Christmas Escape Room

Christmas is all about spending time with my family and friends. Sharing good food, sipping on something tipsy and of course playing games.  One of my favourite activities is setting up a Christmas escape room at home. It’s great to spend time together without a TV on and enjoying some screen-free fun. I remember how long it took to plan and set up my first ever Christmas escape room, I don’t mind telling you it took me FORVER! It was a huge hit but oh man it was a lot of hard work.

Christmas Escape Room Game Ideas

Start off by planning your escape room story. This is the fun part and can spur on lots of fun ideas as you get into planning your game. Here are a few ideas to get you going.

• Home Alone – You’re home alone and need to solve puzzles to set up traps to stop the thieves.
• The Grinch – Can you help grow the Grinches’ heart by spreading some festive cheer?
• The nutcracker – Save the ballerina from the Mouse king
• The 12 days of Christmas – Take inspiration from the famous song, solving 12 themed puzzles.
• A Christmas Carol – Set the game in a Dickens’s winter wonderland. Create four puzzles to solve representing each of the ghosts Ebenezer Scrooge meets.

How Many Puzzles Do You Need?

The answer to this question is simple. Have as many puzzles as you want! If you are planning your first escape room aim for 5 puzzles. The aim is quality not quantity! You can make a really simple puzzle more exciting by including locked boxes and incorporating other activities to help solve the puzzle

Picture this: you set your friends on a quest to find all the ingredients needed to bake a delicious Christmas cookie. But here’s the twist – the recipe is sneaky and written in a secret code! To crack the code and unveil the recipe, they must first unlock a special box by solving a simple math problem. Once they’ve got the key to solve the secret code, that can finally decipher the recipe and embark on a thrilling search for hidden ingredients scattered throughout the room.

Here’s the fun part – each ingredient comes with a letter attached to it. As you uncover all the ingredients, a word will be revealed. And guess what? That word holds the key to another puzzle for you to solve!

Do you feel the excitement building? This simple puzzle will have your friends fully engaged as they search for clues and unravel the secrets to the rest of your game.

Fun Code and Ciphers

There are so many secret codes and ciphers that are perfect to use in a Christmas escape room. You have probably already heard of a few of them.

• PigPen code – grab my free printable
• Semaphore
• Braille
• Morse Code
• Templar code
• Reverse Alphabet

Ready Made Christmas Escape Room Kit

Over the years I have created a few different Christmas games. Save a heap of time by grabbing one of my ready made kits. Each of these packs include a “ready to go”Print and Play” game that is perfect to play just sat around the dining room table PLUS a DIY escape room kit.  It’s the same game but the print outs allow you to set up clues as props around your room. Throw in atmospheric some music, some snacks and voila you have something a bit special.

Included is a game guide, completely separate from the “Print and Play” game, so there are no spoilers.  For the DIY kit there is a full guide which does explain the puzzles. I have also created a printable lock kit so you can really go to town with your game. The extra clues in the lock kit help you hide clues inside locked boxes with simple puzzles. Combine one or two of my ideas and really make the game your own. Add in some locks and voila your very own Christmas escape room at home.

WHATS INCLUDED IN THE ESCAPE ROOM KITS?

In each kit you will find the following.

• A “Print and Play” Christmas escape game.
• A DIY version of the Christmas game
• A game guide
• A lock kit guide
• Selfie posters

You will have the option to play either version of the game. The “Print and Play” kit is just that, there is no prep required just print out the game place on a table top and get cracking. You will need to grab a pair of scissors, glue and pen for most of the games. But playing this way there is not set up at all and no spoilers so you can play along too.

The DIY kit has the same game puzzles but gives you the option to set up a more interactive escape room at home. Set up is required for this version and is well worth the effort to make a truly memorable game. With the game guide you will have plenty of tips and ideas on how to set up and run your game. Use the lock kit included and you have extra mini puzzles to included into your game plus this gives you the ability to easily add locks.

If you would like a stress free way to set up and create a memorable Christmas escape and home or the office these kits will save you a heap of time.