I did a lot of research on how on earth we were going to play muggle quidditch, without broomsticks and flying. In the end I used ideas from all over the place to come up with what I think are very cool rules... though perhaps not that Harry Potter-ish.
We had 2 goals rather than 6 |
I was going to make robes for everyone, but I didn't. Instead everyone got to wear a house badge to identify what team they were on. We changed positions regularly. To be honest everyone just ran around and focussed too much on the water balloons, so that didn't really work so well.. but I still think it was a good set of rules.
After Quidditch we were going to do the pinata. I had great plans for this dementor pinata. The boys were going to have to do the patronus charm and shout 'Expecto Patronum' while they whacked the dementor. I had made this pretty sturdy and was looking forward to 15 minutes of dementor whacking. Unfortunately the rain had weakened the pinata and by the time I returned with said 'whacking stick' one of the boys had already pulled the dementor down and the boys were like vultures scraping out it's insides for loot. For a short moment, my happiness had been sucked from me, just like a real dementor!
All wasn't lost.. there was cake! Originally I was going to do a golden snitch cake, but instead on walking into the cake shop to get the ball mould, Oliver saw a skull cake tin and declared that he wanted a 'dark mark' cake. A glittering green skull with a snake protuding from it's mouth. I put a picture next to it for this photo just so I'd remember what I was trying to create. It's wrong isn't it! I suppose I'll be able to reuse this when he Oliver goes into his heavy metal phase!!! Yep, it's pretty dodgy, but the boys liked it. Gross!
And here are the contents of the party bag: A Honeydukes sampler. Yep, sugar overload! The Standard Book of Spells I got from etsy.
Great party! Even if some things did not go as planned, it looks like the children had a great time! You really worked hard for this one and I'm sure your children will remember this forever. Oh! I would have found all those ferrero roches, I have a good nose for finding those...and eating them, too! Good job,mum!
ReplyDeleteThat cake is fantastic! The perfect boy cake! And I think it looks just like the picture too. And yes, a skull cake tin surely is going to come in handy more than once...
ReplyDeleteLooks like you put together a great party! That cake is creepy and cool at the same time. Happy birthday Oliver!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shar. I agree about the cake! Creepy but kind of cool. How is your Charlotte skirt coming along?
ReplyDeleteThanks Jo. The coloured jelly snake help makes it a bit easier on the eye!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, me too! I was surprised it took them so long to find them.
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