Here is how I made my own DIY Harry Potter Party. A lot of work went into this DIY Harry Potter Party for all my little wizard in training. This party set up was a future Baby Shower in the making! My Friend since Disney is having a Baby! I have the honor of decorating for her Harry Potter theme Baby shower.  I chose a Hogwarts theme for my DIY Harry Potter Party to play of the idea of the primary colors and the Kiddy Crests.

This post will be an overall summary of what went into designing and making the party come to life. If you have questions or want me to go into more detail on specifics, let me know in the comments and I would be happy to make a blog all about it. There will be another post showing where I got everything for the party so you can find it too.

Decorations

Backdrop

For this party set up I decided to go with color blocks of Blue, Yellow, Green and Red, to represent the Hogwarts houses. I bought (Dollar Tree) table clothes in the correct colors and cut them to size. I hung them from my usual curtain rod. The Harry Potter Banner is available in my shop. The Kiddy Crests are available in my shop at well. I happened to have extra large construction paper, which i cut to make the banners. I glued the crests to the Banners. Worked and looked great!

Tablescape

This DIY Harry Potter Hogwarts Party table was also the easiest I have had yet. Simple yet effective. The Table was topped with (in this order) a cheap yellow table cloth, Harry Potter Banners from Target, and Ripped pages of a old destroyed book. I used a small desk to display everything on, and I liked this for a small amount of food I had to display.

For the main decor I borrowed some Harry Potter theme items to really pump up the nerdiness of the display. From Bottom to top: The Mirror is borrowed from a friend of mine and the Books we had on hand of course! The Nursery frames of the Houses are from my shop (Link) and the treasure chest (wizard Chest) is from a previous party. I filled the Chest with wands and a giant snitch fold out (Borrowed from a friend). The Chest Also held my custom made Invitations. Moving up the Dougie Banner is from the Ravenclaw Banner set, which matches the top banner. To display the food I used wood cut pieces (which i DIY into a cupcake stand from my Where the Wild things are Baby Shower) and several glass display wear I have on hand. Behind the Sorting hat cupcakes I put Potion Bottles ( You can download the potion labels here) in different colors to make them pop.

My Centerpiece

My main Center Piece is the Hogwarts house cups. Each tall hurricane vase is filled to various hights to show which house is winning. In this set up its a tie between Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. I filled the vases with un-popped popcorn cernals (that I had dyed with food coloring) and found the perfect ribbon at the Dollar Tree. Carefully I tied a cute little bow around each one and topped them with the small version of my Hogwarts Crest (which can be found here in my shop). The Dollar tree has a large assortment of different flowers so I was able to find different color flowers, I think each one describes a different part of the Hogwarts house its representing.

To the far right are some other perfect props I borrowed including a small stuffed owl, a crystal Ball (That Lights up) and a Ravenclaw Tiara. I also included a dragon egg?, Mostly because I really liked it and I feel it really balanced the Wizard chest on the floor.

Food

DIY Harry Potter Party Menu:

• Sorting hat Cupcakes- Jumbo Chocolate Cupcakes with M&Ms in the center, Topped with Fudge Frosting.
• Honey dukes Candy- Chocolate Frogs, and Every Flavor Jelly Beans.
• Butter Beer pudding- Butterscotch pudding, with caramel sauce and Whipped cream
• Lily’s Lemon Bars- Delicious Lemon Bars topped with Powdered sugar.

Artwork & Invites:

All the artwork was created by me to show off for this Party Set up and everything is printable and available in my shop or as a bundle on my Etsy.

Alphabet Banner . Cupcake Liners . Cupcake Toppers . Favor Tags . Food Tents

Custom Printable: Invitation & Thank you Card 

DIY Favors & Gifts:

For Favors I decided on Potions. I found these adorable colored Hand Sanitizer bottles. 1$ for a pack of three. I created custom potion labels (which you can download here). Perfect for a baby shower. Another possible favor would be the Honeydukes candy. Either a Chocolate Frog or the Every flavor jelly beans would be so much fun to get. I found my free, so I’ll give mine for free. You can download the Jellybean box Here and the chocolate frog box Here. I hope you enjoy!

