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    Home » DIY & Crafts » Digital Design

    Harry Potter Party Games and Printables

    Published: Jan 29, 2021 by Heidi. This post may contain affiliate links 15 Comments

    Now that I've shared the Harry Potter Party Invitations by Owl Post and the party ideas, it's time to reveal the mysteries from the party! I'll share all of my Harry Potter party games and printables, and I'll link you to any that I got from somewhere else.  Here we go!Harry Potter Party Games, Tutorials and Printables . . . everything you need for a fantastic party! {OneCreativeMommy.com} Birthday Party, Halloween Party

    *Hi, everyone. In 2019, I hosted my most recent Harry Potter birthday party with several new activities. Be sure to check those ideas out here: Genius Harry Potter Party Ideas You Have to See!

    Harry Potter Party Timeline

    Why reinvent the wheel when you can copy someone else's ideas? Here you go!

    Children enter through Platform 9 ¾.

    Try this brick wall idea from MyHarryPotterParty, or have the kids run toward the door while you quickly open it and let them in.  I would have loved to make the brick wall, but I simply ran out of time to do anything else!

    Harry Potter Party Games, Tutorials and Printables . . . everything you need for a fantastic party! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #harrypotterparty #birthdayparty #halloweenpartyKids enter and receive their Supply List.

    The kids are now in Diagon Alley.  Give them their supply list and send them shopping (3 stations) while they wait for everyone to arrive.

    Harry Potter Party Games, Tutorials and Printables . . . everything you need for a fantastic party! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #harrypotterparty #birthdayparty #halloweenparty

    • Madam Malkin's (Photo Booth Station) The kids try on a Hogwarts robe and get their picture taken with a wand the robe.  (Include the photos in a thank you note from your child after the party.)
    • Florish & Blotts (Book Shop) The kids pick up their books for Potions and Spells (Free Printables from Dirt&Sunshine here.)  I edited my books to use less paper, and I added a few Harry Potter puzzles from here at the end.  The kids did the puzzles while they were waiting for their turn at other stations.)
    • Ollivander's Wand Shop (Pretzel Wands dipped in chocolate)  This station is really quick.  Let the kids chose a pretzel rod "wand," dip it in a pot of chocolate, and set it aside to cool for later.
    The Sorting Hat:

    Harry Potter Party Games, Tutorials and Printables . . . everything you need for a fantastic party! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #harrypotterparty #birthdayparty #halloweenparty

    You will some type of hat, a bag, and a house badge for each child.  (I used a witch hat from my Halloween stash, but I'm linking you to an excellent sorting hat tutorial from Jessi at Practically Functional.)   Print off badges representing each house at Hogwarts.  (Just google each coat of arms to find images to print.)  Place your hat on the child's head, draw a badge from the bag, announce their house, and pin on the badge.  Make sure everyone applauds!

    Potions Class

    Find a helper who is not afraid to ham it up to teach the class!

    Harry Potter Party Games, Tutorials and Printables . . . everything you need for a fantastic party! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #harrypotterparty #birthdayparty #halloweenparty A potion to reduce hunger pains--Grab some jars of various sizes, fill them with treats, and label them with silly titles.  (This same idea works great for Spooky Shakes and Sundaes at a Halloween party.) Give the kids a dish and let them create their own potion/snack.  (Be sure to do this near the beginning of the party, or the kids will have no interest in dinner or cake!) Here's what I used:

    • Blood worms (gummy worms)
    • Dried beetles (raisins)
    • Blind cat eyes (M&Ms)
    • Hippogriff gizzards (marshmallows)
    • Dried sardines (goldfish crackers)
    • Bezoars (peanuts)
    • Sneezewort cakes (Chex cereal)
    • Toad livers (mini pretzel twists)

    The site where I originally got my potion labels no longer exists. I have removed that link, and I'm linking you to a Pinterest board dedicated to potion labels. Hopefully, you'll find something that works there.

