Set the Scene with Decorations

To create a Hogwarts-worthy atmosphere, transform parts of your home with various themes. In the bathroom, recreate the Chamber of Secrets by placing a photo of Moaning Myrtle. The dining room can become the sweet shop Honeydukes, while the living room can serve as the Potion Classroom! For an extra magical touch, hang floating candles or Hogwarts acceptance letters, and add a banner in the entryway welcoming guests to Platform 9¾.

Send Magical Invitations

Create and print custom invitations inviting your guests to a day at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! Don’t forget to include all important details like date, time, location, and any suggested dress code.

Decide on a Dress Code

Provide your guests with round glasses like their favorite wizard and capes or accessories in their house colors. They’ll feel like they’re instantly transported to the wizarding world. And of course, we highly recommend dressing up yourself as a professor of your favorite subject!

Start with a Sorting Hat Ceremony

Kick off the party with a sorting activity to assign each young wizard to a house. Several sorting quizzes are available online, or you could create your own. You might even simply write house names on pieces of paper and distribute them randomly among the guests.

Prepare a Magical Buffet

Create a Hogwarts-style feast with a mini buffet featuring butterbeer, chocolate frogs, pumpkin pasties, and every flavor beans. For the cake, consider recreating Hagrid’s simple yet iconic birthday cake!

  

Organize Magical Activities

• Potion Making Class: Host a magical potion class using Potion Kits from Les Petits Sorciers, which contain all you need to create bubbling, fizzing potions. Feel free to add extra ingredients for even more fun, like colored water as “vampire blood” or green lentils as “dragon scales.”

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• Quidditch Match: Easily adapt this popular sport with a few household items. Use hula hoops for goals and pool noodles as broomsticks! Split the children into two teams and let them enjoy a game outside.
• Wand Making Workshop: Let the kids find the best branches to create magic wands. Cut them to the desired length, and let the kids decorate them with feathers, ribbons, paint, or markers.
• Horcrux Hunt: Hide pictures of Horcruxes around the area and provide young wizards with a list of items to find.
• Herbology Class: Set up a herbology class where the young wizards can repot a plant to take home as a magical souvenir.

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With a bit of creativity and a sprinkle of magic, you’ll be able to organize a Harry Potter-themed birthday that will delight your young wizards. By following these steps, you’ll transport them to the wondrous world of Hogwarts, creating memories they won’t soon forget.