moonlight Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 My son just informed that he wants a birthday party in which they crack a code to get out a locked room. They just saw a tv show in which there were two teams competing for that. I don't like the idea of locking them in a room, but I am thinking this could work by locking the birthday cake away or the goody bags. Anyone have an idea of how a birthday party like that could work in my home rather than an outside venue? They would need to solve different clues to reach the final clue. Something like this: http://www.challengechambers.com Thanks!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 If you google "home escape room" there are a lot of websites that give instructions for a diy version you can do at home. :) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 My dh and I are currently working on one for out friends birthday. There are ebooks that can help you figure out how to set it up. I also believe they sell premise ones but I haven't personally used them I think dh and I saw that at the game store Marbles Brain Storm. We haven't purchased any of the ebooks yet but I know they exist. We picked a theme, our is Stephen King themed, and have found some neat thrift store finds like a puzzle box and crucifix with hidden compartment. We're slowly coming up with the puzzles and figuring out how it will all work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 My sister has one.., well 6 rooms. Business is booming. People live them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth S Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Wow. I never considered DIY. Great idea! The Escape Room business must be quite lucrative, as my son's friends paid handsomely for their 60 min adventure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 We did one for my boys' birthday last year. Just family. It was awesome. We had a blast. The locked door thing is no big deal. There was some emergency button or something in case there was an issue. You could definitely DIY it... The main expense would be getting locks and/or lock boxes. That was basically what it was. We'd figure out a clue, then it would lead to a number or word that we could use to open a lock. And then that would yield another quest. Until finally we figured out the door lock combination. Ours was art themed (it was a faux little gallery and an attached office). If you do one that's commercial, then be sure you have a kid friendly one. The place where we did that one had a few options and one of them was more "adult" apparently - harder and maybe had some risque bits (IIRC, there was a scandal theme and I think maybe someone had an affair in the fake scandal - there might have been photo "evidence" or something). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 I'd love to do one of those. Maybe for my son's 16th birthday or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 They are super popular here. We've been wanting to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarasue7272 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 You might want to check out breakout edu, you can buy a kit and different scenarios. It is meant for classroom/school use. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 One of these opened up in our city too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 It's a lot of fun, we did one with friends about a month ago. There was a thread back then from someone else thinking about doing one at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjffkj Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 It's a lot of fun, we did one with friends about a month ago. There was a thread back then from someone else thinking about doing one at home. That was me. We did one with a group of friends at a business that does them and immediately came home and started planning our own for in the home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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