If you are a Harry Potter fan, you are going to LOVE the DIY Harry Potter party video I made. I have ideas for invites, decor, costumes, wands, activites, games, food, party favours, and MORE!!!
Find all the details in the video I made here:
Every party needs an invitation to set the stage and let
guests know what to expect. For this party, I used my home printer to create an
acceptance letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Of course
the letter was from the head mistress of Hogwarts -- Minerva McGonagall. I rolled up the invite
like a sheet of parchment, tied it with a ribbon, and added a picture of the
birthday boy. So easy… but so cute!
Creating an entrance to the magical world of Harry Potter is
easy, inexpensive, and fun. Grab a dollar store paper tablecloth, sponges and
red paint. Then, dip the sponge in the paint and press it onto the tablecloth
to create a brick. Continue the process until the entire table cloth is
covered. Hang it up in a doorway, and cut a slit in the middle to allow people
to walk through. You can also make a 9 3/4 platform sign from a piece of dollar
store foam board. This was a BIG hit at our party!
I wanted all the guests to get the full Harry Potter
experience, so I set up a “Madam Malkins Robes for all Occasions” shop. Everyone
could shop for robes (which were black capes I bought on clearance after
Halloween). I also had homemade glasses and ties that the kids could decorate.
Every wizard needs a wand, so I set up an Ollivander’s wand
shop for the party guests. To make cheap wands, grab a package of dowels, hot
glue, and brown paint from the dollar store. Drizzle hot glue around a dowel,
let dry, and paint with brown paint. Then, if desired, you can add a jewel to
the bottom like I did. Pretty fun, right?
I also thought it would be fun to let the kids shop for
their school supplies at Flourish and Blotts… just like the characters did in
the books and movies. I made a spell book from a duotang, and filled it with a
list of spells, a word search, and some Harry Potter trivia. I also made quills
by hot gluing feathers to the ends of pens. It was really easy to do, and a fun
takeaway from the party.
Having simple Harry Potter games to occupy party guest is key. We played
freeze tag to Harry Potter music, I made a “Pin the Scar on Harry” game, I
turned an old box into a Harry Potter ball toss, and I made a pinata from a
balloon covered in paper mâché. The kids really loved the Hedwig pinata!
Of course themed party food is an important part of any
party, and I had a lot of fun with this one. I had lots of food laid out, but
the stars of the show were two easy-to-make cakes. The first cake was a quidditch
cake. I started with a plain chocolate cake, and added 3 quidditch posts made
from paper straws and pipe cleaners covered in black electrical tape. Then, I
added a snitch made from a Fererro Rocher chocolate and parchment paper wings.
The second cake was a rectangle cake that I carved into the shape of a crest. Then, I added a lightening bolt cut from a fruit roll up, a snitch, Bernie Bott’s every flavour jelly beans, and a chocolate frog. The cakes really were easy to make, and they turned out super-cute.
I love sending guests home with a fun goodie bag, and for
this party, I had the perfect idea for a party favour. I set up Honeyduke’s
sweet shop, and filled it with Harry Potter themed goodies. Each guest was
given a bag to fill, and a fun tag to tie the top of the bag with. Some of the
items in my shop included: bernie bott’s every flavour beans, golden snitches,
black liquorice wands, Mad Eye Moody’s Eyeball Gun, Remus’s werewolf fangs,
chocolate frogs, and fizzing whizbees.
Have I inspired you to host a Harry Potter party? You could also just grab a few of these ideas for a fun family movie night. Make sure you check out the video here, and let me know which of these ideas is your favourite.
♥
Gina Bell (aka East Coast Mommy)
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