My roommates Elena, Clarissa and I threw a party last week and it turned out awesome! We went with a Harry Potter theme, and we were impressed with how everything turned out.
Decor
There was so much fun decor :) And the best part was that most of it was pretty simple and inexpensive to do. Just little touches that referenced the series.
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| We used Christmas lights, rolled up type paper and thread to make the floating candles ceiling of the great hall |
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| Printed off house banners |
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| Just in case anyone needed to take care of business |
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| Elena's basilisk warning. Yikes! |
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| The mirror of Erised |
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| Directions to the bathroom |
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| This is in the pic in the corner of the sign:) |
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| And there was a little surprise waiting in the bathroom:) |
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| 9 3/4 poster for the front door |
Activities
Pin the scar on Harry Potter
Pretty simple. Like pin the tail on the donkey:)
Wanted Wizard Flyers
I had no idea how awesome these would turn out! We just cut out a poster and hung it from the ceiling with string and tape.
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| So Sirius. There's even a dementor! |
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| Have you seen this wizard? |
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| Oh, Trav:) |
Sorting hat
This ended up being really fun! People would sit on the table and put on the
sorting hat. I'd take the four house color star stickers and put two in each
hand. They would choose left or right and I'd only keep those two colors, one
in each hand. Then they chose left or right again and I'd yell out their house
like the sorting hat and stick their house sticker on them:) However, if people wanted to pick their house, I took that into consideration.;)
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| House stickers |
Finding the horcruxes/deathly hallows
Elena hid all the horcruxes, the snitch, and the deathly hallows around the apartment as a sort of scavenger hunt.
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| Elena hid them in relevant places, like Tom Riddle's Diary in the bathroom. Notice the basilisk coming up the faucet. |
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| Hufflepuff cup |
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| Harry potter in the forest (my plant, King Julian) where he dies |
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| Marvolo Gaunt's ring |
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| Snitch on the ceiling |
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| The locket in a "cave" |
The movie!
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| We played the first and the last movies. Did I cry at the end you may ask? "Always..." |
Refreshments
One of my FAVORITE parts of the party was the awesome refreshments!!! They were so magical:) Elena burned the edges of index cards and I printed in
Harry P font from da font to make the super cute labels.
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| "Alas. Earwax." |
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| Licorice wands |
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| Tyce was AMAZING and found actual butterbeer. They sell it at Macy's. Who knew??? |
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| BUTTERbeer. Straight from the Flying Cauldron.:) |
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| Polyjuice Potion |
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| Okay, we stretched this one a little ;) |
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| I loved this one:) |
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| I used this recipe for pumpkin cake for the pumpkin pasties. It was super easy and turned out wonderful:) I just added a bag of mini chocolate chips and frosted with buttercream frosting. |
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| Magically delicious |
Oh, and of course fun people!
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| Harry Potter! |
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| And the Guest of Honor: Hedwig |
