Harry Potter Party Divinations Printables

At our Harry Potter Murder Mystery Dinner Party, to create Hogwarts I staged a few of the classrooms.

One of these classes was Divinations.

Some smoke (or fog machine), old tea cups, candles, cobwebs, beads, crystal ball, and some taro cards did the job.

Printable Taro Cards found: here

Wall printables and classroom printables found: here

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Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Trunk Printables & Sorting Hat Tutorial

Hogwarts wouldn't be official if there wasn't a Sorting Hat.

So for our Harry Potter Murder Mystery Dinner Party we had a Sorting Hat.

This was the only picture I remembered to take and you can't hardly see the face.

But it was an inexpensive and relatively simple Hat to make.

And with some Printables, a few plain trunks make perfect wizarding school trunks.

The printables are found at the bottom of the post.

How to Make Harry Potter Sorting Hat:

Materials needed- 

1 yard Muslin 

1 bottle Stiffy

Aluminum Foil

Masking Tape

Hot Glue & Gun

Brown & Back Spray Paint

Hat 

(I used a dress up Hat from the Dollar Store, 

with a large stiff round brim, but a which hat would be ideal)

Instructions

Step 1: Stuff the hat full of aluminum foil. Shaping the foil into a bent hat tip and plenty of wrinkles and ridges. Use masking tape to help secure the foil and its shape.  

(The foil gives the hat support and strength to keeps its shape and stand up under the weight of the fabric.)

*If you choose to make the sorting hat's face, be sure to shape the foil into a mouth, nose and brow bones.

Step 2: Secure the foil to the inside of the hat with the hot glue.

Step 3: Once the hat is sturdy and shaped as desired, 

cut Muslin into 4 inch wide by roughly 1 yard long strips.

Step 4: Dip strips of Muslin into a bowl of Stiffy.  

Then wrap/drape the soaked Muslin around the hat.  Begin with the brim. Then once the brim is covered, start at the top of the hat and work down.

Step 5: Let Muslin dry.  Secure any loose or lifting edges down with hot glue.

Step 6: Spray paint the hat with the brown, getting into all the cracks and folds of the material.

Step 7: Using the black spray paint, lightly spray edges and tips of wrinkles, to "shade" and "distress" the hat. 

*If you shaped a face on the Sorting Hat, use the black spray paint, to highlight the facial features.

For the Harry Potter Trunks:

Luckily, my husband found two trunks at a garage sale for $5 and they were perfect.

I had first considered constructing some out of cardboard boxes, or searching the internet for something inexpensive...but these saved the day.

I just collected some Quiddich, Hogwarts, and other Wizarding Images and trimmed them to size.  Then just print, cut, and glue them to the trunks!

Download Harry Potter Trunk Tag Printables: Here

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Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party Hogsmeade Printables

Hogsmeade!

Hogsmeade was a blast. 

For our Harry Potter Murder Mystery Dinner Party the main floor of the house was "transformed" into Hogsmeade.

With shops, street signs, street lamps, newspapers, broom parking, and the train station.

For the walls, I thought it would be cool to add Wanted Posters and Newspapers...things around to help set the scene.  So I searched the internet for Daily Prophet Newspaper Images, Harry Potter Movie Posters, Wanted Posters, etc.

Some were amazing, others I had to fix up and/or create...but they added a lot.

So, I uploaded them to share.

The very middle image is a fun poster.  It has tons of facts about the books, movies, J.K. Rowling...and so much more.  Great for the party and for conversation.

Some of these Printables Posters and Signs are two or three pages.  So just print, then trip and paste them together to create large posters and newspapers.

These Newspapers can also be rolled up around a regular newspapers.  Then secure with a rubber band and place them all around Hogsmeade for some "light reading."

Printable Harry Potter Posters, Signs, Wanted Posters & Daily Prophet Newspapers found: Here

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Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party Printables

More about the

Harry Potter Murder Mystery Dinner Party...

The details were what made this party so much fun.

Lots of late nights, and random projects all coming together.

For the Dining Hall we decorated the table with dusty, old, antique books, lots of candles, and cascading fruit and vegetables...and a few rat and birds.

The ceiling was covered in lights and tulle to give the feel of an "Enchanted Ceiling".

I tried several ideas for floating candles, all of which failed or wavered on a fire hazard.

And with a fog machine, some Hogwarts House banners, sconces, and a roaring fireplace...it seemed magical!

But my favorite room had to be the bathroom.

It wasn't much...a trail of spiders to the faucet with little sign, plenty of cobwebs and a Ministry of Magic Sign on the toilet lid.  BUT MY FAVORITE DETAIL, was the hidden ipod with clips of Moaning Murtle playing on repeat.  Just a little surprise for any guests coming into the restroom.

The house had plenty of signs and printable labels all around.

And of course Hogsmeade was full of Printable Labels.  So find the download link below.

