Summary

Our family loves puzzles, riddles, brain teasers and of course escape rooms. Throughout the years, we have created our own escape rooms for the kid’s birthday parties and church events. A favorite element we like to include is a jigsaw puzzle that reveals a 4-digit code for a lock. These puzzles are cut from 3mm or 6mm plywood and we use the Fordite method to engrave a multicolor background with the code embedded the puzzle. The process works by applying layers of paint (lightest to darkest) to a surface and then using a laser to engrave the inverse of an image. The greater the intensity of the laser the more paint will be removed exposing the lighter colors. I went through this process in more detail on the "Starry Night Laser Art" template reference below.