I'll be having quite a few Harry Potter themed posts coming up with tutorials and resources to throw an awesome Harry Potter party that's inexpensive and your kids will love. I thought I'd do an overview of the whole party Here's what we did...
Most of the decorations were in the form of props for the kids to use and eat or play with during the party and then take home as favors. Although I did make the "brick" wall for platform 9 3/4 as well as a set of house banners. We also used our Harry Potter books as decorations.
Of course every themed party starts with a fun invitation. These are the invites we sent, most of them hand-delivered to the kids at school. (Click here for details about the invitations and links to all the resources I used.)
I met all the kids (12-2nd graders, plus my kids) in front of the elementary school when school was over. They were each handed a Hogwarts Express ticket.
Then we walked over to Platform 9 3/4, located at the entrance to my husband's science classroom at the school next door.
Once inside they were greeted by the Hogwarts house tables, with a banner and a scarf for each child.
We lined them up and had them sit on a stool in front to be sorted into their houses.
Then it was time for potions class. We had four different "potions" experiments set up around the room for the kids to try.
Then my husband (the potions master) did some advanced potions for the kids.
Then we headed off on foot again to a little church building right behind our house where we had the rest of the party set up.
We had house tables set up there too. Once all the kids were settled, we had potions books and wands ready. Each child got to choose their own wand, and the kids got to practice casting spells from their spell books. (Click here to see how to make the wands.)
Then we took them outside for a quick game of "Seek the Snitch." It was pretty much like an Easter egg hunt, but with them looking for snitches instead of Easter eggs.
Finally we brought them inside for snacks and treats. We had Dumbledore's Lemon Drops, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans, and Chocolate Gold Galleons on the table with the wands and spell books.
For the "birthday cake" we had Cauldron Cakes and Golden Snitch Cupcakes (tutorial here).
We also had chocolate frogs and butterbeer to drink...but I didn't manage to get any pictures of those.Instead of having all the kids bring presents, we just asked each child to bring a wrapped book for a book exchange. Each child brought a book and then each child got to go home with a book. They also each got a Hogwarts Library Bookplate (follow link to print your own) to put inside their new book.
I had also brought a wizard robe and other items for the kids to dress up as a Hogwarts student and have their picture taken for a photo booth...but the camera died in the middle of the party and we ran out of time anyway...so Katie will just have a really fun Hermione costume to wear next Halloween.
Whew...It was a lot to put together, but the kids had a blast. I'll be getting up tutorials and/or links to where I found the ideas in the next week or so. If there's on aspect of the party, you're especially curious about, let me know and I'll to do post about that part first.
See these links for more details about other Harry Potter themed crafts we've done...and be sure to check back because I'll be adding more as I get them written up.
| Harry Potter Party Overview | Printable Hogwarts Acceptance Letter/Party Invites | Golden Snitch Cupcakes |
Harry Potter Potions Ornaments  | Harry Potter Shirt - Freezer Paper Stencil  | Easy Harry Potter Wands  |
Printable Hogwarts Library Book Plates  |
Urban Zoologie - Bright Dinosaurs - From Sisters and Quilters | Build Your Own Fat Quarter Bundle - 10 (Other amounts available) | Tuxedo Collection Fabric Bundle - From Sisters and Quilters |
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