Comments on: Wizard/Dragon/Harry Potter Escape Room Ideas and Freebies

By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:39:35 +0000

In reply to Stefani Wilkinson. That's great, Stefani! I'm so glad it went well.

By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 19:36:57 +0000

In reply to Teresa Lyn Tande. No problem, Teresa! I hope you're able to make some fun memories!

By: Teresa Lyn Tande

Teresa Lyn Tande — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 01:27:20 +0000

This is AMAZING! I feel so guilty that we are able to use it without restrictions! Your ideas are so good and the props seem authentic yet very doable. Thank you so much for letting us use your “wheel” so we don’t have to reinvent it!

By: Stefani Wilkinson

Stefani Wilkinson — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 23:45:24 +0000

This was amazing – thank you so much for all the detail and for sharing your hard work! It was my first time trying an escape room, and I followed pretty much everything you suggested. The group of 9 girls over for my daughter’s 11th birthday had so much fun. Thank you, thank you!

By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 03:21:34 +0000

In reply to Tenya. Oh thanks Tenya, that's so nice of you to say! I'm glad I was able to help, and I'd love to hear how it goes!

By: Tenya

Tenya — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 00:30:17 +0000

You beautiful soul! I did a very “first timers escape room” over Christmas break and the kids LOVED it. When my daughter asked if we could do another one for her birthday I started looking and have been so blessed and fortunate to have found your site. You are such an angel to share all of your great ideas for the Wizard Escape Room. I can’t believe how much work you put into this! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for sharing your amazing skills – you’re saving me hours! I’ll have to come back and let you know how it ends up working out.

By: The Game Gal

The Game Gal — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 17:36:31 +0000

In reply to Chris. Hi Chris! So I don't know if you'd be able to run this room exactly that way, but with some modifications, you could definitely run it with seven middle school girls. I think they key would be to make sure there is enough going on so that they could divide and conquer (so actually similar to this room, how it was divided up into 6 mini puzzles that could all be done at the same time). They might need some guidance to kind of encourage them to split up and work together in smaller groups on the separate puzzles. I would maybe aim for 3 or 4 smaller puzzle chains that could be worked on simultaneously. Then all the puzzles would come together for one final solution. A lockout hasp is an easy way to do this - just attach it to something like a box or door, and lock it with three or four separate keyed or combination locks, and each pair or group of girls can work on opening one of the locks individually. If you want to incorporate a puzzle like the potion one and want to let everyone participate, maybe you could let each of the mini puzzles involve making its own potion, so all the girls get to use the potion counter for their own potion to mix and drink. I think the key is just making sure there is enough to do so no one gets bored. Does that help?

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 16:48:55 +0000

Hi! I was wondering if this escape room would still work with seven, middle school girls? I wasn’t sure how best to divide the group and was hoping they could all do it together. Any advice on this? Thank you!