just a family seeking out great adventures
I'm not actually planning to lock children up in my house, so I had to get a little creative when it came to who is escaping at L's Harry Potter Escape Room Birthday Party. Often when people do at-home escape rooms, the escapees unlock a treasure or treats. I also read about one in which... Continue Reading →
So...since our escape room must take place in our modest home, and we don't really have a ton of doors or cabinets to lock, our escape room needs a TON of boxes. I got most of the boxes for $2 at the thrift store. Some boxes were just wooden and therefore fine to keep as... Continue Reading →
It seems to me that coming up with puzzles that result in words comes a lot easier than puzzles that result in numbers. The problem with this is that letter locks are 1) expensive, and 2) contain a limited amount of letters on each wheel. My girl's Harry Potter escape room will have just one... Continue Reading →
Last week, our family attended our first ever professional escape room. We went to The Escape Game in Pidgeon Forge, TN; it was great fun! It also gave me several ideas of things to add to the Harry Potter escape room that I've been working on. One thing that happened several times in The Escape... Continue Reading →
For the Harry Potter Escape Room, I plan to have my "students" go through a day at Hogwarts, including attending classes. Naturally, Potions class is one of the classes they will attend. I found an amazing Potions task on this website (Covalent Moments) in which students have to solve a logic puzzle to know which... Continue Reading →
As I wrote about here, my new greatest passion is planning my kid's Harry Potter Escape Room Birthday Party. Here is one of the puzzles I have planned, and how I went about creating the elements of the task: Having an Ancient Runes class is pretty perfect for an escape room. Naturally, the students will... Continue Reading →
The moment I've been dreaming of has finally taken place. I thought that it would never happen. My kid is getting older, and I knew that if this day would ever come, it would have to come this year. She 9 right now, so I knew that if it didn't happen this year, it likely... Continue Reading →
Some people might call me cheap. I'd call me frugal. And also very good with money. What this means is that while we vacation a lot (since it is something Saign and I greatly value), we vacation a bit different. I'm always looking ways to maximize fun while minimizing cost. I already wrote about how... Continue Reading →
Okay. I feel this needs to be written. Many, MANY Americans claim "the French are rude!" Or "They all speak English but won't speak it to you!" I was 20-years-old the first time I visited France. I only experienced kindness and hospitality and empathy from the French on that trip. I truly can't remember ANYONE... Continue Reading →
I've written before about how taking a job as a flight attendant was a 6-figure pay cut for me. This was 100% worth it, because I went from being stressed almost all the time, to rarely ever being stressed. It's hard to be happy when you're stressed, so this career change was a huge boost... Continue Reading →
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