Birthday Party Socks

I adore these.   The colour is stunning.  But I made them for a non-knitter who loved them too.

Sock #11 - 2018

Harry Potter In the House

So a Harry Potter party. 

Pinterest to the rescue thank goodness.

We had Hogwarts mail hanging from the ceiling along with a few owls in the room.  A Nimbus 2000 was a fun thing we whipped up thanks to the sticks on the beach.  Looks cool too. 

Ollivander's Wand shop was a hit.  The kids loved the wands.  I had fun making them too I must say.  We had Hogwarts house team ties that I had made.  Each child wore one & took it home.  A few of the kids don't know anything about HP yet so it didn't mean much to them but it was fun all the same. 

Some bottles of potions were sitting about on the table. 

A lot of lollies.  Dumbledore Lemon Drops, Jelly Slugs, Huffle Puffs, Ghost Drops, Wands, Broomsticks, Chocolate Frogs, Every Flavour Jelly Bean & some Dragon Claws.  Finish that off with some Butterbeer & Pumpkin Juice & we were set. 

The kids had inside games of sort of quidditch, & also out in the paddock games of it, although that proved very difficult as it was a little bit windier than hoped. 

The kids took home a wand, a tie, a spell/potion book & a herb for Herbology class. 

It was good fun.

And He's 7!

Well this kid turned 7!  Crazy really! 

A little family gathering for tea & cake! 

The cake!  Yeah. well what can I say?  He wanted a Harry Potter theme birthday. So what better to include the Harry cake like Hagrid made for him in the first book.  DJ was very impressed especially with my spelling mistakes.   (it's tricky to spell wrong on purpose!)    Not the finest of cakes but he loved it.  I guess I got off lightly this time!