This Digital Harry Potter Escape Room Lets You Visit Hogwarts From Your Couch

This week especially has shown us all how we can get creative and come together in a time of need. From watching Hallmark holiday movies in March to coming together with people all over the world to see Mo Willems draw, the internet has been full of amazing, innovative activities that we can all enjoy from home. 

The best thing I have found to keep me entertained while we’re stuck at home is a Harry Potter Themed Digital Escape Room and it’s completely free!

This escape room was created by staff at the Peters Township Public Library in McMurray, PA. and you can complete it by yourself or with your family!

Harry Potter Themed Digital Escape Room

So, how does a virtual escape room work? Starting out, you’re told that this is your first year at Hogwarts. With your house already chosen, you’re told that this is going to be a team building activity. 

During this activity, you will be watching clips from Harry Potter movies, answering questions from the clips, heading into Gringotts where you’ll have to figure out the exchange rate between sickles and galleons, figure out how to do different spells and much, much more!

At first, I completed the escape room on my own so I could get a sense of what it was like. It was pretty funny looking at things like a cell phone and keypad as a wizard seeing these strange devices for the first time.

Then, I asked my youngest son if he’d like to come and do it with me. Of course he said yes! I mean, what kid wouldn’t be excited for a Harry Potter escape room! 

Doing the virtual escape room with someone else was much more fun because we were able to talk about what it might look like if we were actually there and help each other out when converting the sickles and galleons. 

I love how it sparked his imagination and made him really think about what it would be like to visit the wizarding world. 

It was really fun to see some of the trailers for the films, which were released so long ago! I mean, Daniel Radcliffe looks like a baby in the trailer for the Philosopher’s Stone!

To access the Harry Potter digital escape room, click here.

All you need is an internet connection and a browser. You can open it on your mobile phone or computer — any device that can access the web!

Now I think I need to go have a Harry Potter movie marathon.

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