How To Throw an Epic Harry Potter Themed Baby Shower
As the oldest of four girls, my mom, my sisters, and I have some experience throwing showers, and we really believe the magic is in the details. Last weekend, we threw a Harry Potter baby shower for my youngest sister. Dreaming up details for this theme was so much fun!
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Golden Snitches
The golden snitch is a Harry Potter staple, and these chocolate snitches couldn’t be easier to put together! Ferrero Roche chocolates with wings cut from cardstock and glued on make the perfect golden snitches.
Chocolate Frogs
My sister used a silicone frog mold and chocolate melting candies to make these chocolate frogs. They came out so cute and were delicious, too!
Screaming Mandrakes
This was quite possibly everyone’s favorite detail from the whole shower, and it was deceptively easy to make! We put a chocolate cupcake inside a small flowerpot, and used a stone for our Screaming Mandrake. We drew a little face with a Sharpie. Add some lettuce for hair, and your Mandrake is good to go!
Professor Sprout’s Garden
We turned our charcuterie board into Professor Sprout’s Garden! The small white picket fence came from Hobby Lobby, and a head of lettuce in one corner and a “Professor Sprout’s Garden” sign in another tied it all together!
Magic Broomsticks
Another EASY and festive DIY! Mini peanut butter cups and pretzel sticks are all you need to make the perfect broomsticks for your party.
Accio Donuts
To make this fun donut display, we taped an empty Amazon box shut and wrapped it in brown kraft paper. Then we wrote “Accio Donuts” on one side and pushed (clean) nails in at a slight angle. The mini donuts hung perfectly!
It’s MimOsa Not MimosA
Are you team adult beverages at baby showers? We are! This fun sign was an easy way to tie in our theme at our mimosa bar!
Sign Baby’s First Harry Potter Book
You could easily just grab a copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and that would work well for this cute activity too. But we found this Harry Potter Fill-In Book and it was perfect for having everyone sign the inside front cover!
Baby Making Potion Favors
Our favors for party games were a fun play on “potions”. These “Baby Making Potions” included a small bottle of margarita mix, and one of tequila!
9 3/4 Pregnant Sash
I ordered a plain sash from Amazon and whipped this up with my Cricut in no time flat. (Amazon also has these already made, too!) My sister, Emily, looked adorable wearing it!
Welcome Baby Muggle Sign
This is one of the few items on the list that wasn’t a DIY – this cute banner came from Amazon! It wouldn’t be hard to DIY a similar one, though!
Harry Potter Onesies
I made these fun baby bodysuits and we hung them on a clothesline with baby socks for a festive decoration. Of course, baby boy will get to wear them later on! (Read about how I made these HERE!)
“Don’t Say Baby” House Ties
If you’ve never played the “Don’t Say Baby” game at a baby shower, the traditional game involves wearing a clothespin on your shirt, and if someone catches you saying the word “baby”, they get to steal your clothespin! The person at the end of the shower with the most clothespins is the winner!
We put a Harry Potter spin on the game by creating ties in the color of the four houses. We cut the ties from felt and hot glued stripes on, but you could also print yours out (these ones from Etsy are so cute).
Sorting Hat Scratch Offs
This was the only other non-DIY – we bought these cute scratch off tickets from Etsy and people scratched to see what house they would be sorted into! (Also featured in this photo: adorable baby pics of the mom- and dad-to-be!)
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