DIY Harry Potter Series – Wire Jewelry without any tools

I finally bought some pliable jewelry wire to experiment with. There are so many great designs you can make, without any expensive tools. All you need is the wire, scissors and your hands. Materials – Jewelry wire (20-26 gauge) in any color (I used silver primarily), scissors Process – HP ‘glasses and scar’ ring – A very easy…

DIY Harry Potter Series – Sirius Black DIYs (because it’s his Birthday and he’s my favorite character)

I love, love Sirius Black . He and Prof Snape are my two favorite characters from HP. This post is dedicated to his possessions (his wand and his Azkaban prison sign which I’m sure he wouldn’t want to associate with). SIRIUS BLACK’S WAND – Quite easy to make, with easy to get materials but involves…

DIY Harry Potter Series – HP Button Magnets

Make some fun mod-podge fridge magnets, buttons or pins with your favorite characters or franchise 🙂 I, of course, chose Harry Potter as my theme. Materials: Matte mod podge Dimensional magic mod podge Paper cut outs of symbols / characters Blank stamping metal discs (These are what I used, they are thin and easy to…

DIY Harry Potter Series – Platform 9 3/4 hanging sign

I made this as part of the decor for my Harry Potter tree for Christmas last year. It took two days to complete and looks great. Plus, I sold two of these on eBay for a great price in their collectibles section and feel quite proud 😀 😀 What you need:  An unfinished wood panel…

DIY Harry Potter Series – Triwizard mini dragons and HP symbols / signs

Mini Dragons: You will need mini dragon figurines from Michaels (See link: Safari Ltd – Dragons). You can get them for $3-$4 with a coupon. I used images from Harry Potter Wiki to work on the features and details of each dragon. Common Welsh Green: A green dragon with gold extremities. Chinese Fireball: A red…

DIY Harry Potter Series – Mini wands, golden snitches and winged keys

Perhaps the easiest HP DIY ever 😀 Mini wands: You will need toothpicks, hot glue and different colored paints. Create a pattern with the glue on your toothpicks (have fun with it and make your own creations). Let them dry and paint them different colors.     You can add a drop of hot glue…

DIY Harry Potter Series: Deathly Hallows Halloween Art

Halloween’s almost here and I’m super excited. I will be attending the Harry Potter Festival this weekend for Halloween as Luna Lovegood so I’m practically bouncing off the walls 😀 😀 I wanted to do a special kind of DIY for both these favorite celebrations and came up with Deathly Hallow-een (from Deathly Hallows; it…

DIY Harry Potter Series – Loony Luna Lovegood

Luna was one of my favorite characters from Harry Potter. She was so eccentric and uniquely odd, it was wonderful watching her interact with everyone else. She had some fascinating fashion choices and I have tried to make a few here (possibly as a potential Halloween costume). Butterbeer Cork Necklace: Materials: A plain cork X-acto…

DIY Harry Potter Series – Hermione’s Wand (Blogger Request)

I wasn’t planning on making any more wands since I have enough in my stash for at least 14-15 surprise wizards / witches during Halloween. This DIY is a special request by blogger Hana Elwan from my Weasley Wand DIY post. So here goes… Materials: A chopstick Acrylic Paints – Beige or Fawn, Metallic brass gold sharpie…

DIY Harry Potter Series – Weasley Wands

We can all agree that we love the Weasleys. From Molly’s motherly nature, to the havoc the twins cause, to Arthur’s strange muggle fascination and to brothers Bill and Charlie whom we don’t hear much about, everything about them is wonderful and magical. And their home… Oh I just love the location clock in the kitchen and…