For Gifts I wanted to share my Nursery prints with the new mommy. They make the perfect gift for a new baby wall. I am also planning on giving my new wizard mom a set of Harry potter milestone stickers. So she can celebrate Harry Potter every month with her new baby.

Fashion

This baby Shower is going to be so much fun for us fashion wise. I have a brand new shirt from Nerd Under the stairs! It says Swish and Flick on it with a feather! How cute is that! I’m pairing it with my black gold dust skirt and some simple black flats. I really wanted the shirt to pop.

Guine is wearing a dress inspired by Hermione Grangers winter dance dress. I found it at my local Once upon a Child. She looks so cute!

Thank you so much for joining me on my little You’re a Wizard Baby, Harry Potter Baby Shower Party.

Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Harry Potter Party. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so!

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Here is how I made my own DIY Doctor Who Party. A lot of work went into this DIY Doctor Who Party for all my little Doctor Who fans. This party set up was a future party in the making! Little Eliza just turned one and came to visit us here in Florida! Sadly the party wasn’t ready for her so I made it for her 2nd Birthday! I chose a Galaxy theme for my DIY Doctor Who Party to add a little Whimsy and color to the set up.

This post will be an overall summary of what went into designing and making the party come to life. If you have questions or want me to go into more detail on specifics, let me know in the comments and I would be happy to make a blog all about it. There will be another post showing where I got everything for the party so you can find it too.

Decorations

Backdrop

The Backdrop of my party set up has been the easiest so far! While party supply shopping I found these wonderful Galaxy tapestries on amazon and it was perfect! I was able to attach it to the wall using push pins. I added adorable yellow gold star garland. They were long so I only used two out of the three I purchased. Very Simple! I loved the effect it had with the Tardis cabinet. The most important part of the backdrop was the Printable Banner you can purchase in my online store.

Tablescape

This DIY Doctor Who Party table was also the easiest I have had yet. Simple yet effective. The Table was topped the table with three different table cloths from either Dollar Tree or Target (Party Section) topped with silver star confetti from the Dollar Tree. I used my party dishes and found a very pretty mirror plate to add some gold to the table while thrift shopping the weekend before. While doing some party shopping I found this throwback from when I was young, Gold Small Star Garland. I wrapped the garland around some of the display plates and to the area around the Tardis Cabinet. It was a nice easy way to make your dishes look themed.

To hold the cutlery I used the recycled vegetable cans from my last party because I feel they still fit the theme. If you didn’t already know this about me, I am an UCF Alumni with a bachelors in Fine Art and Animation. So of course I have a Human Skull model on hand. So I threw that on the table to highlight a few episodes of Doctor Who. I used the Navi Lights from the Legend of Zelda set up to wrap around my Tardis with some fabric I had on hand. Just scraps of clear shimmer fabric from when I made Tinkerbell wings for Dapper Day.

Food

I usually only do about 6 different party foods to show off (and fill) the table but for some reason we ended up with 8. I wanted something easy and simple to eat for the main dish. Of course! Pizza. I’m going to make a pizza and decorated it like a Tardis, or a Dalek or something. Yeah right.. Turned around at it was time to set up the party. Frozen Pizza it is I chose a 5 cheese plain pizza and opted to add the pepperiness in a “spacey” pattern. It ended up being a spiral. Oh well.

Next fun thing were the DIY Doctor Who Party Vortex cupcakes. They were originally meant to be beautiful galaxy cupcakes. But for some reason (I totally learned why just this past weekend) my frosting keeps falling flat. So thats why they are now Vortex cupcakes. Still cool with the sprinkles and still tasted really good. I chose Blue velvet cake mix to add a little more space to them. Those were the main events for the party and I’m going to make making a Cooking with Me video on the making of all this party food.

