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I learned about a fantastic Harry Potter Escape Room idea on EPBOT.com. The author described affixing instructions for to the bottom of a hollow box, placing iron shavings that looked like ash over the instructions, then placing glass on top, so that when the student tapped their wand (which had a magnet on it) on... Continue Reading →
I really wanted to somehow incorporate Quibblers into my Harry Potter escape room. Why? Mostly because Luna Lovegood is hilarious, and I thought it would be fun. I was STOKED when I found that the Wizardry Workshop had free printable Quibblers (multiple editions available)! I downloaded a copy, and got to work in Canva making... 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 →
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