Every Harry Potter Party needs the proper decorations.
Half the fun is figuring out how to bring the Harry Potter world into your party.
I had so much fun decorating my home for our party that it's hard to share all of my ideas in one place.
Here is a list of what you will find in this post:
A Honeydukes Treat Station
Honeydukes Treat Boxes
Hogwarts House Point Tracker Containers
Butterbeer Puffcorn and Candy Cauldrons
Honeydukes Treat Bag
Weasley's Wizard Wheezes Party Favor Link
Bertie Botts Every Flavor Bean Boxes
Potions Drink Station Printable
Hot Butterbeer Recipe Link
Diagon Alley and Hogwarts Sign Printable
Hogwarts House Flags Printables
Wand Tutorial Link
Dining Table Decorating Ideas
Harry Potter Cracker Party Favor Link
Harry Potter Etched Butterbeer Mugs Link
English Dinner Menu
Dementor's Chocolate Trifle Recipe
Hogwart's Express Diorama Link
Printable Harry Potter Banner Link
Harry Potter Christmas Tree Link
"Have You Seen This Wizard?" Posters
Hogwart's Bathroom Ideas
Dobbie's Feet Link
Harry Potter Wizarding Games Link
Harry Potter Trivia Game Link
Harry Potter Bingo Link
Fifty More Harry Potter Ideas Link
Fifty More Harry Potter Ideas Link
Honeydukes Treat Station
I have this cute little buffet that I inherited from a grandma and it made the perfect Honeyduke's Party Favor Station.
I added the Honeydukes fringe along the bottom of the top shelf.
Here is a printout that you can use if you would like to do something similar.
Honeydukes Treat Boxes
The boxes above were for my guests to fill with candy from the Honeydukes Treat Station.
I tried to find a design that resembled something from a candy store.
Then I added the Honeydukes label (below) with a glue stick.
Here is a printout of the labels if you would
like to do something similar
.
Hogwarts House Point Trackers Containers
What you will need:
4 matching glass containers
yellow candy
red candy
green candy
blue candy
a glue stick
a printout of the house symbols (below)
The House Scoreboard containers I bought at the dollar store, along with the candy that is in them.
I found four glass cylinder shaped containers at the dollar store.
Then I printed out the house symbols below.
Cut out each house symbol the best you can.
Apply liberal amounts of glue stick on the back of the symbol. Center each of the symbols on it's container.
Fill with the color of candy that is appropriate for the respective house.
TriWizard Cup
The TriWizard Cup came from Target.
Since it was cool, and I already had it, I had to use it for my decorating.
I used it to pull names out of for our
Butterbeer Puffcorn and Candy Cauldrons
I bought a bunch of different sized cauldrons from the dollar store and Party City.
I put Halloween candy in them and
wrote on the outside with chalk pen.
A lot of the candy was Gryffindor colors, and some came in
Slytherin colors, so I labeled them accordingly.
and really easy to make,
Honeydukes Treat Bag
This cute little treat bag is perfect to use for decoration on a plate, or for a take home gift.
The bag is folded and then you fill with small treats, toys, etc.
Fold over the top, punch two holes and tie with a ribbon.
It adds a special touch to your party.
Treat bag printable:
or you can follow the diagram below.
Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans boxes
The traditional Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans Container is adorable, but it is hard to make, large and expensive.
I got the traditional Bertie Bott's box off of Google.
I made one, but it took a lot of time
plus it held a lot of jelly beans.
It was a little too big to make for everyone at the party,
so I created the little boxes to use at the party.
Bertie Botts small box template:
Print it out on white cardstock.
Weasley's Magic & Mayhem Minis
Easy Treats to make for your Honeydukes table.
I had some m&m minis that I bought on clearance after Halloween. Since they were orange, and Weasley's Wizard Wheezes is orange, I saw a great opportunity to create something that good old Fred and George might of come up with.
Drinks (Potions)
My guests got a selection of sodas properly disguised as a potion.
And to make it more fun we added extra ingredients (flavored syrups) so that everyone could make their potion truly unique.
Potions Sign and Great Hall Sign:
If you need more locations, including all the houses, etc.,
the rest of my location signs can are located here:
Hot Butterbeer Recipe Link
Butterbeer is a must at any Harry Potter event.
I made Hot Butterbeer for my family on Christmas morning.
It was delicious!!!
Diagon Alley and Hogwarts Signs
I put up fun signs all over the house.
Below is a printout for Diagon Alley and Hogwart's Castle.
I have made quite a few more signs on another post.
Hogwarts House Flags
These house flags are the easiest ever!
All you do is print out the flags below on colored cardstock.
Match the color to each house.
For Hogwarts I used gray instead of black for obvious reasons.
