We celebrated Will's 10th birthday on Saturday with a bewitching Harry Potter party. Six of his favorite friends rode the Hogwarts Express to the school in order to find out if they had what it takes to become wizards.
Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!
As students arrived, they were greeted by Professor Friedrich von Fizzle, Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Hogwarts and Director of Muggle Outreach.
The muggle students were led through a series of classes to see if they could hack it at Hogwarts. The first class was Divination, where they attempted to tell their future.
Each student was given a cup of ice (with a dollop of gel food coloring on the bottom), and bubbling liquid (carbonated water) was poured on top. As they concentrated on the cup, the liquid changed color, revealing their future.
Will's liquid turned green, which means he will have a peaceful, long life.
Henry's turned blue, indicating that he will be a famous Quidditch player!
The next class was Herbology, which took them outside to plant mandrakes (basil seeds).
Back inside, they headed to Care of Magical Creatures. Hagrid was supposed to come lead the class, but instead, he left a note indicating that the magical creatures had escaped. The kids were directed via clues to find all sorts of creatures, from the basilisk (hiding in the oven) to the owl on the piano.
Professor von Fizzle had some trouble keeping the magical creatures in the bin once they were found!
The fourth class was everyone's favorite: Potions!
The first potion was the Bubbling Truth Serum, which forces a person to tell the truth.
The students combined leech juice (a mixture of water, purple food coloring and some dish soap), crushed jabberknoll feathers (baking soda) and horklump juice (vinegar) to create a bubbly brew.
Our second potion was the Wiggenwald potion,which awakens a person from a magically-induced sleep. The instuctions called for mixing flobberworm mucus (glue) with honey water (plain water), salamander blood (green food coloring) and liquid lionfish spines (borax and water mixture). The result was green slime!
The students' final class was the most challenging. In Defense Against the Dark Arts, they had to fight a dementor!
It took every single one of them, but they defeated the evil creature.
After some difficult work in their classes, the boys enjoyed snacks, including popcorn, crisps, raspberries, and these chocolate-covered wands.
The boys all passed their tests and were relieved to be admitted to Hogwarts. Once admitted, they needed to be sorted, of course! They put on the sorting hat, which directed them to choose the cupcake of their future house.
Sorting: Will and Henry both ended up in Gryffindor!
We all sang Happy Birthday to Will (10!!)
and then played some Harry Potter trivia.
Hands and eyeballs were given out as prizes.
And as the boys departed, they stopped by Ollivander's for wands. "The wand chooses the wizard..."
What a magical way to celebrate Will's 10th birthday!
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