Harry Potter Party

In honor of the last Harry Potter movie ever, I thought it would be the perfect time to throw a party.

So that is just what I did. 

The idea came up about a month in a half ago when I came across this post on iVillage.

I got serious about it about this past Tuesday.

So off to Walmart I went to buy supplies.

Then, I spent the next two days making everything from gryffindor cupcake wrappers to pretzal wands.
Just wanted to share the results with you guys!

Warning- You are about to see a TON of pictures. :)

Here is the view of the room the party took place in    

Dinner

Potter's Pizza = Hungry Howie's Pizza

Granger's Garlic Bread = Self-explanatory

Truth Serum = Garlic Butter

Gillyweed Greens = Salad

Butterbeer

Drink = Cream Soda

Foam Recipe



Cupcakes

Cupcakes = Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake mix

Icing = Pillsbury Creamy Supreme Chocolate

Wizard Hats = Packaged sugar cones dipped in baking chocolate

Lightning Bolts = Vanilla Icing with yellow food coloring

Cupcake Wrappers = Cut out with Cricut Cupcake Cartridge

Cupcake Tower = Boxes wrapped in black gift wrap

Wording = Harry P font, cut out yellow letters with exacto knife

(Idea from iVillage)

Honeydukes Treats

Magical Wands = Chocolate covered pretzal rods with sprinkles

Honeydukes Quidditch Treat Bags = Brown paper bags filled with chex mix and a chocolate covered pretzal (Idea from iVillage)

Ron's Reeses = Reeses Cups

Mad Eye Moody's M&Ms = self-explanatory

Bernie Bott's Every Flavor Beans = Tropical Jelly Belly Mix

Some of the party-goers :)

And to go with my muggle shirts, I made stamped metal necklaces
I still can't believe its all over! :(

Hope everyone enjoys the movie if you go see it!

Happy weekend!

Muggle T-Shirts

It is the day I (along with everyone else) have been waiting years for. 

Tonight is the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two

That's it.  Then its all over.

The most epic book/movie sequence of my generation.

No more midnight premieres.

No more jumping in my car and heading to the theater as soon as tickets go on sale.

No more standing in line 3 hours at the theater before the movie actually starts.

No more dressing up in my best Hogwarts related attire.

Its quite sad, really. (Said in my best Hermione accent.)

However, I couldn't be more excited to see this movie.

That leads me to today's DIY project:

Muggle T-shirts

My sister and I made T-shirts the last premeire as well, but instead of using the iron-on letters this time, I decided to take a different approach to make them look more Harry Potter like.

What you'll need:

Black T-shirt

White Fabric Paint

Foam Paint Brush

Freezer Paper

Exacto Knife

Self-Healing Mat

Iron

"Muggle" print out (I used the Harry P font that I found here)

**My font size was 375 for a size Small t-shirt

Step 1- Cut out your stencil

Place the print out on the self-healing mat, and place the freezer paper over the print out.

Make sure the shiny side of the freezer paper is down.

Then, carefully cut the outline of the word with your exacto knife.

Don't forget to cut the holes in the g's and the e!

Step 2- Prep your shirt

Place a clean piece of freezer paper inside your shirt, shiny side up.

I also put a piece of cardboard underneath the paper, but I don't think this is really necessary.

Smooth out any wrinkles on the shirt.

Step 3- Iron on the stencil

Position your stencil cut-out where you want

Gently iron down your stencil

About 15 seconds is all this takes

Step 4- Paint

Lightly dab your fabric paint onto the stencil.

I just used a small, cheap foam brush for this part and I only used 2 coats of paint.

Step 5- Let dry, then wear!

Tada! You're finished. How easy was that?

Now put on your best muggle smile and go watch some Harry Potter! :)

As for me, I am going to kick off my Harry Potter Party that I've been planning the past few days.

No worries though, Professor Trelawney wants you to know that there will be another blog post in the near future!