HPBN Event Kit

Everything you need to run a magical event
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• We’re aware that you might be hosting anything from a group of 30 kids
in a
bookshop through to 200 or more in a school setting. Again, we’re confident
that
you’ll have ideas on how best to adapt the activities accordingly – for instan
ce,
you probably won’t want to put 200 kids through the Sorting Ceremony! With
larger numbers, you could divide them into smaller groups and/or create activi
ty
stations, which they move through during the course of your event, gainin
g those
vital house points as they go!
• This kit is for events which are non-commercial, free of charge and encou
rage
community participation.*
• Having signed up to receive this kit, you will also receive newsletters in
the run
up to #HarryPotterBookNight, offering you further thoughts and ideas.
Above all, we really want you and the kids you gather to have lots of fun on
#HarryPotterBookNight. It’s hard in a way to remember what it was like comin
g
to J.K. Rowling’s magical books for the very first time, before they became
a global
phenomenon. We’ve tried to think back to the first time we learned about
the
existence of Platform 9¾ or heard about the rules of Quidditch; the first time
we
met Ron and Hermione or glimpsed He Who Must Not Be Named. Imagi
ne the
excitement of starting out on that incredible reading journey!
We hope to make #HarryPotterBookNight an annual celebration throughout
the
world, so please do take lots of photos and let us know what works well for
you and
what extra resources you would welcome next time around.
Now let’s get busy passing on the unique magic of Harry Potter!
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* T he Kit is intended for events that are organised and run by schools, community centres, libraries
and bookshops and which encourage community
participation. We ask that the events please remain non-commercial in nature.
That means, for example, your Harry Potter Book Night event should be
entirely free of charge. Further, your event and more generally, the Harry
Potter properties, should not be sponsored by or associated with any commerci
or non-qualifying organisations. So, for example, if a business is supplying al
catering to or at your event, that business’ logos and/or branding should not
feature on any materials relating to #HarryPotterBookNight or it otherwise
appear that such businesses are endorsed by or connected with Harry Potter,
J.K. Rowling or Warner Bros. Whilst we very much encourage you to get creative
with your events, please note that we’re not granting permission for you
to create and produce any new Harry Potter themed goods or services to sell
at your Harry Potter Book Night. Any commercial uses of the Harry Potter
trademarks and other intellectual property would require separate permission
s. If you’re unsure about a particular use or activity, please do get in touch.
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7 1
SEVEN MAGICAL STEPS
Here are your SEVEN steps to
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running a successful event: 3
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1. PLAN
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Think about who you are going to invite and how many people you can fit in
your space. Who will be attending staff-wise to help run the event? Use the
digital SAVE THE DATE banners available at harrypotterbooknight.com to
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email to guests.
Once you’ve decided whom to invite, complete the invitation template on page
10 in this
pack, photocopy it, and use it to invite your guests well ahead of February 5th 2015.
2. PUBLICISE
Let the local community know you’re holding a Harry Potter Book Night
party. Use the posters and digital assets available at harrypotterbooknight.
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com to publicise your event.
Tell local press and radio/ TV stations about the event and invite them to attend
. This pack
contains a press release template to help you contact local media, press and listing
s (see
page 38). If you don’t know who specifically to email at these outlets, it’s worth
phoning
them first to enquire. You should be able to track the phone numbers down online
.
If you can think of a special hook that will make your Harry Potter Book Night
party stand
out from the crowd, the local media will be more likely to come along.
You can also use social media (Facebook, Twitter, blogs) to promote your event
and link in
with events worldwide using the hashtag #HarryPotterBookNight
As Harry Potter Book Night is all about sharing the magic of J.K. Rowling’s amazi
ng books
with the next generation of readers, we ask that you please avoid using any Harry
Potter
film imagery or materials to publicise or promote your Harry Potter Book Night
party.
3. INCENTIVISE
Encourage children (and their families) to come along dressed up by
offering a prize for the best fancy dress outfit. The prize could be anything
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from a book to some chocolate frogs.
4. COUNTDOWN Space to write

Count down to your event
the numb
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with a sign in the window
or on the noticeboard with: SLEEPS UNTIL HARRY
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POTTER BOOK NIGHT.
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5. DECORATE
Get creative with decorating your space and think about having different
areas for different activities, or various creative stations. Check out the fun
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ideas for decorations in this kit (see pages 6–9).
6. PREPARE
Photocopy or print out the activities in this kit.
Stock up on pens, colouring pencils and any additional craft materials you
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to
Organise chairs, cushions, beanbags for people to sit on, and tables for your guests
complete the activities at.
that is
If you’re serving drinks and snacks, why not take inspiration from food/drink
or Pumpkin
mentioned in the Harry Potter books? For example, you could have treacle tart,
s or from
Pasties, or draw inspiration from the many sweets and treats sold in Honeyduke
the trolley on the Hogwarts Express.
7. PHOTOGRAPH
Take lots of photos at your event, but SUGGESTED FORMAT FOR
do check with attending guests (and YOUR HARRY POT TER
especially children’s parents) that t . c om
BOOK NIGHT EVENT:
they are happy to be photographed and for the
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This format is merely a guide, feel free to

