The best DIY Harry Potter Christmas ornaments
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Last year’s Harry Potter Christmas tree is back up and the kids are in round 2 of Harry Potter ornament crafting (ok, me too! Definitely me too!).
I know there probably isn’t time to work on any Harry Potter ornaments this year, but I thought I’d still put together a round up of all the ornaments from last year, including a couple of how-to’s for the HP ornaments we made.
HOGWARTS HOUSE POM POMS AND YARN ORNAMENTS
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These Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin ornaments are SO EASY. For the pom poms, just use a pom pom maker and red/maroon, cobalt/navy, yellow/mustard, hunter/kelly green yarn to make the poms.
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For the yarn wrapped ornaments, crochet a chain with two strands of yarn (for each house) and hot glue the yarn around an ornament until it’s entirely covered.
HOGWARTS HOUSE GARLANDS AND SCARVES
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Piper crocheted little house scarves and garlands in red/maroon, kelly/hunter green, navy/royal blue and yellow/mustard for Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. The scarves are the CUTEST.
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And the swirl of house garlands down the tree totally makes it!
HARRY POTTER SPELL BOOK ORNAMENTS
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The kids watched this video how-to before they made their spell books out of cardboard, paper, paint and hot glue. I LOVE how all of these turned out, and the kids love them even more.
HARRY POTTER BROOM STICK ORNAMENTS
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Twigs from the backyard + kraft paper + yarn + hot glue = the perfect little broom ornaments.
POTION BOTTLE ORNAMENTS
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We found these little glass bottles at Kmart, filled them with beads and confetti, put a potion label on each one (Burke had extras in one of his Harry Potter books) and glued on a yarn hanger. So easy, so fun!
HOUSE FLAGS, POTTER BOOKS, QUIBBLERS & PORTRAITS
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We also found these FABULOUS printables and printed house flags (we mounted them on cardstock flags)…
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…book covers (we added the inside pages)…
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…Quibbler magazines…
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…and portraits (the kids cut out cardboard frames and went crazy with hot glue and paint).
HARRY POTTER PAINTED FACE ORNAMENTS
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The kids painted a whole cast of Harry Potter characters on ornament wood slices (when we googled “Harry Potter ornaments,” these kept coming up)!
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To paint them, they just added a house scarf or accessory at the bottom of the circle and then hair, eyes and any character specific features at the top). I shouldn’t pick favorites, but I seriously LOVE the Hagrid ornament- doesn’t the wonky wood slice just make that one perfection?
FELT OWL ORNAMENTS
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Pi also made felt owl ornaments (including Hedwig, and Pigwidgeon) to add an extra HP-ish vibe. She didn’t really use a template, just cut out oval-wtih-ears owl bodies, big round owl eyes, little football-shaped wings, tiny beaks, and rows of felt feathers and then hot glued the pieces together and stuffed with batting. (Sidenote- I love that girl. I love her creativity and ideas and the way she executes them! It’s seriously my favorite).
HARRY’S LIGHTENING SCAR ORNAMENTS
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We also made a whole batch of lightening ornaments. These are so easy- make a lightening template on cardstock and trace it with a fabric pen on doubled over yellow fabric and cut out, leaving a margin. Sew along the traced lightening shape, leaving a gap on one of the long edges for stuffing. Turn right side in, stuff with batting, close up the opening (I actually just used a dab of hot glue but you could also sew it shut) and add a thread hanger.
HARRY POTTER ITEMS
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The kids also gathered a pile of already-on-hand Harry Potter items- house ties and scarves, Luna Lovegood glasses, Scabbers the rat, etc.
DEATHLY HALLOWS TREE TOPPER
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The Deathly Hallows tree topper is kind of my favorite (engineered by Adam out of a night light the kids had in their room and some white wire).
RAVENCLAW SCARF WRAPPED TREE COLLAR
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Nothing like having three Ravenclaw scarves on hand to dress up a tree collar! Pi wrapped the scarves, one at a time, around the tree collar and secured on the inside with duct tape before starting with a new scarf.
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