed cake? Hmmm. James Bond image on top of it? Bomb - probably not very PC though unless you can make it cartoon like. Or a briefcase looking cake, full of money.

Superspy could either be the James Bond type in a DJ, a Milk Tray Man-type black poloneck with utility belt or a mac-with-collar-turned up, dark glasses Inspector Gadget-type.

Not much of a clue on a spy cake though - perhaps magnifying glass or fingerprints? some good ideas here .

My little brother had a Spies party when he was 7.

My mother made a brilliant cake - quite plain, with 7 of those v. long taper candles as lamp-posts, with spies made of moulding icing with hats and trench coats "loitering" under each lamp post.

As I remember we played lots of code-cracking type games.

We didn't go in for fancy dress for his parties so not sure I can help much on that one (Spy party is an ideal excuse for no fancy dress - spies are incognito!) However - for the super heroes party - I agree - black with gadgets - Mission Impossible style - maybe with a climbing-type harness?

Thank you all very much for these ideas.