photos to be used for publicity purposes. use it as a starting point to make the event
Tweet your photos or add them to Instagram using your own.
the hashtag #HarryPotterBookNight or post them ★ Guests arrive
to the Bloomsbury Facebook page: Facebook.com/ ★ Welcome (page 16)
HarryPotterBooksfromBloomsbury ★ The Sorting Ceremony (page 17)
★ Hand out house stickers
★ Play games or activities from suggestions
WIN! in this pack, awarding house points
throughout the evening to the winning
Bloomsbury are offering a prize of a
teams and players (pages 19–29)
luxury hamper for the best-decorated
★ End with the Harry Potter trivia
Harry Potter Book Night party.
challenge (pages 30–36)
To enter send us photos of your ★ Award House Cup to winning team,
decorated space via Twitter or Facebook signifying the end of the event
tagging @kidsbloomsbury to reach us by ★ Hand out certificates for attending
February 10th 2015. Photographs will be Harry Potter Book Night event
used for publicity purposes. (template on page 37)
Terms and conditions apply. See harrypotterbooknight.com for details.
6 Preparation
ENCHANTED DECORATIONS
Here are some creative ideas for Harry Potter Book Night
decorations for your event space.
GOLDEN SNITCHES
Paint ping-pong balls gold or wrap them in gold foil. Then attach a feather to each
side and hang with string from the ceiling or bookshelves.
MAGICAL SIGNS
Make signs to decorate your space. You could include signs for:
• PLATFORM 9¾ • OLLIVANDERS
• HOGWARTS EXPRESS • EEYLOPS OWL EMPORIUM
• DIAGON ALLEY • MADAM MALKIN’S ROBES FOR
ALL OCCASIONS
• THE LEAKY CAULDRON
• GRINGOTTS WIZARDING BANK
• FLOURISH AND BLOTTS
HOGWARTS HOUSE AREAS

Using the information in the Hogwarts facts & stats on page 14 to create areas
for Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin and decorate them with
house colours and emblems.
HOGWARTS HOUSE POINTS BOARD

Throughout the event, why not award house points to
participating guests or teams. You may want to have a large
chalkboard, whiteboard or flipchart on which to tally up these
house points.
SORTING HAT AND CHAIR

Make your own Sorting Hat by customising a pointed hat (such as a
generic black costume witch’s hat). Use folded newspaper glued to the
hat to add the face, folds and shaping to the hat. Now paint the whole
hat brown. On the night, place the hat on a chair ready for the Sorting
Ceremony on page 17.
7 Preparation
POTIONS CORNER
Use old jam jars and bottles with coloured water as potions to decorate your party
space. For a truly magical effect, you can add coloured glitter to corn syrup, light
golden syrup or glucose syrup (available from a chemist). Don’t forget to label your
potions with their potion name and don’t forget to include messaging that these are
not for drinking! Here are some ideas for potions that you could create, and some
ideas for ingredients below:
• Polyjuice (mud coloured)
• Veritaserum (clear, colourless)
• Felix Felicis, also known as Liquid Luck (golden yellow)
• Amortentia (mother of pearl cream/pink)
• Ageing Potion (green)
INGREDIENTS
Create a display of potion ingredients. Jars or bottles filled with glitter, twigs, jelly
worms, leaves, earth, feathers, string will look just like potion ingredients.
• Dragon’s blood (water with red food colouring)
• Unicorn hair (silver ribbon or thread)
• Gillyweed (weeds in green water or green ribbon in water)
• Eel’s Eyes (small pickled onions)
• Boomslang skin (shredded bandages or fabric with a snakeskin pattern)
• Bezoars (small stones)
• Bat eyes (black lentils)
FLOATING CANDLES
Paint the cardboard centres of toilet rolls white and attach
battery-operated tea lights in the top to create candles. Using
wire or nylon thread suspend them from the ceiling to give
the illusion of floating candles.
HOGWARTS HOUSE DECORATIONS

