Escape Rooms for Teens in the Library

Escape rooms are popping up all over the place, and if you've never tried an one before, they're a lot of fun. You and a group of friends let yourselves be locked in a room and madly decipher clues, solve puzzles, and search for the key that will let you out of the room before the timer goes off.

I'd never considered creating my own escape room as a teen program until I came across this article from ALA . They offer plenty of tips and two different ways to run the program so you can adapt it to fit your library.

Once you've picked up a few locks and props, you can just change your theme, allowing for near endless variations to the  program. How about locking your teens into The Chamber of Secrets for a Harry Potter-themed event? You could tie it in to whatever book or movie is currently big with the teens at your library, or make up a story all of your own.