![]() The feast table was two tables end to end with white cloths, metallic gold table runner, star confetti and little Chinese animals I downloaded and cut out. Everyone seemed to find something that they liked from the offerings. Italian Bread and Mandarin oranges rounded out the menu. (Incantesimo is Italian for 'Charm' and Shenghua is Chinese for 'mystery')We said that our house elves were on strike (this in the future of the books remember) and several students thought it was high time that the house elves went on strike! So anyway, the kids had to come up and fill their plates with spaghetti and meatballs, chicken and broccoli and rice. Our feast reflected my daughter's favorite foods, Chinese and Italian and also our visiting schools- Incantesimo and Shenghua. When everyone had arrived and had a wand and a drink, it was time for the feast. We labeled each wand with their names on masking tape. He got really into it and interacted with the child (the goat started chewing on the child's clothes for example) and the child needed to turn him back into a person again. When the wand was right for them, I pulled a party popper behind their back which shot confetti and my son turned into the animal. They chose a wand from the selection and aimed at my son saying the name of any animal. I also asked if they had read the books or seen the movies because not all had and they needed a bit more explanation. Dressed as a witch, I would ask the students if they had brought their wands, of course no one had. I made the wands from straight sticks from the back yard, darkened with shoe polish and embellished with a bit of glitter glue. ![]() As they arrived, each child came to me and my son(14) in private to get their wands. ![]() So we played a "who am I?" ice breaker with names from the books. ![]() The children did not all know each other (from 3 different schools, you know). As children in arrived they were greeted by Dumbledore, (my husband) who supervised them in making their own potions with a variety of kool-aid colors, seltzer waters and pop rocks in plastic goblets. The party was broken into 3 parts- Arrival and Feast, Classes, and The Tournament. Invites were printed in green on cream parchment as follows: You are hereby invited to the Tri-Wizard Tournament at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, currently disguised as a muggle home at (give the street address) The training and tournament will take place on Friday the 3rd of June between the hours of 5:30 and 9:00 pm And will include a Tournament Feast In honor of the birthday of Birthday Child's name Please respond by owl post or muggle telephone to your phone number Wizard or witch attire is encouraged, but muggle clothing is always appropriate We printed a photo of the Hogwarts castle on the bottom of the page and mailed them in large cream colored envelopes with a Hogwarts crest on the front that we printed via a download. We did not try to recreate the book, but assumed that we were past all of the books so far and that we were hosting a second tournament. We put a twist, and an update on the themes we saw by moving into Book 4, The Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter Triwizard Tournament for 8-10 year olds When my daughter wanted a Harry Potter birthday party we got so many great ideas from this site and others.
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