Use coloured streamers or banners to mark out different
Hogwarts house areas in your space. Refer to the guide to the
Hogwarts houses on page 15 for help on colours and emblems.
You could even recreate the house crests or use images of
house animal emblems (Lion, Badger, Eagle and Snake) to
use as decorations. To create a Slytherin feel to bookshelves
8 Preparation
or walls, paint rubber snakes the colour of your walls or bookshelves and then
attach them to look like carved or moulded snake decorations.
OWL BALLOONS
Draw owl eyes, beaks and feathers on to white balloons with marker pens to use as
decorations.
OWL POST
Miss G. Weasley
Mr H. Potter
The Burrow Miss H. Granger
4 Privet Drive
Ottery St Catchpole 123
Little Whinging
Surrey
Mr R. Weasley
Mr D. Malfoy
The Burrow
Malfoy Manor
Ottery St Catchp
ole Wiltshire
Write the names of Hogwarts students – and/or those attending your event – on a
selection of cream envelopes and then suspend them on cotton from the ceiling,
shelves or around a fireplace to create the illusion of the arrival of owl postal
service.
You could also address the envelopes to the guests care of your
bookshop using the following format, personalised to your own
location.
If you have any
Name of Shop
plush owl toys, you
could even attach the
y down
Corner of / halfwa envelopes to their beaks
Street name for maximum effect.
sburys]
In between [Sain
and [J.D. Sports]
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9 Preparation
WINDOW DISPLAYS
Create a magical display for your bookshop windows/school/classroom or library.
For example, wrap shoeboxes and books in brown paper, tie them up with string,
and address them to:
Harry Potter
Gryffindor House
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Look out for trunks, old suitcases, books or birdcages to make your display look
truly authentic.
Don’t forget to post photos of your Harry Potter Book Night displays and
decorations on Facebook and Twitter:
#HarryPotterBookNight
Facebook.com/HarryPotterBooksfromBloomsbury
WIN!
Bloomsbury are offering a prize
of a luxury hamper for the
best-decorated Harry Potter
Book Night party.
To enter send us photos of your
decorated space via Twitter or
Facebook tagging @kidsbloomsbury
to reach us by February 10th 2015.
Photographs will be used for
publicity purposes.
Terms and conditions apply. See harrypotterbooknight.com for details.
10 Preparation
YOU MAY PHOTOCOPY THIS SHEET
INVITATION TEMPLATE
Use this template to invite guests to your Harry Potter Book Night event. Make
sure that you send out invitations well ahead of the event.
Dear Reader
We are pleased to inform you
that you have been invited to our
HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT CELEBRATION ha r r y
c om
On 5th February 2015

Time:
At:
Address:
RSVP: By owl, or in person to:
DRESS CODE: WIZARDING ROBES, HARRY POTTER FANCY DRESS, OR YOUR BEST MUGGLE ATTIRE
Dear Reader
We are pleased to inform you
that you have been invited to our
HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT CELEBRATION ha r r y
c om
On
Time:
At:
Address:
RSVP: By owl, or in person to:
DRESS CODE: WIZARDING ROBES, HARRY POTTER FANCY DRESS, OR YOUR BEST MUGGLE ATTIRE
11 Background Info
WHO’S WHO IN HARRY POTTER?

Here’s our quick guide to WHO’S WHO in the
HARRY POTTER books …
For more character guides check out the WHO’S WHO section at
harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/Fun-Stuff
HARRY POTTER
Harry Potter is a wizard, the only child of James and Lily Potter. He is
famous for having survived an attack by Lord Voldemort when he was
a baby. He is also sometimes known as ‘The Boy Who Lived’. For the
first eleven years of his life Harry lives with his mean aunt and uncle
and is unaware of his wizarding roots. It is only on his eleventh birthday that he
finds out he is a wizard and is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry. At Hogwarts Harry is in Gryffindor house.
RON WEASLEY
Ron quickly becomes one of Harry’s best friends at Hogwarts. He has
bright red hair and freckles, like his five older brothers, Charlie, Bill,
Percy, George and Fred. He also has a younger sister called Ginny.
Ron is also in Gryffindor house at
Hogwarts and has a pet rat called Scabbers.
HERMIONE
GRANGER
Hermione, along with Ron
Weasley, becomes one of
Harry’s best friends. She, too, is
in Gryffindor house. She is very clever and
hardworking and always gets top marks in her
exams. Her parents are Muggle dentists.
12 Background Info
DRACO MALFOY
Draco is Harry’s arch-enemy at Hogwarts. A thin boy with a pale,
pointed face and a sneering expression, Malfoy is in Slytherin house.
He believes himself to be superior to Harry and hates him and all his
friends.
PROFESSOR ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

The Headmaster of Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore is considered by
many the greatest wizard of modern times. He is famous for his defeat
of Dark wizard Grindelwald, for the discovery of the twelve uses of
dragon’s blood, and for his work on alchemy with Nicolas Flamel.
Dumbledore is the only wizard that Voldemort is afraid of.
RUBEUS HAGRID
Hagrid is the Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts. He is almost
twice as tall as most people and about five times as wide. He has
masses of bushy black hair and a huge tangled beard. Hagrid has a
liking for strange and dangerous creatures, especially dragons.
PROFESSOR MINERVA McGONAGALL

Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall is a rather serious-
looking woman, with jet-black hair usually
scraped back into a tight bun on her head.
Professor McGonagall is Head of Gryffindor
house and is the Transfiguration teacher.
PROFESSOR
SEVERUS SNAPE
Professor Snape is the Potions
master at Hogwarts. He is tall and
thin with greasy black hair and a
hooked nose. He has a strong dislike of Harry
Potter, and during his time as a student at
Hogwarts he hated Harry’s dad, James. He is
Head of Slytherin house.
13 Background Info
LORD VOLDEMORT
Lord Voldemort is also known as the Dark Lord, He Who Must Not Be Named
and You-Know-Who. A powerful wizard, at full power he was virtually invincible
and counted a huge number of Dark witches and wizards as his followers. But
Voldemort disappeared the night he killed James and Lily Potter in a battle that left
their baby Harry with the lightning-shaped scar on his forehead.
THE DURSLEYS
Harry’s Muggle relatives: Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and their son, Dudley. After
Harry’s parents were killed, Dumbledore sent Harry to live with the Dursleys for
the first eleven years of his life. They treated him badly and never told him his
parents were wizards.
HEDWIG
Harry’s snowy owl, who delivers his mail and messages, as well as being a loyal
companion and friend. Wizards
use owls to deliver mail and carry
messages. Hagrid bought Hedwig
from Eeylops Owl Emporium for
Harry’s eleventh birthday.
14 Background Info
HOGWARTS FACTS AND STATS

★ Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, located in a vast castle atop a high
mountain, was founded by two wizards and two witches: Godric Gryffindor,
Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin.
★ Term begins at Hogwarts on 1st September and students usually reach the school
on the Hogwarts Express, which leaves at eleven o’clock from Platform 9¾ of
King’s Cross Station.
★ Hogwarts’ school motto is Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus (Never Tickle a
Sleeping Dragon)
★ The four houses at Hogwarts are named after the founding wizards and witches.
15 Background Info
GRYFFINDOR
Founder: Godric Gryffindor
Qualities: Bravery, chivalry, daring
House symbol: A lion
House colours: Scarlet and gold
House ghost: Nearly Headless Nick
Common Room entrance: Seventh floor, it is guarded by the portrait of the Fat
Lady. To enter, students must give a password
HUFFLEPUFF
Founder: Helga Hufflepuff
Qualities: Loyalty, hard work, fairness
House symbol: A badger
House colours: Yellow and black
House ghost: Fat Friar
Common Room entrance: Near the kitchens. To enter, students must tap a fake
barrel in the rhythm of ‘Helga Hufflepuff’
RAVENCLAW
Founder: Rowena Ravenclaw
Qualities: Wit, creativity, wisdom
House symbol: An eagle
House colours: Blue and bronze
House ghost: The Grey Lady (Helena Ravenclaw)
Common Room entrance: A high tower. To enter, students must answer a
riddle or question from an eagle door knocker
SLYTHERIN
Founder: Salazar Slytherin
Qualities: Ambition, cunning, resourcefulness
House symbol: A snake
House colours: Green and silver
House ghost: The Bloody Baron
Common Room entrance: In the dungeons, underneath the Hogwarts Lake
behind a stone wall. To enter, students must give a
password
16 The Event
WELCOME
You can begin your Harry Potter Book Night event with
this welcome message:
ha r r y m
p o t t e r b o o k n i g ht . c o
Dear Muggles, Wizards and Witch

es,
Welcome to this special
Harry Potter Book Night party
at
[insert shop, school, library name]
.
We promise you a night of
wizarding fun and the chance to
discover and share the magical wor
ld
of Harry Potter. Please leave your
broomsticks at the door and keep
your wands at the ready!
It’s time to
pass the magic on …
17 The Event
THE SORTING CEREMONY

:
We suggest you begin your Harry Potter Book Night
with the Sorting Ceremony to ‘sort’ your guests into
You will need
see
T
he Sorting Hat (
the four Hogwarts houses. *
page 6 for how
Notes: to make one)
If you have a group of more than 30 guests, consider
ontainer with
how to adapt this activity to suit your number of * A c
pieces
would-be wizards. You may want to assign houses house names on
to classes or year groups prior to the night, or you of paper
could have more than one Sorting Hat to speed up the
hair
* A c
process.
You could sort guests online at pottermore.com, using ers
P
rinted house stick
the Sorting Ceremony quiz designed by J.K. Rowling. *
ck)
This could be done either at the event or prior to it. (see end of pa
What to do:
Prepare by placing pieces of paper with GRYFFINDOR, HUFFLEPUFF,
RAVENCLAW and SLYTHERIN into a box or container.
You’ll need one piece of paper for each child attending.
You can read the Sorting Hat song to get people in the mood (Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone, Chapter 7, page 125)
One by one get your guests to sit on the chair and place the Sorting Hat
on their head, whilst they select a house name from the container.
You can find out more about each of the houses and their
characteristics on page 15.
Once they have been given a house, you can hand them a
house sticker to keep.
Read more: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,
Chapter 7, page 125
18 The Event
READ THE STORIES ALOUD

Use one (or some of ) these suggested
extracts to set the scene to your event.
Notes: All page numbers refer to the new paperback editions
of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, with Jonny Duddle
cover illustrations.
LETTERS FROM NO ONE [5 minutes long]

Book: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Chapter 3, page 45, from ‘They ate stale cornflakes …’ to end of page 49.
OLLIVANDERS WAND SHOP [6 minutes long]