The Drinks on the other hand, worked really well with the display. My Husband collects decanters and I decided to borrow them for the table. They paired so well with the fancy plastic cups from the Dollar Tree.

DIY Doctor Who Party Menu:

• Spiral Pizza– Frozen 5 Cheese Pizza with double layer Pepperonis placed in a spiral.
• Vortex Cupcakes- Galaxy Cupcakes failed and turned into vortex cupcakes
• Chocolate Dipped Bananas– Frozen Bananas dipped in chocolate topped with blue and gold Sugar Gel
• Fish sticks with Custard– Snickerdoodle Cookies with Banana Dream Pudding
• Galaxy Lollipops: Sparko Sweets Galaxy Lollipops Spiral Designs with Space Foil Gift Pack, 10 Lollipops, Handcrafted in USA, 1 Pound
• Chocolate Stars: I used a star silicone mold and Milk Chocolate chips
• Jelly Babies: Jumbo size Gummy Bears (Dollar Tree)
• Drinks: Blue Hawaiian punch

Artwork & Invites:

All the artwork was created by me to show off for this Party Set up and everything is printable and available in my shop or as a bundle on my Etsy.

Alphabet Banner . Cupcake Liners . Cupcake Toppers . Favor Tags . Food Tents

Custom Printable: Entry Sign . Invitation & Thank you Card . Tardis Invitation & Thank you card

DIY Favors & Gifts:

DIY Sonic Bubbles

I had a lot of fun with favors to say the least. If you have been to the dollar tree recently (Spring 2018) they have these small bubble vials with little circle stickers on top. I snagged a few of those to make some custom stickers for Favors.  You can also get them from this Amazon link (Bullet Bubble Tube (1.4 x 5.1 x 1 inches) (Orange)I present Sonic Bubbles! this Printable comes with three kinds of sonic screwdriver stickers to apply to your bubble tubes. I originally tried it with my sticker paper but it had a hard time sticking once the bubbles started to get used so I coated the whole sticker in clear packing tape and it worked! so cute! I love them!

DIY Toy Blocks

For this party I decided to make a little DIY gift Idea using this DIY Toy Blocks Printable. You just need 8, 2 inch wooden Blocks (I found mine at Michaels) and some Modge Podge. The printable has a tiny bit of wiggle room to make them line up. The Blocks turned out so cute! Im going to be making a little tutorial for everyone so don’t you worry! This was a easy and adorable little gift idea for the new Timelord in your life. Here is a Amazon link for 16 blocks! enough to make two set! (WOOD BLOCKS (16PCS. WITH FREE COLORED MARKERS), 2″ WOODEN CRAFT BLOCKS, HARDWOODS, MADE IN USA, BY CROSSROAD SALES)

Fashion

DIY Doctor Who Party fashion is so much fun to play with. My fashion was a little casual for this party. I wore my new favorite “The Stars, cant do it, not today” tee from Nerd Under the Stairs. Paired with a mid length yellow pleated skirt, WITH POCKETS!.

Over that for my cooking and most of my set up I got to wear the beautiful Tardis Apron from Made from Oz on Etsy! Both of these shops are so amazing and I feel you should totally go check them out!

My Guinevere had an equally casual outfit for the DIY Doctor Who Party. I found these adorable puffy Royal Blue top with Gold spots at my Local Once upon a child. The yellow shorts were also found during that shopping trip too. So many fun possibilities for a little Timebaby. I topped off the whole outfit with a hat of my very own. It’s a little Tardis top hat that Bought maybe… 5 years ago. The light still worked and everything! I attached it to a elastic and placed it on her head. With some back and forth I finally achieved some photos. She’s starting to get into that always moving no matter what phase. Does anyone know how long that lasts or how to pause it for a second to take a photo? let me know!

Thank you so much for joining me on my little Wibbley Wobbley Timey Whimy DIY Doctor Who Party.

Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Doctor Who Party. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so!

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