They are the first thing I think of when I imagine the Great Hall so they were a must. One of first things I worked on was the floating candles. I enjoy setting a fancy table so working on the Great Hall was great fun. (And extra Alka Seltzer, ahem, jumping beans if they wanted.) Each student got to take home their potion and recipe card. I love her creativity! I found the potions jars at Hobby Lobby for $1 each and the mason jars and spoons I already had on hand. I told Madison what the true ingredients were and she came up with this recipe: My girls recently made these at a science class at church and we thought that might make a great potion. We decided it would also be fun to have a potions class. I combined inspiration from here and here.) (I made these owls with scraps of fabric I already had. She taught the students how to sew up the baby owls and then teach them how to fly. Grubblyplank because we just couldn’t figure out how to make her into a huge Hagrid. We decided on Care of Magical Creatures for Jill. Jill and her best friend Madison (both 13) are also huge Harry Potter fans so I knew I could count on them to be teachers. I knew we had to do some classes because that is what you do at Hogwarts. Next I turned my focus to the party itself. (FYI – Ellie and Kate always play Luna and Hermione when they play Harry Potter.) Again, not good with programming so you will have to just enjoy the visual part of the invitation as I can’t figure out how to put a sound clip on my blog. I emailed all the parents ahead of time so they would know what was coming and they all managed to play the audio clips for their girls. So, instead, I made up the invitation and recorded an audio version of it so it was almost a howler.
I really wanted to send a Howler but even though I spent hours researching it, I am just not good with programming. A good party is good because of the details, that’s my philosophy.
Drat! That party had been so well done I knew I was going to have to do a lot of research to come up with different details to focus on. We had already been to an amazing Harry Potter party last October and since most of those kids were going to be coming to this party I knew I was going to have to do things differently. I know this is not a surprise to most of you! So when Ellie and Kate asked for a Harry Potter party I was beyond excited.
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