Chapter 5, page 88, from ‘The last shop was narrow and shabby …’ to page 92
‘Harry shivered. He wasn’t sure he liked Mr Ollivander too much. He paid seven
Galleons for his wand and Mr Ollivander bowed them from his shop.’
PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS

[6 minutes long]
Chapter 6, page 96, from ‘Harry woke at five o’clock …’ to page 101 ‘Oh,
him,’ said Harry. ‘I mean, yes, I am.’
THE SORTING HAT [6 minutes long]

Chapter 7, page 122, from ‘Welcome to Hogwarts,’ to the page
127 ‘When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit
on the stool to be sorted.’
THE TROLL [4 minutes long]

Chapter 10, from page 186 ‘Harry sniffed and a foul
stench reached his nostrils …’ to page 189 ‘He
wiped it on the troll’s trousers.’
19 The Event
WIZARDING GAMES FOR YOUR

HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT EVENT
Most of these games are perfect for groups of 15–30 children. If you have more than
30 guests, you could divide them into smaller groups and have the games running at
different activity stations. Or you could adapt the games to fit your need.
PETRIFIED POTTERS
A version of musical chairs/stone lions, where the guests have to You will need
freeze when the music stops as if Petrified by Hermione’s :
* Music
‘Petrificus Totalus’ spell.
* Wand to
Instead of dancing to the music, you could get your players to ‘unfreeze’ gues
duel with their wands while the music is playing. ts
When it stops, players who move in the ‘frozen’ moments are out.
Wave your wand to ‘unfreeze’ guests as you restart the music for the next round.
The winner is the last ‘frozen’ guest and receives 20 house points for their house.
Read more: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Chapter 16, page 293.
WHO AM I?
Write the names of different characters from Harry Potter on Post-it notes.
Use our WHO’S WHO on page 11 of this kit as a starting point and follow the
link there for more character names.
Without letting them see the name, stick a Post-it note on each child
(either their forehead or on their back).
They must then ask yes or no
:
You will need questions to work out who they are.
it notes (‘Am I a wizard?’ / ‘Am I a Muggle?’
* Post- / ‘Am I in Slytherin?’ / ‘Am I a
* Pen
Hogwarts teacher?’ etc.)
ter names Every child who successfully

* Charac guesses their character
receives 10 house points
for their house.
20 The Event
DIAGON ALLEY HUNT

Hide the following seven items around your space, and give each child or team
of children the worksheet on page 21 with list of objects that they are to find. We
have provided two worksheets: an easy one (novice) where the objects are listed,
and a harder one (advanced) with only clues to what the objects are.
• Wizard coins
(chocolate money or a little purse with coins in)
• Daily Prophet newspaper
(a folded newspaper)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander
(if you don’t have a copy to hand you could cover a small book in brown paper
and write the title on it)
• An owl
(a plush owl soft toy)
• A wand
(a plastic wand or customised twig/stick)
• The Philosopher’s Stone
(a large blood red stone, or you could crumple up a piece of paper and paint it red)
• A broomstick
Award 10 house points for each object found.
MEMORY CHARM
Group your players in a circle. The first player begins by saying:
‘I opened my packet of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavoured Beans and I
ate an earwax one …’
Then the next player repeats that line and adds a flavour of
bean to the list. The game goes on with each player trying
to remember the list of beans eaten and adding their own
to the list.
This game can also be played with slightly easier
versions, for example, ‘I went to Diagon Alley and I
bought a …’ or ‘In my cauldron I placed …’
21 More Wizarding Activities
Read more:
DIAGON ALLEY Harry Potter and the

Philosopher’s Stone,
ha r r y
c om HUNT Chapter 5,
page 66.
All the following objects appear in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
when Hagrid takes Harry to Diagon Alley. We have hidden them around
the party space. Your task is to find them all.
Wizard coins Hedwig

Daily Prophet newspaper A wand
Fantastic Beasts and Where to The Philosopher’s Stone
Find Them by Newt Scamander
A broomstick
VERSION 1: NOVICE
Read more:
DIAGON ALLEY Harry Potter and the

Philosopher’s Stone,
ha r r y
c om HUNT Chapter 5,
page 66.
Solve the clues below to work out which magical objects we’ve hidden
around the party space. Can you find them all?
Wizards use these to pay for things Every wizard needs one of these
to cast spells
This daily newspaper has all the
latest wizarding news Taken by Hagrid from Gringott’s
Vault 713, this object can be used
This book is on the first year
to harness eternal life
reading list and helps students
identify magical creatures and A Nimbus Two Thousand and
their habitats a Cleansweep Seven are both
types of this object
Hagrid bought Harry this
feathered friend
VERSION 2: ADVANCED
WIZARD QUICK DRAW CHALLENGE

