I realized I only ever described the potions class in that thread.
I am glad the letter will be an acceptance letter - receiving a rejection for being a muggle for her 11th birthday would be such a letdown! If the day of the party is already confirmed, you could put it in as the day she is supposed to show up for the Hogwarts express!
DS created acceptance letters for all his friends, letting them know the date and time the train was to leave, in some old fashioned manuscript font. (We had ascertained beforehand that all kids had at least seen the first movie or read the first volume. The one kid who hadn't because he was only seven, I checked with his mom and then DS gave him his copy and told him he had to read it before he could come to his party, which he did!)
When the kids arrived at our house, 8 kids in total, I greeted them all in my McGonagall costume, then we put them in two cars, put on the movie soundtrack and drove them to the 19th century fortification the renovation of which my husbands involved with.
Once arrived, we explained that Hogwarts was going to open a new extension in our country and they had all been selected to attend because of their magical talents. We then did the sorting ceremony and I gave every kid a good scolding for arriving without robes, then handed every kid a large cut of cheap black velvet for robes.
We then moved into one of the larger casements which is used as a common room for the renovators where we sat the kids at the large table. There was a wand workshop, where DH helped the kids assemble pre made wands with LED lights, a robe workshop where another dad helped them glue rhinestones to golden clasps for the robes with a glue gun, and my potions class. I just put out muffins and apple slices for everyone to help themselves.
When all the crafts where finished, they ran around for a while in the fort in their robes and played at fighting trolls with their wands, shouting spells and curses at one another! It was extremely cute, with the LED lit wands in the dusk, it really I looked like a movie set! Then we did a treasure hunt in the underground tunnels, to find a treasure chest with chocolate, crackers and marshmallows. Then lit a fire and cut sticks and barbecued sausages and made s'mores.
The kids were completely into the zone. It was great.
Last edited by Tigerle; 12/21/15 03:57 AM.