    Dry Ice Experiments--While the kids eat their snacks, demonstrate some dry ice experiments.  My hubby used this one to make dry ice bubbles.  It was super cool!  (Too bad I never got a good picture of the bubble.  Be sure to check out the tutorial to see what it's supposed to look like.)  Don't worry.  The kids were never near the dry ice, so they weren't in danger of getting burned.

    Practice Potion for the Beginner--I included this in my potions book.  (It's included as a separate file in your download.)

    Harry Potter Party Games, Tutorials and Printables . . . everything you need for a fantastic party! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #harrypotterparty #birthdayparty #halloweenparty

    Follow the recipe above with the following substitutions:  Crushed bezoar = baking soda, and acromantula venom = vinegar.  Depending on the age of your kiddos, you may want to add the baking soda to the balloons ahead of time.  This experiment is more fun when all of the kids lift the balloons at the same time.  I found that mini water bottles were a really good size for this experiment.  (Let the kids drink the water with their snack potion, and then the bottle is all ready to use for the inflative potion.)

    New Harry Potter Bingo Games!

    I'm interrupting this party post with breaking news -- Harry Potter style! Revelio Bingo! Click on the image to see my brand new Harry Potter bingo games and maybe even download a free printable.

    These Harry Potter bingo games are perfect for any party or game night. {OneCreativeMommy.com} #free #Harrypotterparty #harrypotterbirthdayparty
    Transfiguration Class

    Play charades using only things and animals.  (The kids should be able to act like the "thing.")  Tell the kids they are supposed to transform themselves into the "thing" you assign them.  Before they transform, they should wave their wand and say, "Fera Verto."  (Actually, that's a spell to turn an animal into a water goblet, but it's close enough!)  You can play this for as little or as long as you like.

    Magical Creatures Hunt

    Send someone in to interrupt class with an important scroll from Professor McGonagall.  (The text of the scroll and hunt instructions can be seen here, and both are included in the free downloads at the end of this post.)

    Harry Potter Party Games, Tutorials and Printables . . . everything you need for a fantastic party! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #harrypotterparty #birthdayparty #halloweenpartyTo create the magical creatures, grab a pack of miscellaneous plastic bugs and creatures from the dollar store.  Add any plastic creatures you might have hanging around the house.  Adapt magical creature names from the book to fit the plastic creatures you have.  Hide them around your yard or house, and mark areas to match places in the book.  I used "Whomping Willow, Quidditch Field, Hagrid's Hut, Herbology Greenhouse, and the Forbidden Forest.  (Those signs are all included in the free download.)  Send the kids on a hunt to find the creatures.  (I didn't worry about who found the most.  I let them work as a team to find all of the creatures.)

    Charms Class and the Feast

    Harry Potter Party Games, Tutorials and Printables . . . everything you need for a fantastic party! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #harrypotterparty #birthdayparty #halloweenparty

    Let the birthday child open presents while the House Elves make final preparations for the feast.  Just before the feast, kids transform clear soda into colored soda with a simple trick.  See this post at ivillage.com for the easy instructions.  (Our feast was pizza, soda and cake.)

    Hagrid's Cake

    This is the easiest cake ever!  Prepare your cake and frost it as sloppily as possible.  Use a knife to drag some cracks through the frosting on top.  Write "Hapee Birthdae (your kid's name)" in sloppy green icing.  You're done!

    Harry Potter Party Games, Tutorials and Printables . . . everything you need for a fantastic party! {OneCreativeMommy.com} #harrypotterparty #birthdayparty #halloweenparty

    Click below to download all the printables created by me that I mentioned in this post (with watermarks removed).  Printables created by others can be downloaded from the sites I referenced in the post.

    Click to download file from One Creative Mommy

    My final post will be about the take-home treats:  Chocolate Frogs and Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.  Stay tuned!

