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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 →
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 →
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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