Harry Potter Party Ideas: Decorations

The Muggles will soon be on their way to The Hogwarts’ Great Party and the Great Hall needs to be decorated.

Have a look at these creative ideas to magically transform your home into the greatest Wizardy School of all time!

• As the kids arrive, have signs all along the party path to your door for “Diagon Alley” Shops.
• Throughout the house, have different signs hanging designating different Hogwarts’ areas, i.e. “Hagrid’s Hut,” “The Great Hall,” “Dungeon,” etc.
• On your front door, make a cardboard shield with a lion on it, the symbol for Gryffindor.
• Turn your designated party room/area into the “Great Hall.”
• Use scarlet and gold balloons and streamers throughout the party area.
• Candelabras on the tables would be an additional decorating touch.
• Place spider webs, plastic frogs, and other bugs on the party table.
• Place brooms and wizardy hats around the room.
• Spray paint inexpensive frames with gold paint and have them in the party room all around.
• Have a plastic black cauldron at the front entrance to the party with dry ice steaming out. Also, could be uses as a party table centerpiece.
• Hang twinkle lights in the party room to keep the dark yet dimly lit “Great Hall.”
• Use plastic goblets for the drinks.
• You can certainly find all of the Harry Potter party and table ware, but also you could use primary colors, i.e. a red tablecloth with yellow plates, etc. Whatever combination of colors your kid wants will be fine.

• Play spooky sounds in your home. Purchase a tape of groans and moans and have it playing as the kids arrive and/or place it in the bathroom to spook as well.
• Hang stars, moons, planets from your ceiling in the great room. With the dimly lit room, if you buy glow-in-the-dark paint or markers this would look very cool when the kids look up in the Great Room.
• Cover a large book with a “Magic Spells” cover. The adults running the party can use the book for reference throughout the party.
• Place plastic animals, i.e. snakes and frogs, into jar and place around the party table.

A very good resource for even more decoration ideas is Potter Parties Decorations. From making the “Platform 9 3/4″ to Painted Brick Walls, this page will help you come up with even more creative decorations for your Potter Party.

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