Obviously Harry Potter parties are NOT just for boys but this little boy loves Harry Potter and has been planning/making requests for this party for some time now. I hope you're ready for LOTS of pictures!

Banner made from chapter pages from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Did you know you can buy used books on borders.com for $1.09? I bought the entire Harry Potter series in hardcover for $10. It's a pain to go through and navigate the used books on there but was well worth it in my opinion to get them all for so cheap!

 Platform 9 and 3/4 sign from HERE

The spread and the details Some of the labels are from here and I made the others using this and this 

And the joke shop/wand shop

The Great Hall

Waiting "patiently" for friends to arrive we decided to play in the transfiguration (photo) booth

And dance akwardly like the scene in Deathly Hallows Part 1 ;)

When the friends arrived they bought their wands (wooden dowels with designs made from a wood burning tool) and sat down to scratched the sorting hat scratchers! I had heard of a REALLY cute idea of making a sorting hat and putting a baby monitor in it to make it talk but I saw this cute tutorial on Pinterest on making your own scratchers so we did those instead. They were in either Gryffindor or Slytherin.

Then it was time for Potions! We used Hippogriff saliva (bubble solution) and a goblin crystal (dry ice) to make a smoky, bubbly concoction. The boys thought it was so cool how it sounded just like they thought a potion would sound like.

We played find the golden dragon egg (Dad was the dragon) and headed outside to play Quidditch (in 104F)

Then it was back inside to cool off with a drinkable color changing potion! I put drops of food coloring at the bottom of the cups a while before the party so they had dried a bit, put ice in the cups and then they got to put Sprite in to see the colors change. We added some Pop Rocks just for fun.

Then we played the best game of all - a Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean spinner game. There are several of each of the same color bean in the container but you don't know whether it's the good flavor or the bad flavor. There was canned dog food, barf, and skunk spray to name a few. We made sure to give each boy a cup in case they got the bad flavors. The faces were hysterical!

They decided it was time for good food so we had snacks, cupcakes, and Butterbeer (cream soda with butterscotch and whipped cream)!

While they were snacking I passed out papers with an owl print that folded into a paper airplane. They wrote their notes on the back and I showed them how to fold them up and fly them around. A ministry of magic memo :)

Then they went shopping at the joke shop where I dramatically demostrated the jokes.

Opened presents and ran around like boys do until the parents came. It was SO much fun!

CLICK HERE to see his awesome Harry Potter cake and HERE to see the invitation.

Linking to Design Dazzle

OHMYGOSH, what a fun fun party. Allison, you're the best.mom.ever! :) Happy Birthday Colton!

I'm not ashamed to admit my love for Harry Potter and this party looks awesome! So fun! Happy Birthday to your Colton. :)

that is rocktastic. thanks for such great ideas in every one of your posts!

WOW! What an amazing party! You are incredible and it looks like everyone had a blast.

Noah hasn't stopped buzzing about the party! Very creative and a load of fun! Great job!! Happy Birthday Colton!

What an awesome party! Colton will surely remember it forever. I love all the little touches and the games seem like so much fun - I think the changing drink will be done in our house today!
Jennifer
www.bigdandme.com

This makes me wish my kids were old enough to watch {and love} Harry Potter as much as I do! What a great party! I may just steal each and every one of your ideas someday down the road. :D

This is truly awesome! I have one who is DYING for a Harry Potter party and you just nailed it with the details!

Just found your blog and had to say, I LOVE this! My son is HP freak. I think I need to do this for his next birthday!!!!

What a fabulous party...I would love one like this (:

what a great party and so detailed, love it all!

What a party!! I LOVE the photo backdrop that you did with the streamers!!

Oh how fabulous!!! You did an awesome job. I'm doing a Harry Potter party roundup for Friday and this is soooo gonna be on there!

We want to come!

Where did you find that GREAT Griffin image on your sons t-shirt? I have been searching for it but can't find it. Your party has inspired me!!

The image was found here www.leakylounge.com/index.php?showtopic=54864 It took us a while to find a good one too!

Utterly FANTASTIC party! Absolutely love every bit of it. And how creative to use pages from the books for the banner. Also loved the butterbeer. Would love to give that a try with my HP loving kids.

Wow!! Amazing party. My kids aren't into Harry Potter quite yet but I may have to steal all of your ideas in the future :o)