Invitation Wording:
We’re stirring up a brew of fun
A party with magic for everyone
Eye of newt and wing of bat
So wave your wand and appear at:
(RSVP – to the Head Sorcerer)
Wizard Party Decorations
Invitations
- Invitations can be magic scrolls, (try dying with used tea bags) which can be tied with a ribbon or sealed with wax.
- Calligraphy is great and glitter pens can add a bit of Sparkle to the invites too.
- On the invitations request the Wizards to wear Magic Attire (wear black).
- A lot of little girls will have access to a witch costume as it is such a popular halloween costume.
- Invite your guests to “appear at the stroke of 2” (or whatever time the party is supposed to start) it would be truly magic if no one was late!
Wizard Costumes
- If you have the time you can make wizard capes – just sew the edges down on the edge of a piece of black fabric and sew a channel through the top of the fabric (through which you thread a black cord).
- Wizard Hats can be made from a cone of newspaper covered with wrapping paper and secured with tape and decorated.
- Wands can be made from painted dowel sticks, tubing, or long thin rolls of papier mache.
- Balloon Arches are very Festive and can make your party look magical.
- “Bunting” can be made by cutting triangles of plastic tablecloth or fabric and stapling them to a cord/string that can be strung up, (similar to what you see at car dealerships).
- Castle “Torches” can be made from empty paper cups glued to the end of empty paper towel roll and spray painted black with a little bit of red tissue paper sticking out of the cup.
- Walls can be decorated with a Special Magical Symbol.
- Any mirrors in the house can be written on (lipstick?) or have a sign affixed .. “Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…Who’s the Fairest of them All!”
Take a Large Chair and Dress it up to Make a magical “Throne” for the Birthday Child (You can cover it in fabric, attach bows and ribbons…sky’s the limit).
- Mini Christmas Lights can be strung up to great effect.
- Large and impressive “Pennants” can be made from old tablecloths/sheets/plastic sheeting/paper.
- Anything can be set up in “Swags” (Tulle can be especially nice if you can get it cheaply / happen to have it around the house).
- For the ambitious, you can take one room and have a black light and put a collection of white decorations in the room that will then glow, (the quinine in tonic water will even glow).
- Have a collection of mason jars with bits of food in them: blind ______ eyes (cocktail onions), _______ gizzards (smoked oysters), worm’s in ______ blood (cold spaghetti with tomato sauce), truth serum, dream elixir, dried _____ beetles (prunes). You can have a field day! Just look in your cupboards at what food you have that might be stale and put it in a jar with a wizard label on it and display it prominently (but out of reach for the little ones – you don’t want broken glass on the floor).
- Dig out all your Halloween decorations: the spiderwebs, bats, frogs, insects, broomsticks, witch paraphernalia, etc.
- Get out old drapes and use those for atmosphere (keep them well away from any birthday candles), burn some incense for a real magical atmosphere
- Use a cheap plastic halloween cauldron and put in some dry ice (be careful no one hurts themselves)
Wizard Party Activities
- Have the children learn a trick or show a trick that they know.
- Have the children answer questions about the birthday child (favourite colour, etc, etc) see if they are all-knowing wizards.
- Make star-shaped sugar cookies and put them on blunt skewers or pretzel rods and decorate them, (then watch them magically disappear).
- Make a magical globe using a small jar filled with water (add a few drops of glycerine to make things float down more slowly) and sparkles and magical bits). Make sure that the lid is glued down firmly (hot glue works).
- Have a little bit of dried food colouring on the bottom of the cups, and pour in the clear soda (like Sprite/7-up) and watch the soda change colours!
- Make magic wands from licorice sticks/twizzlers dipped in white chocolate/candy melts and decorate with brightly coloured sanding sugars.
- Hunt for magic beans/dragon eggs/magic _______. (If you spray paint things gold then they will look more magical).
- Make sure that you use a lot of “Spells” (when you give the children instructions). Make them funny spells if you can.
Castleworks
- Appliance Stores often have large boxes that they will give to you for free/a nominal fee. These can be painted with house paint (large DIY Stores often have “mis-tints” paint for super cheap). Paint the castle “walls” a solid colour and then use a square sponge to sponge paint on “bricks”.
- Appliance boxes can be cut into a full free-standing “Castle”, or a Castle to stick on the Wall, or just “Turret Tops” (for over doorways).
- With a large door sized cardboard piece make a a “Drawbridge” (with Ropes on the side).
- Use Cardboard for a Large Magical Crest for entranceway.
Wizard Party Food
- Cut out sandwiches with a star cookie cutter.
- Serve the Bertie Botts magic Jelly Beans.
- Put Pop Rocks in pudding or icing for some magical taste.
- Say some spells over the food (do a calorie-reducing spell over the cake for the parents that are watching their weight!).