29 June 2023

 19 March 2023

Willow's 11th  Harry Potter Party

I can't believe my baby is now 11 years old.
Willow knew Harry Potter celebrated his first birthday on his 11th so we were always planning a Harry Potter Party for hers.  She has loved the movies since she was little and her bedroom had been themed Harry Potter for years.

Invitation
Calling all Wizards and Witches - Magical Invitations made for her friends.  
Willow couldn't wait to hand them out at school. We made the wax seals for the envelopes so they looked like the envelopes that flew down the chimney and under the door in the first Harry Potter movie.  We brought wax seal candles, they were $6 each and were a disaster.  A trip to the local shop and we found red tea light candles.. these were never going to work, so after a bit of googling, we decided to use the hot glue gun.  Fabulous... they looked great, and you could see all the Hogwarts details on them.  When they were dry we painted them red and stuck them on the back of the envelopes to give to the guests..  



   

 Decorations 

The decorations for this party were easy! Willow had been collecting Harry Potter toys and Harry Potter lego for years so we used all her Lego sets, books, and toys.
We purchased a backdrop from Aliexpress and some flags, Harry Potter Christmas Crackers we picked up cheap after Christmas.  These were so cute, they had quality HP Keyrings in them.  We picked up a few things from the FB Marketplace, a cloak, glasses, and Nimbus 2000, and were ready to go.  We even picked up some led candles that we decorated the roof of the gazebo with to look like floating  candles.

We set up the Gazebo out the front of our house.  It was pouring down with rain but luckily it didn't dampen the day and we could still be outside under the gazebo when it poured down.






We had a few games planned 
Guests were put into four Houses and competed to be the winner of the Triwizard Competition

Sorting Hat
Potions - Creating Troll Bogies (Slime) 
Fluffy - named after Hagrid's 3 headed dogs (another name Elephant toothpaste)
Quidditch 
Free Dobby (sock throwing)
Pinata

As Willow's guests arrived they sat on a chair and put on the sorting hat.  
They were given a black t-shirt rolled up in twine.
When it was opened it revealed the Hogwarts House they would be part of for the party 
(Also kept their clothes clean when we were doing potions and herbology classes)


We headed outside to our Potion Class
Today's lesson making Troll Bogies and Fluffy (named after Hagrid's Three-Headed Dog)