Raising Mini Escape Room Enthusiasts

There are many different reasons for wanting your kids to grow up to love escape rooms. You might be an enthusiast yourself, looking to enjoy the activity together as a family. Or, you might be impressed by the logic, communication, and imagination skills that can be gained from playing escape rooms, and hope to use the hobby as a fun, all-round educational tool for your little ones!

Whatever your reason, we have put together some top tips for introducing the hobby of escape experiences to your kids. Read on, and you’ll have some fantastic little “escape artists” on your hands in no time!

1. Play Escape Rooms Suitable for Kids

As much as you may love those horror-themed rooms, or rooms with puzzles hard enough for even the most experienced escape masters to trip up on, they’re probably not the best ones to pick for your kids’ first experience!

Many escape room companies offer games that are specifically designed for children, with simple puzzles that are created to be solved by young minds, as an introduction to escape rooms.

Alternatively, you could select a game with fun, kid-friendly themes, without compromising on the challenge. The University of Magic rooms at both Lucardo Manchester and Rawtenstall offer a unique, magical atmosphere that’s enough to entice witches and wizards of all ages, with hands-on puzzles that are fantastic to explore together as a family!

2. Try At-Home Escape Activities

Believe it or not, it’s easy to enjoy escape room fun from the comfort of your own home! With many companies offering downloadable or boardgame-style escape activities suitable for players of all ages, it’s easy to introduce your kiddos to the craft without leaving your sofa. Similarly, Lucardo offer some fantastic online games, which could especially appeal to tech-obsessed kiddos! Playable remotely on your own device, these games put you right in the middle of our rooms, letting you solve puzzles and explore as if you were really there. Why not test one out with your family?

3. Consider Going to an Escape Room for a Birthday Party Did you know that Escape Rooms make fantastic places to host special events? It’s true! We even wrote a whole blog post about it.

Lucardo love hosting birthday parties in our rooms, and will happily do so for children aged ten and up, providing there is adult supervision in each room. Escape rooms make fantastic and unique activities for kids’ parties, and are a fantastic way to engage all participants in social, interactive, and entertaining play, without requiring lots of planning on your part. Why not book

a room for your son or daughter’s next birthday, and see how they get on? You never know, it might just spark a hobby!

Here at Lucardo, we love watching little “escape artists” solve puzzles and having fun in our rooms, almost as much as we love taking our own kids and younger family members escaping with us. We hope these tips provided helpful in igniting the love of escape rooms in your youngsters, and look forward to welcoming you to Lucardo very soon!

Madeleine Web