A Very Harry Potter Party

Here are some pictures from Sophie's 9th birthday party:

As soon as the girls arrived at the Gryffindor Common Room (no muggles allowed!) they had to put on their school robes, complete with Gryffindor badges, and be united with their wand. Blindfolded, they had a few seconds to feel their wand, then after we took the blindfold off, they had to try to pick it out of a lineup. When they guessed correctly, it was their true wand.

Next we held a Tri(Twelve)-Wizard Tournament: Every young witch who was willing entered her name in the tournament and had a chance to draw a jelly bean, blindfolded, from a bowl full of Bertie Bott's every Flavor Beans. If they could correctly identify three flavors, they won a box of their own. With flavors in there like vomit, earthworm, earwax, and rotton egg, I was impressed that they were so willing!

Reactions to booger and soap flavors: Off to Honeydukes Sweet shop to use the galleons, sickles and knuts in their bags to purchase candy such as Fizzing Whizzbees, Acid Pops, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Cockroach Clusters, Cauldron Cakes, etc.
Next they were off to "The Three Broomsticks" for pizza, butterbeer (root beer), cake, and ice cream
Sophie made this snitch cake all by herself!

The cake I made for her - A History of Magic open textbook with Harry's scarf, glasses, wand, quill and snitch (made mostly out of Tootsie Rolls and Now and Laters, heated, colored and molded)

After gifts, the girls headed out back to practice catching the snitch (a bouncy ball)

But my favorite part of the night was after the party, when Claire found Janelle's box of Bertie Bott's and without even flinching, ate everything that was left, including (but not limited to) black pepper, dirt, sardine, and soap. Janelle tried to stop her, but she wasn't about to let anyone pry them out of her grasp!
I can't believe she's nine years old!