My daughter had a party this haloween, the annua Harry Potter party. As a room mom I decided that I needed to play along! Really I just love this kind if stuff! My costume came from good will, and imagination! Tried to find the ugliest dress I could find and a big purse. Brown sweater … Read more
So my work has an annual costume contest. This year the theme was witches and wizards. So I decided to do Harry Potter. With all the details I was able to win amongst my pears this year. This costume is relatively simple and has a huge impact. Everyone at work loved the details and how … Read more
My twin girls were obsessed with all things Harry Potter, while my six year old could not get enough of mustaches. We came up with the headless idea as I had decided to go as a headless bride that year. The body was made from duct tape. I simply had the twins wear a turtle … Read more
My now 8 year old son is a big HP fan, so we decided to make it into a family adventure for Halloween. The main objective for us in Halloween is to make our costumes budget friendly and original. So even that my son was going to be Harry Potter I wanted him to look … Read more
Each year our family chooses a theme for Halloween. This was the year of Hogwarts! We made a bunch of school robes. We used black and burgundy sheets to make them while inserting fleece into the middle of the robes to help them stay warm! We used a pattern for Snapes costume, which was made … Read more
The Golden Snitch, sometimes called simply the Snitch, is the third ball used in Quidditch. It is a small gold-colored sphere with silver wings and is about the size of a walnut. It flies around the Quidditch field at high speeds, sometimes pausing and hovering in place. The Seeker’s goal is to catch the Snitch before the other team’s seeker, … Read more
Every year my sisters and I go Halloween crazy!! We never try and be hot, half the time we dress up like boys, but we go all out! For last year’s theme, we went in a Harry Potter gang costume. We bought little boys’ sweaters from Walmart and cut letters out of felt for our letters (some … Read more
My girlfriend recently dyed her hair from brown to platinum blonde and wanted to find a costume for Halloween that showed it off. Being Harry Potter fans it wasn’t long before we realized the going as Draco Malfoy would be a piece of cake. The Draco Malfoy costume was so easy she had everything we needed in … Read more
I knew I wanted to make my 8 month old baby boy Harry Potter this year. I didn’t want to buy the costume-I wanted to make it more personal. It started when I found gold and maroon fabric remnants on clearance at the craft store. I cut up some strips and sewed them in an … Read more
Now this is a SNITCH-UATION! Made for the Harry Potter Premier, definitely created a stir! We were stuck in the city for an hour with tourists and fans coming up and taking photos! This Harry Potter Golden Snitch Costume is super fun to make, very straight forward, and 100% worth it! All you need: – Large … Read more
Every time I am in need of a costume, I try my best to pick something out of the norm, something that makes people say, “Wow! What a great idea!” When I decided to go to the final Harry Potter Premiere, I figured that the majority of the people dressing up would most likely be the main trio, … Read more
For the Midnight Premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2, I really wanted to dress up like a character from the movies. I looked up ideas on the internet and eventually came to the decision to be a Death Eater. To make the mask, I got my mother to paper-mache my face. … Read more