The Ultimate Harry Potter Halloween Party

Never received your letter from Hogwarts, but always wanted to go to the wizarding world? Here’s the ultimate guide to host the best Harry Potter party and at no other day than Halloween itself!

1. The invitation letter

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Send out customized invitation letters to all your friends. Include an unique password that each wizard/witch will have to tell to enter the party. Not everybody has an owl, unfortunately, so it may be sent by the muggle mail service.

2. Get sorted!

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Which house do you belong to? Once you have been accepted by the powerful spells protecting Hogwarts, it’s time to be sorted in to the right house. The sorting will reveal your destiny based on the password received in your letter. Don't have a sorting hat, you say? How about making one yourself?

3. Spot different house members easily

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After the cermony, you’ll receive your respected house scarf. Feeling creative? Get crochet patterns online!

4. The essentials for all guests

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When you enter Diagon Alley (the hallway) it’s time for the wizards/witches to pick up one goodie bag each, consisting of: a customized wand, money for Gringott’s bank, a broomstick (pencil) and chocolate frogs. Use your imagination. You may fill these with whatever you like!

5. Somewhere to hang...

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...all the invisibility cloaks, of course! It may look empty to most muggles, but you all know better than that.

6. A wizard's best friend

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Hedwig and other owls are hovering around the house. Make sure you get helium for these! Get a marker and draw owls on them - patterns are available from many online sources, like this one, for example.

7. Enemies of the heir - beware!

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On the evening of Halloween during Harry's second year at Hogwarts, the Chamber of Secrets is opened and things start to get really scary. Isn't that a perfect detail for a Halloween party or what?

8. Stay alert - prisoners have escaped!

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Your guests should keep their wands at the ready. Dementors may show up at any time around the house. A mask and skeleton wrapped in black, torn cloth will make great dementors. Hang them from the ceiling and they will appear to be floating!

9. Halloween Feast in the Great Hall

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As the tradition goes, the Great Hall (living room) will be filled with exquisite finger food, snacks and drinks. Get inspired - but don’t stop here:

The best Butterbeer from Hogsmeade

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Get the recipe here.

Weasleys skiving snackboxes

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...including fainting fancies, fever fudge, nosebleed nougat and puking pastilles! Do you dare?

Get inspiration from here.

Polyjuice potion punch

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Who do you want to be for one hour?

Find the recipe here.

Professor Sprout's Veggie Garden

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Healthy, simple and magical snack is perfect for a party like this. Professor Sprout sure made a great effort growing these delicious veggies! Carrots, cucumber and green beans are good choices.

Pumpkin pasties for the hungry werewolfs

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What else do you need on a Halloween Feast? Make sure you bake enough so everyone can have a taste of these delicious pasties.

Find the recipe here.

Catch (and eat) the golden snitch

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These are yummy and funny.

Find the recipe here.

10. Visiting Moaning Myrtle

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When dinner time comes to an end, nature usually calls. But what is the path to the Prefect's bathroom on the 5th floor? "Follow the spiders", a creature whispered. Decorate the way to the bathroom with spiders. Attach Moaning Myrtle's face on the inside of the toilet lid for a spooky experience. If you want to go all the way, let some crying noises be played in the background. Attach a label above the light switch with "lumos", adding some humor to it.

11. Get in the mood!

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The time has arrived for music and entertainment!

If Professor Flitwick is not on your guest list, don't worry. There is always YouTube and Spotify.

* Best of Harry Potter Musical Moments (Youtube, 1h 30 min playing time)

* "Harry Potter Soundtracks" (Spotify playlis)

* "Harry Potter 1-7 Film Scores" (Spotify playlist)

12. De-gnome the garden

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Help Mrs. Weasly tidy her garden of gnomes!

Decorate your Kubb sticks into gnomes, and get ready to play the Kubb game.

Here are the rules for the traditional Kubb game.

13. Take your O.W.L's here!

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The guests can test their knowledge of the Harry Potter world by playing the Harry Potter Trivial Pursuit game. Outstanding performance will be noticed and rewarded! Please inform the participants that Anti-Cheating Spells have been cast.

14. Quidditch Pong

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Who will be Gryffindor’s next seeker?

Quidditch Pong is the perfect combination between beer pong (muggle sport) and quidditch (wizard sport). Make your guests team up in their houses and challenge each other. Which team will win the Quidditch Cup?

For rules and how to set up, see this!

15. Late night activities with Harry Shotters

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Have all the kids left by now? Then it's time to take the party to another level. Create a bar area where your guests can enjoy themselves. Dedicate a shot to honor someone, or challenge other houses by playing some funny drinking games. You can find top 10 drinking games with shots here.

Learn how to make amazing Harry Potter-inspired drinks and shots from here and here.

16. The House points system

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“Your triumphs will earn you points, any rule-breaking and you will lose points” - Minerva McGonagall

House points will be awarded to students at Hogwarts for good deeds, correctly answering questions and for winning games. Points can be taken away for any rule-breaking. The host or representative professors/prefects should keep track of the points throughout the party. The winning house will be awarded with the House Cup.

17. Good luck!

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If you're nervous you can always drink a bottle of Felix Felicis before the guests arrive on their broomsticks.