Each guest needed to be sorted into their proper house (can’t have Slytherins ending up in Gryffindor, you know). Each guest received a black cape and a tie bearing the colors of their assigned house.
I created “class schedules” as a sort of itinerary for the party, and next on the schedule was a visit to Ollivander’s Wand Shop. Each budding little witch and wizard chose a wand–or the wand chose them, as the story goes–and had loads of fun painting them.
I enjoyed putting together special wand boxes with black spray paint, velvet fabric, and online print outs for that authentic wizarding look.
The next stop on our class schedule was the Owl Post, where the guests wrote letters to family members or friends with a white feather pen (resembling feathers from Hedwig, Harry’s pet snowy owl–the birthday girl is a huge fan of Hedwig’s!).
Next, we moved out to the back yard to get out some wiggles with–you guessed it! A friendly game of Quidditch. We all know you can’t have a game of Quidditch without the coveted golden snitch.
By the time the movie was over, the guests’ wands were dry and they enjoyed casting spells from spell books I made with felt and paper (I found the creative spells online).
Planning this party was a whole lot of fun for me, and I hope the birthday girl had just as much fun celebrating. A lot of detail went into this special day, and I hope that she will cherish these memories for many years to come.
Melissa Carver says
How did you make the wand boxes and spell books ?
Katie says
Hi Melissa! For the wand boxes I just bought white boxes and spray painted them black. I got some foam and velvet fabric and put that inside the boxes. I found the labels online. Super easy! Hope that helps.