I punched a hole in the top and then snapped on the badge clip. The last step I did was to attach these name badge clips to each tie. You can even use clear contact paper for a simple DIY lamination. Print out the ties, cut them out, and then laminate them. I made ties representing all four houses. We had our party at the park so I strung a line between some trees and then hung my candles from that line.Īnother fun party activity was sorting the kids into their houses. I found that a chopstick works really well to flip the switch on the bottom of the tea light when it’s party time. The most difficult part of this DIY is probably turning on the lights. Wrap the paper around the toilet paper rolls and secure with hot glue.įloating candles need to look a bit melty, right? So I use hot glue around the top of paper to simulate dripping candle wax. Apply hot glue around the tea light and place it at the top of the toilet paper roll.Ĭut the white printer paper in half length wise. Cut a long piece of fishing line and string it through the holes. Punch two holes, across from each other, at the top of each roll. I knew for our party one piece of decor I wanted to create were those ‘floating’ candles. When the students at Hogwarts walk into the Great Hall they are greeted by some floating candles. Our Golden Snitch was ready for the game! I drew lines on the wings and then inserted them into the styrofoam ball. Cut out the wings from yellow paper and glue them over the wooden skewers. While the ball was drying I made the Snitch wings. Then I went over the top with gold craft paint. For the Snitch I started by repainting the ball yellow. This was actually the same styrofoam ball I used for my DIY New Years Eve Ball Drop. With the broomsticks finished the other key element for playing Quidditch was out snitch.

So half the brooms were wrapped in red duct tape and half in white duct tape. Knowing that we would be playing Quidditch at the party I used two different colors of duct tape, one color for each team. Wrap the cut tablecloth around one end of the wooden dowel and secure with the duct tape. Then each of those fourths gets slits cut into it, along the short side. I first cut the tablecloth into fourths, lengthwise. Start cutting long strips from the plastic tablecloths. You’re essentially making tassels to go on the end of the dowels that act as broomsticks. These brooms were probably the easiest of the Harry Potter DIY’s. Harry has a few brooms he uses including his Nimbus 2000 and his Firebolt that Sirius Black sends him.Īs I was planning our Harry Potter party I knew that broomsticks had to be on the list. I used different shades on the different textures to create dimension shading and personality to make each wand unique.Įssential to Quidditch, and an important part of the Harry Potter books, are the brooms. Then it’s time to personalize! I used craft paints in shades of browns, black, and white to paint the wands. I started with a coat of solid black spray paint on each wand. With the twine and hot glue on the sticks it’s time to paint them. I did this by wrapping the rope and twine around the wands and also by adding dollops of hot glue. The first step was to add texture and dimension to the wands. Of all the Harry Potter crafts, this one probably takes the most creativity. What is a wizard, or a witch, without a wand? Of course throwing a Harry Potter party one of the first DIY projects I tackled were some homemade wands. Ready to host a Harry Potter party? Or maybe you just want to make a DIY Harry Potter costume? Be ready with these Do It Yourself Harry Potter crafts

Harry potter on broomstick