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How to Decorate for a Harry Potter Party

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One of my most popular posts on the blog is my Harry Potter party! But it is a really long post with a daunting amount of detail. So I’m working on breaking it down into more bite size chunks. Today I’ll cover just the decorations.

For our Harry Potter Party I focused the decorations in two areas: my entryway which I tried to transform into an area where the kids could be sorted and then get a wand and broom (so I guess a Diagon Alley type feel). And then my dining room which I tried my best to transform into the Great Hall at Hogwarts.… Read the rest

Free Harry Potter Party Invitation

I loved designing this invitation for my son’s Harry Potter party. I’m sharing a free template for you today so that you can use it for your muggle Hogwarts celebration as well! You can easily download it and then add text. But don’t worry, if you’d rather I handle all that for you I can do that as well!

Free Harry Potter party invitation template

How to Edit this Template for your Harry Potter Party

  • First, you’ll want to download the jpg file with the form at the bottom of this post.
  • Go ahead and save the file to your computer (or phone) and then open it in a photo editing program (like canva).
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How to Play Muggle Quidditch

For my son’s Harry Potter birthday party one of our main activities was a rousing game of Quidditch. I would say of all the activities, this was the crowd favorite. Being a huge Harry Potter fan and having read the books on multiple occasions I set out to adapt the game of Quidditch for a bunch of 10 year old muggles ;).

boy holding DIY broomstick ready to play quidditch at a harry potter party
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DIY Harry Potter Broomsticks

To start I made brooms for all the kiddos. It was a lot simpler than you might think. I got 4 foot wooden dowels from Home Depot and cut them in half to make 2 foot brooms.… Read the rest

Harry Potter DIY Sorting Hats

If you are looking for a fun and yummy way to sort people into their proper Hogwarts houses, I’ve got you covered! You can make these edible sorting hats with all store bought ingredients! Ice cream cones, cookies, frosting and m&ms! We used these at my son’s Harry Potter birthday party and they were a huge hit!

Make these DIY sorting hats for your Harry Potter event!

How to Assemble the Sorting Hats

  • First you need the sugar ice cream cones, the ones that look like the pointed top of a witches hat of course! I would plan on buying about double what you need since they are a bit fragile and chances are there will be some casualties along the way.
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DIY Mandalorian Party

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Hey gang! I’m here to spill all the details from our Mandalorian Star Wars party we had a few weeks ago for my 8 year old son. He has been a HUGE fan since we watched season 1 when it first came out. We just finished watching the Book of Boba Fett right before his birthday too so it got us excited for all things Mando & Grogu again! As usual this post is supposed to take all the guess work out of party planning for you! I have free printables, games & activities, food and dessert ideas, decorations, shopping lists and more.… Read the rest