     

     

     

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    Harry Potter Party Invitations Delivered by Owl Post {OneCreativeMommy.com} #harrypotter #birthdayparty #halloweenparty

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    Heidi

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    Hi! I’m Heidi, the sometimes scatterbrained, but always creative mind behind One Creative Mommy. I'm a retired teacher, wife, and mom of three beautiful teenage girls and one adorable fur baby. In my spare time, I love to share my ideas (mistakes and all) with anyone who will listen.

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    Comments

    1. Joyce

      October 09, 2013 at 3:52 am

      Heidi, you have certainly done your "homework" on this topic! Wow! When my grandkids are older and ready for it I will host a party like this using all of your ideas and research - thanks!

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      • [email protected]

        October 09, 2013 at 9:21 am

        Thanks, Joyce. Knowing you, I'm sure your party will be unbelievably awesome! I still have one more Harry Potter Party post to come, but I think I'll give my readers a little break before I post it. I'm probably driving my non-Harry Potter-loving readers bonkers! I just popped over and checked out your Halloween charmed necklaces. Love them!

        Reply
    2. Fall Woods

      June 10, 2014 at 2:43 pm

      Try doing Muggle Quidditch too! (You can find the rules on Wikipedia. It actually is a real sport!) It is a really fun game, and the setup really isn't that hard. All you need are poles, a quaffle, small dodge balls (bludgers), and a snitch to hide somewhere in the yard. You can make the poles more or less complicated by making less then three or by making more permanent stands. Last summer I only made one for each side and just had them in buckets of rocks, but a few months ago I made all six, officially sized poles and concrete bases for them.

      Reply
      • Heidi Fowler

        June 10, 2014 at 8:26 pm

        That sounds like so much fun! Thanks for the idea.

        Reply
    3. Jane Agius

      August 26, 2014 at 8:58 pm

      No matter what setting I use the platform sign just prints a washed out green colour and all my inks are full. Any ideas? Thanks for sharing :)

      Reply
      • Heidi Fowler

        August 27, 2014 at 9:59 am

        Hi, Jane. I'm so sorry you are having trouble. I just downloaded the files from here and printed the sign. It worked just fine for me. I can't imagine what could be wrong. It could be a setting on your pdf reader. Did you try any of the other files? Did they print correctly?

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    4. Jane Agius

      August 29, 2014 at 7:32 pm

      Sorry Heidi after much paper wastage and maybe a little swearing and consulting with IT friends turned out I had a blocked nozzle on my magenta ink! Yours was the first thing that printed out wrong so thats why I asked you but then everything was printing out wrong! Thanks for replying though x

      Reply
      • Heidi Fowler

        August 29, 2014 at 8:10 pm

        Glad it's fixed! Little things like that are so frustrating to figure out!

        Reply
    5. Jane Agius

      September 02, 2014 at 7:44 pm

      I must thank you so much for your blog. I have used some of your ideas with variations for my up and coming Harry Potter party, and made a version of your letter for the creature hunt (I have given you credit in photos I have posted on Facebook). I am getting excited about the party, it is a combination of ideas from all over the net and some of my own. I can't wait, never mind the kids LOL. THanks x

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      • Heidi

        September 02, 2014 at 8:51 pm

        Thanks so much for taking the time to come back and comment, Jane! I hope your party is awesome! (I'll admit. I was as excited as my kids for ours, too!)

        Reply
    6. yaseena

      September 18, 2014 at 3:35 am

      Brilliant website. thanks for sharing

      Reply
    7. Jane

      August 07, 2017 at 1:12 pm

      Wow, you have some great ideas!!!

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      • Heidi

        September 15, 2017 at 5:34 pm

        Thanks, Jane. The Harry Potter birthday party was definitely a favorite at our house.

        Reply
    8. Wanda

      July 07, 2019 at 2:12 pm

      Wonderful ideas for a Harry Potter Birthday. Thank you for the printables!!!

      Reply

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