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Harry Potter Themed Party Ideas - How to Throw a Harry Potter Party
Celebrate birthdays, Book Week and occasions in style and infuse a magical touch into your next gathering by throwing a Harry Potter themed party. Preparing a Harry Potter themed party is easy with so many decorations and costume choices resembling iconic imagery from the famous franchise. Whether you're looking for guidance in your party preparation or deciding what to wear to a Harry Potter party, don't worry - as your themed party specialists, Spotlight is here to help. This article will go through all of the Harry Potter party ideas you need to bring the wizarding world into your home.
Quick Links
- Harry Potter Decorations For Your Party
- Indulge In Harry Potter Themed Party Food
- What Costumes to Wear to a Harry Potter Party
- Entertain Guests With Harry Potter Games
Harry Potter Decorations For Your Party
In order to represent your theme, decorations are a must for your celebration. From table decorations to balloons and streamers, Spotlight has you covered for all of your decoration needs.
Room Decorations To Make Fantasy Come to Life
Transform your living space into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter by decorating your space with Harry Potter party decorations. Posters and buntings are an easy option for those wishing to sprinkle a sense of magic throughout their home. Perfect for hallways or for decorating small spaces, posters and buntings don't take up as much room and are incredibly easy to display in your space.
For those who prefer not to display decorations on their walls, balloons are a great decorative choice. Shop for balloons the colours of the Hogwarts houses or those with Harry Potter motifs on them for an easy yet eye-catching decorative display.
Incorporating pillar candles and decorative lanterns into your space will bring a classical wizarding touch and have your home feeling like the Great Hall of Hogwarts. These candles will also emit a particular mystical ambience and can be reused for many other party themes.
Harry Potter Party Room Decorations Checklist:
- Balloons
- Bunting and garlands
- Posters and backdrops
- Decorative objects such as owls, goblets, wands and cauldrons
Exciting Table Decorations
From wall decorations to the table setting, Harry Potter party decorations can be incorporated throughout your party. Serve guests in style by setting your table with Harry Potter party supplies. Party cups and Party plates with Hogwarts imagery will have you dining like a wizard. Think about shopping for a Harry Potter table cover. This acts as the perfect background to your dining setting while also providing a layer of protection for your dining table against party spills and crumbs.
Last but not least, don't forget about serviettes! These are great servingware options while also providing you with a themed option for cleaning up spills and mess!
Harry Potter Party Table Decorations Checklist:
- Table coverings
- Table centrepiece
- Paper cups
- Paper plates
- Serviettes
- Table scatters
- Cutlery
Indulge In Harry Potter Party Themed Food
Set up a grand feast for your wizarding guests with Harry Potter themed party food and sweet treats.
Harry Potter Inspired Snacks
Whether you're celebrating a Harry Potter Movie Marathon or simply throwing a party, snacks are an integral part of any gathering. Using green, red, blue and yellow food colouring, create colourful snacks resembling the colours of the four Hogwarts Houses. Perfect for cupcakes, cookies and other iced goods, this approach brings a colourful touch to your snack setting.
You can also create delicious fruit platters using this colourful theme. Incorporate raspberries to resemble the colours of Gryffindor, blueberries for Ravenclaw, green apple slices for Slytherin and chopped bananas for Hufflepuff.
Harry Potter Snack Ideas:
- House colours themed fruit and vegetable platter
- Themed cookies and cupcakes
- Popcorn
- Butterbeer
- Candy snakes
- Pumpkin pie
- Snitch-shaped cake pops
Bake A Harry Potter Themed Cake
You can't have a Harry Potter birthday party without a Harry Potter themed cake! Check out the Harry Potter Cake Project for a step-by-step guide on how to bake and decorate a lively themed birthday cake for the perfect finishing touch to your party table setting.
What to Wear to a Harry Potter Party?
Spotlight offers an incredible range of costumes for any celebration and a Harry Potter party is no exception! Finding what to wear to Harry Potter is easy. With a range of options available, dress as a Hogwarts student with a school robe or come as a Hogwarts professor with one of our ready-made costumes. Or, dress as the titular character and complete the look with glasses, drawing the iconic lightning bolt scar on your forehead with face paint.
No matter the character of your choice, finalise your costume with accessories to celebrate your Harry Potter themed party like a true witch or wizard.
Harry Potter Costume Ideas:
- Harry Potter
- Ron Weasley
- Hermione Granger
- Luna Lovegood
- Professor McGonagall
- Sorting Hat
- Voldemort
- Owl
Entertain Guests With Harry Potter Games, Trivia and Activities
There's nothing like a photobooth to have fun with friends and capture the memory of a great party. Set up a photobooth against any wall in your space with Harry Potter party decorations along with a table of Harry Potter party supplies and costume accessories for your guests to dress up and take photos with. For those wishing to have a movie marathon during their party, think about a quieter activity such as Harry Potter puzzles to keep guests occupied and entertained while the movie plays.
If you're hosting a Harry Potter party for fans of the franchise, put together a fun trivia game! Whether you include trivia from the books, films or both, make sure to have prizes for the winning player. Another good idea is to separate the players into teams resembling the Hogwarts Houses for a collaborative effort!
If the weather is nice, set up your backyard or go to the park for a game of quidditch! You can find a great range of Harry Potter Brooms that will have you running - not flying unfortunately - around your DIY Quidditch field.
Harry Potter Inspired Games and Activities:
- Puzzles
- Colouring in
- Backyard Quidditch
- Learning spells
- Treasure Hunt
- Bingo
- Pinata
Harry Potter Party Bags & Favours For Your Guests
Take the extra step further and craft reusable tote bags with Harry Potter themed fabrics, Check out our bag projects for a guide on how to make the gift bag of your choice.
You may also decide to set up a fill-your-own party bag table where guests can select what to include in their party favour. Divide the table into gifts resembling the four Hogwarts houses. That way your friends and family can select accessories from the Hogwarts House of their choice. Reusable favours such as pens and pencils as well as stickers.
Although the wand chooses the wizard, set up a display with a variety of types of character wands to allow guests to choose their favourite to take home in their gift bag.
What to Put in Harry Potter Themed Party Bags:
- Wands
- Pens and pencils
- Stickers
- Toys
Create A Magical Harry Potter Celebration With Spotlight
Prepare for your next event by incorporating a touch of your favourite franchise into your celebrations. Shop at Spotlight for an incredible array of Harry Potter party supplies at a great price, with home delivery available for online orders and plenty of stock to choose from at any of our stores. For all you DIYers, check out our sewing and fabric and art and craft categories to find all the supplies you'll need to make your own costumes and party supplies for your celebrations.
