General Ideas
Goodie Bags:
Chocolate Frogs
Peppermint Toads
HP Crayons
(plus scarves, hats, wands, cauldrons)
Food:
Butterbeer (cream soda and butterscotch syrup)
Pumpkin Juice (mango juice)
Jelly Beans
Ice Mice
Treacle Tart
Licorice Wands
Fruit Wands (kabobs)
Décor:
Signs: Broom Parking – Staff and Guests ONLY Others will be swept away!
In Case of Fire – no flying).
Downstairs Door - “Do Not Disturb – House Elves at Work”
Beware – Whomping Willow
Staff Room
Fake Books: Monster Book of Monsters, Standard Book of Spells Grade # by Miranda Goshawk, A Beginner’s Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch, A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot, Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling, One Thousand Magical Spores and Fungi by Phyllida Spore, Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them by Newt Scamander, The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble, Break with a Banshee, Gadding with Ghouls, Holidays with Hags, Travels with Trolls, Voyages with Vampires, Wandering with Werewolves, Year with the Yeti by Gilderoy Lockhart, Intermediate Transfiguration by Emeric Switch, Unfogging the Future by Cassandra Vablatsky, Numerology and Gramatica, Ancient Runes Made Easy, Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles by Wilhelm Wigworthy, Defensive Magical Theory by Wilbert Slinkhard, Advanced Potion-Making by Libatius Borage, Armando Dippet: Master or Moron?, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore by Rita Skeeter, Curses and Counter-curses (Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges: Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue-Tying, and Much, Much More) by Vindictus Viridian, Flying With the Cannons, Little People, Big Plans by Ragnok the Pigeon-toed, Moste Potente Potions, Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean, Nature’s Nobility: A Wizarding Genealogy, Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp, Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches
Activities:
Diagon Alley – Cover playroom door with bricks, Gringott’s to take out money, shops for buying a wand (wooden dowels), cauldrons, witch/wizard hats, robes (XXL Men’s T-shirts)
Sorting Ceremony – Put baby monitor under Sorting Hat
Potions Class – Bottles filled with different colored vinegar (leech juice, basilisk venom, dragon blood, etc), ground unicorn horn (baking soda). Poppy seeds for beetle eyes, golden raisins for shrivel figs, gummy worms for flobberworms, lemonade mix for crystallized dragon tears, Pop Rocks for powdered root of asphodel, lemon peel for boomslang skin, dried cherries for hinkypunk hearts.
Folded fortune tellers – labels to affix fortunes on the inside
Basilisk Stare – pass out cards to kids, kid who gets ‘basilisk’ card is it. Basilisk must blink twice to Petrify their victim (who must fall down and lie still). Kids try to figure out who the basilisk is.
Muggle Quidditch – Hula hoops (hang from tree?), Beaters stand on sidelines and throw soft balls at players (freeze for 10 sec. if they get hit), Seekers have to try to get Snitch behind the hoops
Checklist
Gryffindor Scarves
Slytherin Scarves
Hufflepuff Scarves
Ravenclaw Scarves
Print and Assemble Invites
Wands
Wand Boxes
Crayons
Jars/bowls for Potions
Snitches for Decoration
Candles to Hang from Ceiling
Dumbledore Costume
Molly Weasly Costume
Hagrid Costume
Big Kid Robes
Little Kid Robes
Adam & Daniel’s Robes
Trivia Game
Prize for Trivia
Transfiguration Chalkboard
Make music CDs (one general, one Moaning Myrtle for bathroom)
Basilisk Stare Game (cards)
Signs
Bulletin Board
Book Jackets
Fake Books
Make Labels
Fold Fortune Tellers
Chocolate Frogs
Peppermint Toads
Ice Mice
Treacle Tart
Shopping List
HP Wall Scrolls
Parchment Paper & Envelopes
Wax and H stamp
Owl feathers
Dowels
Wood beads
Crayon Mold
Styrofoam Balls (Snitches)
Snitch Feathers
Candles
Fishing Line
Purple fabric for Dumbledore’s Costume
Dumbledore Beard
Hagrid Beard
Black fabric for Molly’s Robes
Black t-shirts
Witches’ hats
Prize for Trivia Game
Black posterboard, frame(?)
CDs
Posterboards
Wood Plaques
Rolls of paper (white, red, blue, etc)
Gold pen
Labels for printer
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