Harry Potter Party: pre party stress

Oliver is having a party next Saturday for his 7th birthday.  A Harry Potter party.  I feel a bit like I'm spinning my wheels with this party (and it is distracting me from my other works in progress!)  I'm trying to both make it fun, but not be over the top about it.  All Oliver wants, is to play quidditch with broom sticks.  Ben says just let the kids do their thing without any prescribed party activites.  No pressure.
There is so much Harry Potter party stuff on the web and some very over the top but cool parties.  One thing I saw which I love is where people have painted brick walls on fabric and then slit an entrance through it for the kids to enter the party through 'platform 9 3/4'.  I love this idea so bought some brick fabric on ebay the other day, only to find out that the bricks were tiny, like doll size tiny.  Not to be discouraged, I thought I'd paint some lo fi bricks onto fabric.  So today, I thought I'd make the 'brick wall'.  As we were driving around collecting supplies for the cake and different things (in a slightly stressed and erratic way) I said "Oliver Oliver, what do you think about the brick wall?"  To which he replied, "Nah, I don't want it.  Don't do it."  I replied, "But it will be so cool."  He continued to say that we didn't need it and he didn't want it until finally I listened.  Ok, so it would be really cool, but perhaps the kids can just come in through the side gate, not through a brickwall. On their broomsticks....

9 comments:

  1. Kid's party prep is so stressful! A few years ago I was up very, very late making a mermaid cake. Of course the kids barely looked at it and I realized I could have just put a big bowl of frosting on the table and they would have loved it! My daughter's favorite party game was the year we did a treasure hunt in the yard. I bet the party will be a lot of fun for Oliver planned activities or not.

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  2. Hello Kirsty, I am a new reader of your blog. That party scenario sounds so familiar...I have what I think is a really cool idea, the kids don't agree, and it ends up easier to not do it! That brick wall would have been so cool!


    Actually, the main reason I am commenting is to ask for a photo of you in your new sugar tee. I am thinking about making this pattern up and would love to see someone wearing a version in contrasting fabrics.


    Love you blog! Katherine

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  3. Hi Katherine and thanks for popping by. I'll try and get a photo of the sugar tee today. It is such a lovey tee and every time I wear it I get heaps of compliments. Oh the children's party stress!!! Glad I'm not the only one. The brick wall would have been cool wouldn't it!

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  4. Thanks Merche but the boys wouldn't be saying that right now with 'stressed mummy' in the house!

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  5. Ha ha ha it so can! Oh the cake! I hate that bit the most although I just don't feel I can outsource!

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  6. P.S. Shar do you have a blog? I'd love to follow you but can't seem to find a link anywhere?

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  7. Kirsty, I don't - just a Flickr account but thank you! Maybe some day I'll start one. It seems like such a good way to connect to fellow sewists ( since I can't seem to convince any of my friends or coworkers that sewing is so much fun).

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  8. Wow, best of luck. Has this happened yet? Would love to see photos!
    Ronnie xo

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