How to Make a Kids Escape Room Family Day Or Birthday.

Excited? Running for your life? Daunted by what to do with your kids and their 2 friends at home?

Don't worry, you've got this!

If you're short on time just download a ready to play kit (printable). Otherwise, this guide has everything you need to get started and crush quarantine boredom.

• What your kids want: what your kids want is a fun time that's different to what they've been doing for days. That means something where they're off their phones and tech.
• What you want: you're stressed and need something that's easy to plan and set up, budget-friendly, and makes as little mess as possible. If the kids don’t get excessively rambunctious after eating all those sweets, that’s a bonus.

Yes ... *You're* going to host an Escape Party!

Plus, kids can be like a pack of goblins - the more kids you invite, the more likely it is someone is going to feel left out. Many a parent has rued the decision to invite most of a son’s or daughter’s class only to realize they now have to invite the rest of the class members to be fair.

The perfect number of kids for an escape adventure group is four to six. If you have more than six, you can divide them into teams and let them compete to finish first. So no matter how many guests you invite, it’s easy to make sure everyone can join in the fun.

I can’t make any promises about the snack and cake area, but cleaning up after the game is easy.

The easiest way to host an escape adventure at your kid’s party is to download one of our ready-to-play escape kits. Our printable escape kits come with everything you need to host a full 45- to a 60-minute game.

To set up the game for your party group, you’ll print the game PDF on a color printer (or take it to an office store like Kinko’s and have it printed for you) and gather a few supplies (scissors, tape, some scratch paper, and pens or pencils).

And you can set the stage with the included posters or themed “dollar-store” party decorations if you want.

That’s it.

When the kids are ready to play, you hand them the introductory game cards and let them start solving the puzzles. When they solve a puzzle correctly, you give them the next challenge and so on, until they’ve completed the game!

All the answers to the puzzles (as well as how to solve them) are included in your setup and gameplay instructions, so you can provide help if the kids get stuck.

Yes. It really is that easy!

The kits are incredibly versatile.

If you have a larger group, you can print more versions of the game, divide the kids into teams, and challenge them to see who can finish first.

You can add urgency by setting a timer and challenging everyone to finish the game within the time limit.

You can use the designer kit to adapt the puzzles for different age groups.

If you want to add some extra excitement to the game, instead of handing out the challenge cards, you can lock them in boxes with padlocks programmed to the previous puzzle’s answer.

And, of course, once you’ve purchased the game, it’s yours. So you can print it out and use it as many times as you want. (This can come in especially handy if you’re expecting to host a birthday party for a younger sibling in a couple of years!)