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September 29, 2018 · 10 Comments

HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS THAT WILL BRING A HARRY POTTER CELEBRATION

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Get inspired with these Harry Potter Halloween decorations that will bring with them a great Harry Potter celebration.  So grab all your muggle friends and let's fly right into some holiday inspiration.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Sorting hat and 4 Privet Drive letter

A Harry Potter Celebration

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Surprise your guest with a Harry Potter celebration this year after transforming your home with these Harry Potter Halloween decoration ideas.

Recreate some of the movie, The Sorcerer Stone, moments with a sorting hat, flying Hogwarts letters and much more.  Plus a free printable too.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hogwarts cap and tie, sorting hat, wand, butterbeer and letters

Flying Hogwarts Letters

Not one or two or three or four but a letter to infinity describes that moment when all mayhem occurred in the home on 4 Privet Drive.

The envelopes started arriving and were determined to find their way to Harry Potter.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Flying letters

So, let's create that moment with these flying Hogwarts letters.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hanging letter with clear fishing line

Begin with making envelopes

Instead of purchasing envelopes use these perfect envelopes by More than Thursdays.

We printed 40 sheets with the Privet Drive address on regular copy paper.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Flying letters

Can you tell from this picture? 😉

Cut the envelopes

Now if you have a cutter then go ahead and slice all four sides.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Cutting Hogwarts letters

Once you have them all cut use some scissors to trim out a few edges and curves.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Trimming the edges

Fold each side

Now simply fold one side.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Fold one side into the center.

Then the other side.

I use the end of the glue stick to score down where I have folded the envelope.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Fold the other side into the middle.

Next, fold up the bottom and the top.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Fold the bottom and then the top towards the middle

Apply some glue where you folded the top to the bottom, and you are finished.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Glue the top to the bottom.

Apply fishing line

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Letter hanging

Next step is easy to follow.  Pull out your glue gun and drop a dot onto the envelopes.  Then lay your fishing line into the dollop.

Let the fishing line sit in there by keeping it secure with your fingers.  Once it is dry enough, you can let it go and place to the side to harden completely.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Flying letters

A few tips about this step.  You will want your envelopes to hang in different directions.  Drop dots of glue in many different places along the edges and make sure to do both sides.

But now the more significant challenge is getting some of the envelopes to lay flat.

Put a drop right in the middle and pierce the glue straight down with the fishing line.  Keep it steady until it is good hardened.

Now make a drop on each end straight across from the center to give it some balance.

Now you are done and on to hanging your Harry Potter Halloween letters.

Hanging the envelopes

Pull out your ladder for this part and wrap the fishing line around the push pin and stick it into the ceiling.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hanging the flying letters

We used a flat white push pin so it would disappear on our white ceiling.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hanging the flying letters

And now like magic you have letters that are determined to find their way to Harry Potter.

Hogwarts bench decorations

There are so many items to accessorize with for a Harry Potter celebration for Halloween.  But with all those flying letters you need a good mail carrier.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hedwig the owl sitting on the bench

Meet Hedwig

Just how in the world did all those crazy letters make their way into the humble Privet home?

Well, by beautiful mail carriers like Hedwig, Harry Potters owl.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hedwig the mail carrier owl

Plastic owl decoy

To create your own Hedwig merely go to any store and purchase a plastic owl decoy that is used to deter other birds.

Painters tape

Once you have this charming creature in your hands, use some painters tape to cover his eyes and beak.

Then spray-paint him with some Kilz paint in the color white just like Harry Potters owl in the movie.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Tapping the eyes and beek and painting the owl

Spray paint

Next, paint the owl with Kilz spray-paint that is white.  This is a quick way to turn the owl into the white color of Hedwig.

It is okay to leave some browns showing through in cracks here and there but for the most part, give him a good spray of white paint.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Removing the tap from the eyes and beek from painted owl

Add markings

Give Hedwig his markings with some acrylic paint.

This mail carrier has some darker brown and lighter brown marks on his wings, so gently apply for his trademarks back to his sides.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Painting markings on Hedwig the owl

Then work on his eyes by applying some white towards the top to give his eyes a more oval shape just like Harry's owl.

Then paint the pupil, and you're finished with Hedwig.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Paint the eyes to make them oval and add pupil if needed.

Placing Harry Potter Halloween accessories

Hedwig

Next, find a home for Hedwig on the bench and let's take the Hogwarts Express to school.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hedwig the owl and sorting hat

Harry's rob and wand

But before we can get off the train, Harry needs his rob which can is on the bench along with his Ollivander wand.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hogwarts uniform rob and tie. Butterbeer and wand.

Are you starting to get into the mood like I am now?

Butterbeer

Okay, so while you are creating this Harry Potter Halloween design pour yourself a butter bear and place it next to Harry's rob and such.  And enjoy of some the butterbeer while your working.

It will get you more and more in a magical mood.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Butterbeer

It is incredible how we pass through time in a matter of steps in this Harry Potter Halloween design.

Sorting Hat

I came across this sorting hat toy at the store.  It was just thing this space needed.

So this sorting hat talks and helps guest find out what house is best for them.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Sorting hat

Books and candles

Now we are almost finished.

Add some books backward on the floor and place some candles to the design.  The books balance the floor area with the middle and upper regions of the space.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Books and candles.

Envelopes

Last, sprinkle some more envelopes on the floor, bench, and tape some to the bench or walls.

Now your room is almost complete.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hogwarts rob and tie. Sorting hat, flying letters, butterbeer, wands, books and candles

Harry Potter Free Printables

With so many beautiful moments in the movie, we couldn't leave you without some Albus Dumbledore wisdom.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Free printable wall hanging using a wand. Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. Albus Dumbledore

So we created a Halloween free printable to hang in your space.

We also have a tutorial coming soon on how to create your wands and hang you're free printable too.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Albus Dumbledore quote free printable and tools to make a wand hanging piece of art.

But if you are dying to see some of our free printables now then click HERE to see all the goodies in the library.

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Conclusion

Now that you have a place for all those moments from The Sorcerer Stone it is time to invite some friends over for a Harry Potter celebration.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Hedwig, Hogwarts rob and tie, butterbeer, sorting hat and flying letters

Pull out the movies, serve some butterbeer and let the magic begin.

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Flying letters, Hedwig the owl, Hogwarts rob and tie and sorting hat.

To recap what you will need to create this magical Harry Potter Halloween space see the list below.

  • Harry Potter Hogwarts envelopes
  • Hogwarts rob and tie
  • Ollivander wand
  • Sorting Hat
  • Hedwig

Halloween Decorations for a Harry Potter Celebration. Flying letters

I hope you have a Happy Halloween and enjoy decorating your muggle home.  For more, not so scary Halloween decor ideas, check out our Country Halloween Decor post too.

Happy Decorating!

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