Cut out the words below, fold them up and put them in a hat or container.
Divide your guests into teams of two or more.
Each turn, one member of the team selects a card and has to draw the item on a
flipchart or large piece of paper, for the rest of their team to guess.
Award 10 house points for each correct answer guessed.
Nimbus Two
Sorting Hat Thousand Cat Toad
Broomstick
Hogwarts
Owl Wand Cauldron
Express
Flying
Pumpkin Scar Portrait
Motorbike
Golden
Ghost Rat Dragon
Snitch
Chocolate Diagon
Butterbeer
Frog Alley
DESIGN YOUR OWN DRAGON EGG AND DRAGON
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Hagrid comes into possession of a dragon egg. What do you think a dragon egg looks like?
Use the space below to draw your dragon egg. What species would hatch from it? What would that dragon look like?
EGG DRAGON
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Award a prize of 50 house points for the best drawn dragon and dragon egg.
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WHICH WAND?
The wand chooses the wizard …
Maple and phoenix feather. Ebony and unicorn hair. Beech and dragon heartstring.
Which wand would choose you?
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry visits Ollivanders: Makers of Fine
Wands. Mr Ollivander tells Harry that wands can be made from many types of wood
and that wands have a magical substance at their centre. At Ollivanders these magical
cores can be, for example, a unicorn hair, a phoenix tail feather or a dragon heartstring.
The wand that chooses Harry is eleven inches long, made of holly wood, with a
phoenix feather at its core.
In the space below, sketch your wand. What shape is it? Does it have any distinctive
features? What special material would provide its magical core?
Types of wood: Beech, Mahogany, Holly, Oak, Willow, Maple, Ebony, Cedar, Yew,
Pine, Maple, Elm
My wand is made of:
Its magical core is:

My wand is particularly good for (Charms, Transfiguration etc.):
MAKE A WAND
If you want to get really creative and, if you have time either during the event or prior
to it, you could do a wand-making workshop. Use either rolled up card or twigs to
create the wand shape, paint it brown and add decorations and magical symbols to it.
You could use old-fashioned luggage labels to write what wood and magical core the
wand has been crafted from and what type of spells it is particularly good for.
WIZARD WORDSEARCH
Can you search out these characters from the Harry Potter books in the grid below?
Words can read up, down, across, backwards and diagonally.
S E V E R U S S N A P E
H I F O A L E B E C L R
A D R D L V U N E D H O
R U E I E D O N D O A D
R D D E U I E I A B G E
Y L P F M S R M G B R L
P E K R U M B E O Y I B
O Y E H O I J L M R D M
T H K T O N K S A U T U
T N E V I L L E L C S D
E C R O O K S H A N K S
R M A L F O Y C R E P P
H E D W I G I N N Y M N
CROOKSHANKS HARRY POTTER REMUS
DOBBY HERMIONE RON
DUDLEY KRUM SEVERUS SNAPE
DUMBLEDORE LUNA SIRIUS BLACK
FRED MALFOY TOM RIDDLE
GINNY NEVILLE TONKS
HAGRID PEEVES VOLDEMORT
HEDWIG PERCY
POTIONS MASTER
In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry and his school friends are in
Professor Snape’s Potions class.
Snape tells the class that potion-making is a subtle science and an exact art. In their
first lesson they have to make a potion to cure boils, a potion whose ingredients
include dried nettles, crushed snake fang and stewed horned slugs.
Invent your own potion below, listing the ingredients and explaining its powers.
MY POTION
Ingredients:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Powers i.e. what would it do? :
What would it look like?
What would it smell like?
WIZARD WRITING FUN!

INVENT-A-SPORT!
Hogwarts students love to cheer for their house Quidditch teams. Have you ever
wondered what it would be like to invent your own sport or magical sport? What
are the rules? Where do the games take place? How many players are on a team?
What equipment do you need to play? Use the space below to describe and/or
illustrate your new sport.
WIZARDING WORD PLAY

Anagrams and riddles play a big part in Harry and his friends’ adventures.
Can you unscramble these anagrams and draw a line to match them to the phrases
on the right?
ANAGRAMS PHRASES
1. RAVE SUSPENSE A. THE CHOSEN ONE
2. BEARDED BULL SUMO B. HERMIONE GRANGER
3. HEN ECHOES NOT C. RON WEASLEY
4. BUSHIER GUARD D. GINNY WEASLEY
5. TERRY HOP RAT E. SEVERUS SNAPE
6. EASY NEW LYING F. ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
7. NOBLE VOLT LONGTIME G. RUBEUS HAGRID
8. NOSE LAWYER H. HARRY POTTER
9. ILL-FACE SALMON I. NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM
10. GREENHORN MIRAGE J. NICOLAS FLAMEL
Award 5 house points for each correct answer.
Answers: 1.e, 2.f, 3.a, 4.g, 5.h, 6.d, 7.i, 8.c, 9.j, 10.b
QUICK QUOTES
Test your quick quotes memory. Which Harry Potter characters said these words?
Quote 1: “The wand chooses the wizard …”
Answer:
Quote 2: “I’m not trying to be brave or anything, saying the name … I just never
knew you shouldn’t.”
Answer:
Quote 3: “How do you know about Fluffy?”
Answer:
Quote 4: “I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death.”
Answer:
Quote 5: “One can never have enough socks.”
Answer:
Quote 6: “You’ll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than
others, Potter. You don’t want to go making friends with the wrong sort.”
Answer:
Quote 7: “Harry – yer a wizard.”
Answer:
Quote 8: “Yes, boy, your parents were brave … I killed your father first and he put
up a courageous fight …”
Answer:
Award 5 house points for each correct answer.
5: Albus Dumbledore 6: Draco Malfoy 7: Hagrid 8: Lord Voledmort

