If your little wizard or witch can’t get enough of Harry Potter and there is a birthday lurking nearby, why not give them a serious gift they will never forget and throw a Harry Potter themed birthday party? Sounds exciting and a little daunting? Don’t worry! KSP has you covered! We absolutely know just how crazy Potter fever can get and that’s why since it is the season for Pottermania, we have a compiled a guide on how to host the perfect Harry Potter themed birthday party.
Just read on and take notes! The kids will surely love it!
Let’s start with the Party Invites:
Remember how Harry was invited to Hogwarts? Take inspiration from the great book itself and invite your guests in the same way. Simply type and print an invite – in the style of the Hogwarts acceptance letter and print out (or even stick!) on an old parchment type, recycled paper. Then roll and tie with a thread if hand-delivering. This idea is so quick and easy you’ll want to do all your invites this way!
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Time for Decor and Props:
Make your home resemble Hogwarts with these easy decor ideas. Simply crumple parchment or baking sheet paper and then tape them close to the ceiling or on stairs.
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Recreate the winged keys from Philosopher’s Stone by simply gathering some old keys and suspending them from the ceiling with some tape! Really simple and your child will love the reference. It’s our favourite already.
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Backdrop for taking snaps:
Use the extra invitation envelopes and suspend them on a string for a makeshift photo booth backdrop. Jump in the air as your friend clicks a candid snap for an added bit of just-got-into-Hogwarts-inspired glee.
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Create the Ultimate Great Hall at Hogwarts:
An easy way to add instant Harry Potter magic to your child’s birthday party is to recreate the floating candles from the Great Hall. With a few cardboard rolls from toilet paper or kitchen paper, as well as some LED lit tea light candles placed in the top, you have some very simple yet effective candles. Hang them from the ceiling for a truly magical idea which will take the little wizards’ breath away! So simple, yet so effective!
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How about some Lightning Banners:
What are parties without banners? Create some custom made banners with the famous Lightening scar as the design idea.
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Weave the magic Wand:
And how do you expect kids to cast their spells? With a wand, of course! Making them is not expensive, all you need are long lollipop sticks, paper straws, small, cheap gems and glue and voila! Make a dozen or two so kids can for their own Duelling Club! Get the full tutorial here.
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Wanted Photo booth:
Kids, young and old will love the themed party you are throwing them. How about helping them create some memories to cherish later? Make a simple Wanted Photo Booth using a simple piece of cardboard and some imagination for excellent photographs.
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What about the costumes?
It isn’t as complicated as it sounds. Go about with your usual tee and  a pair of trousers or anything that you are comfortable in. Just add certain custom-made accessories that will give it the HP feel.
Owl Glasses
Kids will love this simple glasses that are sans lenses. Just an inexpensive plastic frame should do. Go creative and add some feathers and even attach a diamond shape cardboard nose to the center of the glasses.
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Harry Potter Tie
Gryffindor or Slytherin, your call. Take out some inexpensive or old pieces of cloth and get some glitter markers for the gold finish and you have an easy tie ready to adorn the little muggles. Find the full tutorial on how to get the tie right here.
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Harry Potter Scarves:
Complete the Harry Potter look with these scarves finish. Choose different colours for the different houses at Hogwarts and that way you can categorize the kids to different teams and plan more games. Learn how to make easy, colourful scarves here.
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And the fun part- Games:
Hanging Key Activity
Children need to attempt eating the hanging chocolates with their hands tied to the back. Sounds fun, doesn’t it?With a key candy mold and some melted chocolates, you will have these innovative delicacies ready for the games hour.
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Quidditch
Quidditch is such an easy game to recreate in your own garden – with a few hula hoops attached to sticks in the garden, you have an instant Quidditch pitch! This is one idea which your little wizards will thoroughly enjoy, while tiring them out at the same time. For more ideas read here
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The healing magical potions:
With a bit of creativity, a couple of jars, and some labels you can bring to your table some of the magic ingredients from the Harry Potter world, like rat eyes (black candies) or bloodworms (spaghetti with sauce will do). This way, food will be made more interesting to the little magicians. Try them out!
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Time for some Food?
After all the play and photo sessions, the kids at the party will be looking really drained out and tired. Show your creativity and make the regular stuff “Hogwarts” special and bring back the zing to the party!
Butter Beer
Cream Soda can act as “Butter Beerâ€_x009d_. To create the foaming effect simply add vanilla ice cream to each drink.
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Golden snitch cake pops
Regular and simple cake pops that are served at parties can be given a magical twist ti impress the kids. Cover them with a coating of golden sprinkles and add icing (wing shaped ) on the sides. The kids will love to devour the magical cake pops!Get the recipe here.
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Pretzel and Cheese Broomstick:
With easy pretzel sticks from the market and some sliced cheese, you could make your own edible broomsticks! Find out the complete recipe here.
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And the icing on the Cake!
With many custom designer cakes available in the market, this shouldn’t be difficult. Sit down with your child (whose birthday you are celebrating) and zero in on the design. Chose your shop and discuss with them before about the specifications and designs you are looking for. Â The cake is after all, the most important part of the party and you would want to do it right.
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Mansi Zaveri
KSP Team
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