My New Obsession

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 wouldn’t happen at all.

And then the day I’ve dreamed of happened!

My child asked me to throw her a Harry Potter Birthday Party!!!!!!!!!!!

I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED.

Nothing of what I wrote above is a dramatization. I have DREAMED of throwing a Harry Potter birthday party ever since I came across a blog that used toilet paper tubes and fake tea lights to make floating candles for the Great Hall….and that was approximately 12 years ago.

But.

It gets better.

My child asked me for an ESCAPE ROOM Harry Potter Birthday Party!!!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME????

I have absolutely thrown all of my free time into making this the most fabulous event of my life. I’ve done hours upon hours of research and planning. I am 100% sure that before the party takes place I will have put more time and effort into planning it than I did for my own wedding.

It has been so fun!

I’ve scoured the internet for ideas. I’ve dumbed ideas down to make them more appropriate for tweens. I’ve fancied up simple puzzles to make them more hands-on and fun. I had to come up with a story line to explain exactly why they must escape. (In the case of the story line I came up with, it’s more of a rescue versus an escape). I’ve had to think through things over and over and over to make sure the timing made sense and codes are being broken to align with needs of hiding items in locked boxes/areas (I wanted to take the students through a day at Hogwarts, so they must attend classes before they can go into Hogsmeade to get their Fizzing Whizzbies). I’ve written letters from various professors doing my best to take on their tone and attitudes. I’ve worked to make their day at Hogwarts whimsical, challenging, and magical.

As far as I can tell, this is the best piece of art I believe I’ll ever create. As such, I decided I must share the details along the way as I go. It’s very very very exciting!

I can’t wait to show you all the details!