Cut out the V shape at the bottom then punch holes in the upper corners and put a string through and hang.
Flag Printouts:
Wand Tutorial Link
My awesome Sister-in-law made everyone in the family a wand.
The Dining Table Decorating Ideas
Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures at the party because I was too busy hosting,
but here are a few things that I did that will give you some ideas.
I hung owls on the light over the dining table.
I used large deer for the center of the table and I placed an English Cracker Party Favor on every plate.
Harry Potter Cracker Party Favor Link
On every plate I placed a homemade English Cracker .
This is a long standing English tradition that
can be seen in the Harry Potter films.
Humour from Harry
Advice from Albus
Trelawney Teller Treats
They come with printable sayings and instructions
on how to make them crack.
My grandchildren LOVED these!
They crack when you pull them apart
and have a cute little fortune in them.
My granddaughter read everyone's fortune aloud
so that everyone could hear.
Some of them even wore the cute little crowns that came inside the cracker all day!
On one side I put their name and
on the other side I put their patronus.
They were a hit!
English Dinner Menu
Main Dish - Bangers and Mash
(Sausage with Mashed Potatoes)
For dinner I made Bangers and Mash which is mashed potatoes and sausage.
I wanted it to be easy so that we could enjoy our party.
It is a traditional English dinner that my family loves.
I browned bratwurst ahead of time and then put them in a crockpot with some chicken broth.
I made traditional homemade mashed potatoes and gravy to go with it.
I served it with green bean casserole and a salad.
Super easy and my family loved it!
Dementor's Chocolate Trifle Recipe
This was super easy to make, but was amazing!
I was quite surprised at how yummy it was.
To make Dementor's Trifle you will need:
brownies
large box of chocolate pudding
container of Cool Whip
I used store bought Costco brownies and mashed them at the bottom of a crystal bowl.
It's nice to use a clear bowl for any trifle so that you can see the layers.
Next add layer of chocolate pudding,
and then a layer of cool whip.
I used cool whip because it keeps its shape
better than whipping cream.
Repeat all the layers,
so that there are two layers of each ingredient (six layers total.)
Be sure to finish with the cool whip layer on top.
Then top off cool the whip with a grated a chocolate bar.
Store it in the fridge with plastic over the top so that the flavors can blend.
Serve it chilled.
Additional Decorations:
Hogwarts Express Diorama
Tutorial Link
In my entryway I had this diorama of the Hogwarts Express.
To see how I made it click here.
Printable "Harry Potter" (or Birthday or Christmas) Banner Link
On my fireplace I put "Harry Christmas" banner.
To get this print out, or a "Harry Birthday" print out click here.
Harry Potter Christmas Tree Link
My Harry Potter Christmas Tree was amazing!
I made a lot of the items, or purchased them at the dollar store.
It was so much fun to put together.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WIZARD?
Posters
I made two different versions of the
"HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WIZARD?"
One I printed on a full sheet of brown cardstock .
The other I made a trading card size.
My original intent was to make a just a small card to hang on the Christmas Tree.
They were so cute that I decided to print them out large on a brown cardstock (to save on ink) and hang them up all over the house.
To make them I just googled the Azkaban sign and copied it.
Then I found funny pictures of my family and photoshopped the Azkaban prison sign in front of them. I moved the Azkaban sign a little bit in each picture. Just that small thing made them seem more authentic. I cropped the picture and I placed it over the Sirius Black picture. I laminated the cards so that they look like trading cards.
I made an extra set cards for each person to take home.
Hogwart's Bathroom Ideas
Print out the picture of Moaning Myrtle and then cut around her head. Use a washable glue stick to glue it onto the mirror.
Print out the saying below, cut it out and then glue it to the mirror next to Moaning Myrtle's head
Here's the saying if you want to use it.
And of course, the toilet HAD to be the Ministry of Magic.
Here's a printout for your toilet.
Dobby's Feet Link
Dobby was also at our Harry Potter Party.
He was hiding in our Christmas Tree.
Harry Potter Activities:
Minute to Win It Harry Potter Wizarding Games.
WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!!!
My son, who told me not to do it, came up to me afterwards to let me know how awesome the games were.
If you want to see how we played them just click here.
Harry Potter Trivia Game Link
Test your Harry Potter knowledge in a new and fun way. The game is adaptable to any set of questions.
Harry Potter Bingo Board Link
Fifty More Harry Potter Ideas Link
Incase you might even want more Harry Potter ideas I have a link that shares all of my Harry Potter ideas plus an additional fifty or more ideas that I have found on the web.
I hope that I was able to give you a few ideas for your Harry Potter Party. Please leave a message if you liked the ideas and let me know about your party.
Love,
Holly
