A Magical Harry Potter Bridal Shower
Friday, March 25, 2016
I'm so excited to share a Harry Potter themed bridal shower I was a part of planning. The bride is a huge HP fan and this was the first theme that popped in my head when we started brainstorming. There are so many good ideas that you can incorporate in a Harry Potter party. I wish we could have included even more but I think we did a fantastic job making it all come together.
The bride's sister (MOH) made these intricate cut-outs of each house out of construction paper. Look at that detail!
One of the bridesmaids (@thenaughtyspatula) is a baker and she made a lot of the sweets for our very own Honeydukes shop. She made chocolate frogs, chocolate wands, and the amazing 2 -tier Harry Potter fontant cake. The other bridesmaids made the caudron cakes, chocolate snitches and other goodies.
We had the Three Broomsticks pub serving Butterbeer and Fireball Cinnamon shots.
I made a Potions Class table setting. To save money I just used what I could find around my house. I collected miscellaneous glass bottles and spray painted some of them black and gold. The clean bottles I kept clear and added colors such as red (strawberry jello mix) and gold (lemon gaterade) for the Amortencia and Felix Felicis bottles. I used flour for the Wartcap Powder bottle. This worked out really well to match the labels with the content. For the labels I found free printables online. I cut them out and used modge podge to glue it on and also added a coat of it on top of the labels to make sure it's secure.
I made the bridal sign out of some craft foam I had but black card stock would work really well too. Gold glitter foam was used for the lightening bolts. I traced the letters from a Harry Potter font (Harry P) that I downloaded.
My favorite decoration to make was the floating candles for the Great Hall. It was also the most time consuming. Hot glue was used to add a dripping effect and fishing wire to hang from the ceiling. The flickering LED tea lights gave a nice touch. A tutorial will be coming soon.
The MOH made a Harry Potter tree out of 3 Harry Potter books that we used as the table centerpiece. She also made these DIY wands out of chopsticks and miscellaneous beads, hot glue, and paint.
Another party idea I put together was a photobooth. My friend lent me her makeshift photobooth setup made of PVC pipes. I added a luxurious maroon cloth as a backdrop. I made a couple Harry Potter themed photobooth props out of foam and wooden down.
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| The bridal party and bride's mom |
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| the bride and her family dressing the part |
And lastly, Dementer's Kiss Away party favors also prepared by @thenaughtyspatula
Hope you enjoyed reading this post and it gave you some ideas for your own Harry Potter style party. Decorations made by me are also available for commission/sale. Can contact me @ mycutebow@gmail.com.
5 comments
Just attended a wedding here. We had hot, delicious meals. The wedding was amazing, everyone had such a great time. The space was elegant and impressive. The coordinator from wedding venues really appears to love her job, she had a smile on the whole day. Even after the wedding ended.
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