Harry Potter 8th Birthday Party

I'm 8! I was so excited for my Harry Potter birthday party!

 Mom made wands out of chopsticks and each wizard got to choose one.

 There were Harry Potter Mad Libs, Hedwig the owl balloons...

And a Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Bean taste test.  This was a big hit, and we kept a garbage can nearby so everyone could spit out the gross ones.

 Mom made a Marauder's Map with our house as Hogwart's castle, and a scavenger hunt to go with it. 

Everyone got pretty into the scavenger hunt, and at the end of it you made a "potion" with all the ingredients you collected, and that gave you a chocolate coin!

 There was a sorting game to determine which Hogwart's house you were in...

And a Prisoner of Azakaban photo booth.

 And a fun Harry Potter cake.

 Dad had fun attempting to run through the barrier at platform 9 3/4 with his "half pint" of beer.

And Nana made us cool Harry Potter sweatshirts. Being 8 is awesome!