But for all of the party details check the post: Here

Download Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party Printables: Here

Ministry of Magic Download found: Here

This download also includes other Signs and the Food Labels. 

As seen in the pictures below.

Tons of ideas, tutorials, printables, recipes, invitations, Murder Mystery Script and more...
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Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party Hogwarts Printables

To Decorate for the Harry Potter Murder Mystery Dinner Party we had, 

I collected and made a bunch of Printables.  

These Printables include, Hogwarts Signs, Classroom Labels, Potion Directs, Potion Labels,

Herbology Pictures, etc.

Download Harry Potter Hogwarts Printables: Here

Hogwarts Class Printables from Frosted Events found: Here

Additional Potion Printables found at these links:

Over the Big Moon has these Harry Potter Potion Printables: Here

Fantasy Jr has these Harry Potter Potion Printables: Here

For Tons more Harry Potter Party Printables, Details, Recipes, and Murder Mystery Script

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Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Script & Parts

Thanks to a few comments requesting the Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party Script...I got it all edited and uploaded.  With the business of the holidays, I had taken a little break from all the Harry Potter Tutorials, but now I am finishing them. Everything should be added this week, so keep checking back.

Here is the Mystery Dinner Party "Script."

To Download, click on links at the bottom of page.

Included is:

-the Part of the Host (Professor McGonagall)

-the "Script" of all the parts

-Printable Parchments for each Character of their Parts

(includes Interdepartmental Memos, Parchments for each Course of the Meal)

-Printables of the Evidence documents

This Mystery Dinner is totally family friendly, no adult or suggestive content.

This was a fun party we used for Halloween, but you could use it anytime of year.

Note: These are free.  They are not perfect, sorry for any typos, and I do not own the rights to any Harry Potter Material, so these are just a homemade Mystery Dinner for personal use. Not Professional.

In this Mystery Dinner, the Characters include:

1 host and 14 characters.
Plus 2 optional helpers.

Host: Professor McGonagall

Guests: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Draco Malfoy, Professor Snape, Mundungus Fletcher, Gilderoy Lockheart, Rita Skeeter, Doloras Umbridge, Bellatrix Lestrange

Kitchen Help: Filch (caretaker) & Mrs. Weasly

*Guest Characters could swap names for the sake of gender, or number of guests, etc

*Kitchen Help Characters are totally optional and not needed for the Plot.

Free Mystery Dinner Printables and Parts:

                                  Harry Potter Mystery Dinner: Host Part     (*updated to PDF 1/13)
                                  Harry Potter Mystery Dinner: Parts/Scripts     (*updated to PDF 1/13)
Harry Potter Mystery Dinner: Interdepartmental Memos
Harry Potter Mystery Dinner: Parchments Set 1
Harry Potter Mystery Dinner: Parchments Set 2
Harry Potter Mystery Dinner: Parchments Set 3
Harry Potter Mystery Dinner: Evidence Printables

You need ALL of the Downloads above for the complete Mystery Dinner.

The Memos and Parchments are Printables to hand to the guest for each of the 4 courses of the meal.
Some of these are seen in the pictures above.
(You can simplify this and not do separate courses, but that is just how I had it set up)
The Host Part comes with a schedule, directions and tips for conducting the Mystery Dinner.

The Invitations and Character Invitations can be downloaded:
Here and Here,
but for Details and Instructions/Tutorial for the Invitations check this post:
Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Invitations

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Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party Invitations

For the Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party I had two rounds of invitations.

The first set, was delivered as an Owl Post invitation.  

This invite was general, inviting them to a Murder Mystery Dinner with the Date and Time and asking for a quick RSVP.

Then once I received their RSVP they were sent an official Murder Mystery Dinner Invitation.

This had their new "Identity", or character,  for the party.  

It also instructed them on their part, costume suggestions, and where to find more information about their role.

Inside this invitation was an Insert with instructions on their arrival, a Hogwarts Express Ticket, Polyjuice Potion, and some Fingernail Clippings or Ear Wax of the Identity/Character they were to become.

Here are the Printable Invitations & Instructions.

For the first set of invitations, 

Download Harry Potter Murder Mystery Dinner Owl Post Invites: Here 

1. Just add your information in the blanks.

Then Print (both sides), cut, and seal.

2. Two owl pictures are also included.

Cut them out, glue to balloon with string.

Attach the invite to the end of the string

And deliver!

For the second set of invitations.

Download Harry Potter Murder Mystery Dinner Character Invitations: Here 

1. Add their name to the outside.

2. Print (both sides) invite, ticket, insert, etc.

3. Cut and assemble

For More ideas, Printables & Tutorials and the Murder Mystery Script

Check the original post: 

Harry Potter Murder Mystery Dinner Party

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Harry Potter Daily Prophet & Quibbler Tutorial

So a few more details from the Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party.