Answers: 1: Mr Ollivander 2: Harry Potter 3: Hagrid 4: Severus Snape
HARRY POTTER TRIVIA

CHALLENGE – Quizmaster’s Sheet
Round off your Harry Potter Book Night with this Harry Potter quiz.
RUNNING A GROUP QUIZ

• Divide your trainee witches and wizards into their four house groups for
Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Hufflepuff.
• Hand out the quiz answer sheets and call out the questions, giving them time to
write down their answers.
• Get the houses to swap their quiz sheets over to mark one another’s as you call
out the answers.
• Record the points on your house points Chart. You can draw this on a
chalkboard, whiteboard, flipchart or a big sheet of paper.
HOUSE POINTS
Gryffindor Slytherin Ravenclaw Hufflepuff
Round 1:
People
Round 2:
Places
Round 3:
Professors
Round 4:
Spells
Round 5:
Quidditch
Round 6:
Wildcard
HARRY POTTER TRIVIA

CHALLENGE – Quizmaster’s Sheet
ROUND 1: PEOPLE Question 2 for 100 Points:
Question 1 for 50 Points: Where does Hagrid take Harry to buy
What is Harry’s surname? his school supplies?
Answer: Potter Answer: Diagon Alley
Question 2 for 100 Points: Question 3 for 200 Points:

Harry has a scar on his forehead. What What is the name of the wizarding
shape is it? bank in Diagon Alley?
Answer: Like a lightning bolt Answer: Gringotts

What is the term for non-magical Harry’s uncle and aunt, the Dursleys,
people? live at what address?
Answer: Muggles Answer: Number 4, Privet Drive

Ron Weasley has five brothers and one What is the number of the vault in
sister. How many can you name? Gringotts where Hagrid picks up an
(50 points per correct answer) important, secret package?
Answer: George, Fred, Percy, Charlie, Answer: Seven hundred and thirteen
Bill and Ginny
Question 5 for 400 Points: ROUND 3:

Hermione’s parents are not wizards. PROFESSORS
What non-wizard jobs do they do? Question 1 for 50 Points:
Answer: Dentists Who is the Headmaster of Hogwarts
in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Stone?
ROUND 2: PLACES Answer: Albus Dumbledore
Question 1 for 50 Points:
From which platform at King’s Cross Question 2 for 100 Points:
does the Hogwarts Express train What subject does Professor
depart? McGonagall teach?
Answer: Nine and three-quarters Answer: Transfiguration
Question 3 for 200 Points: Bonus 50 points: On which object

Who is the caretaker at Hogwarts? does Ron cast Wingardium Leviosa
Answer: Argus Filch when in the girls’ bathroom?
Answer: The troll’s club
Bonus 50 points if you know the
name of his cat? Question 5 for 400 Points:
Answer: Mrs Norris Which spell is also known as the “full
Body-Bind”? (Hint: Hermione casts
Question 4 for 300 points: this on Neville Longbottom.)
What subject does Professor Quirrell Answer: Petrificus Totalus
teach?
Answer: Defence Against the Dark
Arts ROUND 5:
QUIDDITCH
Who teaches Herbology at Hogwarts? What is Quidditch?
Answer: Professor Sprout Answer: A wizard sport

ROUND 4: SPELLS What position does Harry play?
Question 1 for 50 Points: Answer: Seeker
To cast a spell you need to say specific
words whilst holding which type of Question 3 for 200 Points:
magical object? On a Quidditch pitch, how many goal
Answer: A wand posts are there in total?
Answer: Six
What happens when Hagrid casts a Question 4 for 300 Points:
spell on Dudley? Who first identifies Harry as a
Answer: He grows a pig’s tail potential player for the Gryffindor
Quidditch team?
Question 3 for 200 Points: Answer: Professor McGonagall
Which spell can unlock doors?
Answer: Alohomora Question 5 for 400 Points:
What are the four positions on a
Question 4 for 300 Points: Quidditch team? (100 points per
Which spell can levitate objects? (Hint: answer)
This spell is used in Charms Class.) Answer: Seeker, Keeper, Chaser, and
Answer: Wingardium Leviosa Beater
Bonus question for an additional Question 4 for 300 Points:

