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Movie Night: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends."
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Now if you two don’t mind, I’m going to bed before either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed - or worse, expelled.
- Hermione
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is the first movie in the Harry Potter series, and it first came out when Katie and I were still kids. We wanted to share the series with our kids and give them some context for when we decide to go to Universal Studios Florida. Katie did a great job coming up with themed activities and food!
Table of contents
Wand Making
One of the first stops in Harry Potter’s journey was the wand store. So our first activity was to have the kids build their own wands. The wand kit we used came with wooden sticks and air-dried clay.
Once the kids had made their custom wands and they had a chance to dry, we painted them with the provided paints (and a few of our own colors).
Potion Making
After wand making, we switched to potion class. The kids had a ton of fun with the potion kit.
It had several different types of science-based potions that kids were able to make. One fizzed, another bubbled, another “froze” and more!
After all the scienc-y potions were done, there were plenty of other vials and ingredients that the kids were able to have fun coming up with their own potions. A love potion, sparkle potion, and a tiny potion, just to name a few
Food
Bertie Bott’s Beans
Ah! Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans! I was most unfortunate in my youth to come across a vomit-flavoured one, and since then I’m afraid I’ve lost my liking for them. But I think… I could be safe with a nice toffee. Mmm, alas. Ear wax.
- Dumbledore
The only thing we didn’t make ourselves was some jelly beans styled after Bertie Bott’s Beans from the movie. My wife had the unfortunate luck of coming across the vomit-flavored one, and it reminded her of morning sickness when she was pregnant.
Chocolate Frogs
Our chocolate frogs weren’t under a spell like the ones from the movie. But they were still delicious.
We melted some milk and dark chocolates into a mold and added peanut butter to some, toffee bits to others, and rice crispies to some as well. The small frogs (and a few of the big ones), we left as just plain chocolate. We didn’t know which ones were which when it was all done, but it was a much nicer surprise when biting into them than the jelly beans!
Dragon Eggs
Our “dragon eggs” turned out really cool-looking. We just hard-boiled some eggs and then cracked the shells before submersing them in colored water (like easter eggs). After leaving them in the coloring for a bit, we peeled off the shells, revealing the cool designs! After admiring them, we turned them into deviled eggs.
Nimbus 2000
The broomsticks were a super simple styled dessert. We put a small pretzel stick in a small Reese Cup!
Pizza Slytherin Snake
For our main course, we made a snake-shaped pizza. It was kinda like a calzone, but with pizza sauce inside. The kids decorated it with some food coloring in water. They didn’t really have a cohesive design, much to my wife’s dismay!
Sorting Hats
Hmm, difficult. VERY difficult. Plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind, either. There’s talent, oh yes. And a thirst to prove yourself.
- Sorting Hat
The sorting hats snack was a variation on “pigs-in-a-blanket”. We wrapped small hot dogs in crescent rolls, leaving one side out like the hat. We then put some marks on it for eyes and a mouth.
Butter Beer Popcorn Balls
Our butter beer popcorn balls didn’t turn out as well as we would have liked. But they were made from popcorn, butterscotch, and marshmallows.
Orange Snitches
Our snitch balls were just clementines with paper wings attached. Healthy and cool looking!
Butter Beer
Butter beer (cream soda with butterscotch syrup and whipped cream) was a huge hit with our kids! They asked to make more days after our movie night.
Professor Sprout’s Garden
And to round everything out, we added a simple veggie platter with our homemade dill dip.