I was trying to make the whole house feel like part of the Wizarding World.

So, having plenty of Daily Prophet newspapers and Quibbler magazines around seemed appropriate.

I also pinned them up all over the walls, layered them under books and as floor coverings under the owl cages, etc. 

I first thought I would have to make them from scratch myself, so I perused the internet for images of them as inspiration and ideas to duplicate.  But then I found these ideas from, Grace's Scrap Attic...I mentioned her in my first Harry Potter Party Post, found: Here. 

So, to make them I just found several images off the internet and blew them up, printed them off, trimmed and glued them together...it was really quite quick and simple.

The Daily Prophet printables can be found: Here

The Quibbler printables can be found: Here

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Harry Potter Flying Key Tutorial

For our Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party I thought it would be fun to bring in some extra details from the different books to help create the mood and atmosphere of the party. 

And flying keys were a simple addition.

Some old keys, then the Wings Print Out,

a little glue, tape and string.

And they even spun as they hung, so it was great.

Here is the printable: Harry Potter Flying Key Page

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Harry Potter Banner Tutorial

These banners were one of my favorite decorations of the entire Harry Potter Party.

Luckily they were pretty simple to make too.

I have explained the sewing steps and needed materials below, but

before you begin you need to make the House Applique and House Name Applique.

For mine, I found some images on the internet I liked from Nicholas Hyde found here.

They made some pretty cool Harry Potter Banners, but they weren't quite the style I was going for, but they were part of the inspiration.  So I blew the images up and cut out the animals. The printable link is below.  

Then for the House Name, I hired my neighbor, who has an embroidery business and at excellent cost, so I just went through him.  But, had he not been around, I was going use Iron On letter.  So be creative.

Harry Potter House Mascot Pattern Printables found: HERE.

(it doesn't show a preview image, but they are just black and white images. 2 pages per animal, so it will print 8 pages)

Then for the banners, they were the easiest part of the whole process, here are the steps:

(you can click on the image and save it to your computer to print out)

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Harry Potter Wand Tutorial

You can't be a Wizard without a wand.

So, for our Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party I made a bunch of wands for out Olivander's Wand Shop. This way, the guests could get a wand if they didn't come with their own.

But I was more than impressed with all the wand people brought.  Some were authentic to match their character, others were just cool hand made ones, and we also found "originals" you could buy online, for most every character.

Either way I decided to have some wands.  Most are just generic, not fit for exact characters, but they were still so much fun. I got my inspiration from these two websites:

 http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-an-awesome-Harry-Potter-wand-from-a-sheet-of-/

and

http://canwehaveanewwitchoursmelted.blogspot.ca/2012/06/harry-potter-wands-for-kids-easy-peezy.html

But in the end, I used what I had on hand...again keeping the price of this party down, since it was getting extravagant and everything adds up.

So I used Chopsticks, paper, foil, pipe cleaners, beads, string, tape, etc.

Plus a whole bunch of hot glue!  Then I just painted them up and let them dry.

There was very little rhyme or reason, I just did whatever looked fun as I worked.

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Harry Potter Broom Tutorial

So, I personally loved these!  And I was so excited to make them, because even after our Harry Potter Mystery Dinner, I will still use them in the future for Halloween Witch Broom decorations, or for a witch costume, etc.  One of the few decorations from our party I will get to use more than once.

This was also a simple project, and very inexpensive.

In fact, the hardest part was finding a long stick for the broom stick.  I ended up using some old Tiki Torches I bought this summer at the Dollar Store.

But otherwise, it was a little wrapping/tape job, painting, and gluing.  The longest part was waiting for the paint on the sticks to dry.

You can paint these with spray paint or craft paint, I used both.

Also, for the twigs, I just got them from my sister's tree, but any will do.

Instructions for making witch/wizard brooms:

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Harry Potter Wood Signs Tutorial

Some of the "extra" decorations that added to our Harry Potter Mystery Dinner Party, were the Wooden Signs.  For me it was all of these little extra details that added the most.

Luckily these were another inexpensive project.

I had the wood, paint, and tools on hand.

I got the wood for free before on Craigslist, so I would bet you could find some free too.

But if not, or if your wood isn't old, I added some links for aging the wood below.

I just "eyed" this project, cutting my wood based on the sizes I had on hand.

I also, just free hand painted the words, but you can print it off, and trace it onto the wood to make it easier.  Or I have a some links below for some added tips and ideas. Both would probably look way better, I was just in a big hurry so I didn't bother.

How to Age Wood Link:

http://sugarbabyboutique.blogspot.com/2012/08/how-to-weather-age-wood.html?m=1

Painting on Wood Links:

how to trace and paint on wood- http://thatsmyletter.blogspot.com/2011/07/f-is-for-food.html

how to transfer printed letters onto wood- http://www.domestically-speaking.com/category/how-to

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