Back to School Party 2010 Style

We are working towards our plan for our 2010 Back to School party.
With the new Harry Potter movie coming out shortly after school is back in session, I am pushing for a lovely Harry Potter themed party.

We have already had one HP themed party, for the P's birthday. You can read about that party here.

I have been looking at some of my favorite blogs for insperation

Hostess with the Mostess has some very gorgeous ideas including these drinks...


And these yummy wands can also be found on her site.

The following images are from Little Ant Design. I addddddddoooore her Harry Potter work and will be certain to adapt the following for our back to school party.


The wand shop.


Potion Class


Three Broomsticks To Go Bags (which I will use for goodie bags)


These were used to place the movie pass in, however just as lovely for the actual invite we will be sending out....

Harry Potter Theme Party

WHO: Girl turning five who adores Hermoine and had recently won a Hermoine look-alike contest.
WHAT: Birthday party for girl turning five. 20 invitees.
WHERE: At parent's home

Highlights:
The invites that were sent out for this party were sent out on parchment paper with Hogwarts letterhead and sealed with a wax P (the birthday girls initial).

When guests arrived they were greeted by the entryway to Hogwarts (really the garage)


Once inside Hogwarts, the children each received a robe (made from black plastic table cloth) and were directed to the craft table to decorate their wizard hat.


The children were divided into the four houses of Hogwarts by using a baby monitor hidden underneath a sorting hat purchased at Halloween. The father of the birthday girl was able to name off each of the children while being out of sight of the children.

Once the houses were divided, the children learned all about potions and were able to create their own by mixing different colors of Kool-Aid together into plastic bottles.


The next two activities allowed the kids to run around. There was a locate the snitch contest. This contest was followed by a house versus house broom relay race.


Finnaly, the cake was presented, the cake was based on cake that Hagrid provides Harry in the first Harry Potter book. Note that Harry is crossed out.