Harry Potter Party!

Are you a Harry Potter nerd? Maybe your kids? I will admit... I am a Harry Potter nerd. I love the books. I am a critic of the movies. Nevertheless, I still watch them and I am excited for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2 to come out next week!

I think it would be so much fun to have a Harry Potter Party in celebration of the movie. Here are some great ideas for your Harry Potter Party!

Gourmet Mom On The Go provides us a recipe for BUTTERBEER! If you don't know what butterbeer is, go read Harry Potter.

Here is a recipe for CHOCOLATE FROGS!

You'll have to purchase this chocolate frog mold from Amazon, it's only $2.50 + Shipping

And, if you are feeling really ambitious, you can go to The Leaky Cauldron and use their free printable for the famous chocolate frog hexagon box!

I also thought it would be fun to make wands! They are chocolate covered pretzel sticks! Add a little baking glitter or sprinkles for a magical effect!

And, don't forget to pick up some jelly beans to use as Berti Bott's Every Flavor Jelly Beans

Happy Party Planning!

Doll House Makeover

While Devin and I were visiting his parents, we helped his Mom repaint a bathroom upstairs. We had some extra paint and I knew just what to do with it. Repaint the doll house. The doll house is very old, but now the granddaughters are playing with it, so I thought it could use a facelift! Plus, with all those little hands, it was really dirty.

Before

After

I painted the roof and floors brown (the color of the bathroom) and the insides and outsides red. We left all the old wallpaper for sentimental reasons.

Yep, I even gave barbie a contemporary red kitchen! It was a fun project and hopefully the kids will enjoy it!