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Yes it's basically beer pong, but if you wanted to play with a younger crowd, you could just reward prizes to the team who has the most cups left after a certain number of turns.
Get the tutorial at Farm to Fete.
Paint pens and masking tape solve all of my painting problems.
Get the how-to at Doodlecraft.
It uses transfer vinyl, which you may need to cut with an exacto knife.
Read the full tutorial at Housewife Eclectic.
You might have to hot glue the seal to get it to stick, depending, but it's still less messy than the crayon technique.
Learn how to do it at Larissa Another Day.
The tutorial is in French, but Google's translation is good enough that you should be able to figure it out.
Download the printable and learn how to tape it together at Potter Frenchy Party.
It could be a great craft for a teenage or grown-up Harry Potter party, and a fun party favor for a younger kid's.
Read the how-to and get tips on making them look great at Boxy Colonial.
Change up the hair details, skip the glasses, and make different hair to get different characters.
From Vitaaz on Deviantart.
Unfortunately, the write-up of this awesome birthday on Catch My Party doesn't include any hints on how these were made, but it seems relatively simple — below is our guess, or how we would make them.
Materials: a long stick from the outdoors somewhere; brown craft paper or brown paper bags; a roll of twine; hot glue; a bunch of newspaper for stuffing.
Sand down the rough edges on the sticks, if needed. Twist the bottom ends of your paper into a point, and tie with twine, hot gluing as needed. Shape the brown paper as close to its final shape as possible, taping or gluing to hold it in pace as needed, and then stuff with wadded-up newspaper. Hot glue the stick into the middle of the open end and allow glue to dry overnight. Then, tie on the top piece of twine. And you're done!
You could also have more fun decorating them afterward.
Get the directions here.
The original, here, is for sale on German eBay.
But a simple stencil — you can make one out of cardboard — and a how-to like this one on Practically Functional will help make it easy to try at home.
It's essentially butterscotch sauce and ginger beer. Which is to say, delicious.
But go here for the full recipe!
It makes for easy wall art, and you get to remember your favorite quote all the time. (Naturally, the text above isn't a quote, but you get the picture).
Get the full tutorial at Landee See Landee Do.
These make a great gift for the Harry Potter lover in your life.
Get the recipe here.
Gold for Felix Felicius, green for Basilisk Venom, silver for phoenix tears or a pensieve memory.
Get the tutorial here.
It's free, it's easy — and you get to sort all of your friends.
Download it and get the folding instructions at Get Away Today.
The full tutorial uses stuffed animal eyes, but you could glue on googly eyes if you wanted to make the process a little quicker. And just cut out the tongue shape — no need to sew the little lines on it.
Get the full tutorial from AlpineButterfly on Instructables.
They're completely refillable. To make them last longer, you could experiment with a wide-mouth plastic straw to substitute for the cardstock.
Get the tutorial on Mummy Darling Precious Petal.
Make sure to print them on card stock or another thick paper.
Get the tutorial and download here.
Hedwig is so happy!
Get the printable and directions here.