Our 'spare bedroom' in our house has changed use over the years we have lived in our home. Initially it was a craft room where Little Tomato and I would do crafts and I would work on art projects. As we began to finish out our basement, we converted the...
Home escape room parties are different than the professional game rooms that you pay to play. Unless you are willing to spend significant sums of money to develop or purchase custom locks, boxes, and ciphers for your game, it is much more cost effective to utilize commercially available products as...
The magical alley construction has picked back up after our winter hiatus, and we are making progress! Over the past couple of months, husband and I have completed the S&J and the Potages storefronts. This is the main shop wall of our alley.[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="1540" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The general construction of this...
Magical Key Box Tutorial [vc_column_text]Those who know Husband and me, know that we host an annual magical escape room party at Halloween. Each year we are expanding our props, decorations, and escape room game design. So when LitJoy Crate released a MAGICAL KEY collection, of course I had to...
The first post on the magical alley detailed the Flourish and Blotts mobile display [HERE]. Once this project was significantly completed, we began working on the Slug & Jiggers Apothecary & Potages windows that would face Flourish & Blotts across the alley walk. Apothecary & Potages Layout: After reviewing photos...
We did not host our annual Halloween party in 2020 due to the pandemic. However, our summer was occupied with building a shed workshop instead of our usual puzzle planning. With the shed newly completed, our Halloween props and decorations have migrated into storage out of the house and into...
Little Tomato is a giant fan of a certain book series with a wizard boy. Thus began our 'rabbit hole' of wizard themed parties. A child asking for a HP themed birthday party? Normal. A child specifying that she wants THIS YEAR'S birthday based on year one... and each of...
I love the sculptural look of old phonograph horns. They definitely make a statement in a room, drawing attention to the beauty of the music source. Most speakers anymore are bars or cylinders that don't really have much of a visual appeal to them. A couple of years ago, I...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Every year we add to our Halloween party props. This little project was in the back of my mind for some time. It also appealed to me because Little Tomato could use it as a bookshelf in her Cupboard Under the Stairs reading nook. The bookshelf was a basic...
You have escaped from wizard prison. You were framed for murder and you must now search out and find the rat who framed you to clear your name. Follow the clues you find, solve the puzzles before you, and catch the rat before your time on the run... runs out!...