50 points: Name one of the type of How do the Dursleys say that Harry’s
Quidditch balls? parents died?
Answer: Quaffle, Bludger, and Golden Answer: In a car crash
Snitch
What does Hagrid name his baby
ROUND 6: WILDCARD dragon?
Question 1 for 50 Points: Answer: Norbert
What gift does Hagrid give Harry in
Diagon Alley? Tiebreaker question, if you need it:
Answer: An owl, who Harry names In Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s
Hedwig Stone, who reports the commentary for
the Quidditch matches at Hogwarts?
Question 2 for 100 Points: Answer: Lee Jordan
What magical creature attacks
Hermione in the girls’ bathroom?
Answer: A mountain troll

What is the name of the three-headed
dog?
Answer: Fluffy
HARRY POTTER TRIVIA

CHALLENGE – Answer Sheets
HOUSE NAME:
ROUND 1: PEOPLE
1. 50 points
2. 100 points
3. 200 points
4. 300 points
5. 400 points
ROUND SCORE:
ROUND 2: PLACES
1. 50 points
2. 100 points
3. 200 points
4. 300 points
5. 400 points
ROUND SCORE:
ROUND 3: PROFESSORS
1. 50 points
2. 100 points
3. 200 points
Bonus question: 50 points
4. 300 points
5. 400 points
ROUND SCORE:
ROUND 4: SPELLS
1. 50 points
2. 100 points
3. 200 points
4. 300 points
5. 400 points
ROUND SCORE:
ROUND 5: QUIDDITCH
1. 50 points
2. 100 points
3. 200 points
4. 300 points
5. 400 points (100 per correct answer)
ROUND SCORE:
ROUND 6: WILDCARD
1. 50 points
2. 100 points
3. 200 points
4. 300 points
5. 400 points
ROUND SCORE:
TOTAL SCORE:
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Press Release – (insert date you are sending this out on)
We’re celebrating Harry Potter Book Night at/in

(insert your venue name/town here)!
* February 5th 2015 *
February 5th 2015 will see the first ever Harry Potter Book Night celebrated throughout
the world and here at (insert the name of your school, library, bookshop or community
centre here), we’re getting ready for our own special evening of wizard activities. The fun kicks
off at (insert start time).
On Harry Potter Book Night, we’ll be sharing the wonder of J.K. Rowling’s unforgettable stories
and, most excitingly, introducing the next generation of readers to the unparalleled magic of
Harry Potter. Here at (insert venue), young wizards, witches and Muggles will be treated to an
evening of games, activities, readings and quizzes. It all begins when the Sorting Hat decides
who will be in which House, competing for house points throughout the evening’s challenges.
These will include a Harry Potter fancy dress competition, readings from Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone and a fiendish Harry Potter Trivia Challenge! We’ll be dressing up the venue
and serving up snacks inspired by some of the scrumptious wizard foods in the books – from
Cauldron Cakes to Pumpkin Pasties! (Adjust as appropriate – this is a good opportunity to
share some detail specific to your event.)
(Your name or name of head teacher, chief librarian etc) says, “We are so excited to be
joining up with schools, libraries, bookshops and community centres throughout the UK and
Ireland and beyond to celebrate the first ever Harry Potter Book Night. We have always been
fans of the Harry Potter books because …” (Please adjust/replace with your own more
exciting quote!)
Tickets for our Harry Potter Book Night event are available in advance from (insert info or
remove if your event is a private one and you are only contacting the media to come
and take photos/conduct interviews).
You can find out more about Harry Potter Book Night – and download images including the
official logo – at harrypotterbooknight.com.
For more information on our event, please contact:
(Your name) at (Name of your school, library, bookshop or community centre)

on (phone number) or (your e-mail address).
from J.K. Rowling
Harry received his letter from Hogwarts

Are you magical too?
Explore Harry’s story Take a trip to Find out which

online, from his first Ollivanders in Hogwarts house the
trip to Diagon Alley Diagon Alley to find Sorting Hat will place
to his search for the out which wand will you in. Remember, its
Philosopher’s Stone. choose you. decision is final!
It’s time to explore pottermore.com
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HOGWARTS HOUSE AREAS

HOGWARTS HOUSE POINTS BOARD

SORTING HAT AND CHAIR

HOGWARTS HOUSE DECORATIONS

If you have any

On 5th February 2015

RSVP: By owl, or in person to:

RSVP: By owl, or in person to:

WHO’S WHO IN HARRY POTTER?

PROFESSOR ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

PROFESSOR MINERVA McGONAGALL

HOGWARTS FACTS AND STATS

Dear Muggles, Wizards and Witch

THE SORTING CEREMONY

READ THE STORIES ALOUD

LETTERS FROM NO ONE [5 minutes long]

OLLIVANDERS WAND SHOP [6 minutes long]

PLATFORM NINE AND THREE-QUARTERS

THE SORTING HAT [6 minutes long]

THE TROLL [4 minutes long]

WIZARDING GAMES FOR YOUR

ter names Every child who successfully

DIAGON ALLEY HUNT

DIAGON ALLEY Harry Potter and the

Wizard coins Hedwig

DIAGON ALLEY Harry Potter and the

WIZARD QUICK DRAW CHALLENGE

My wand is made of:

Its magical core is:

Powers i.e. what would it do? :

What would it look like?

What would it smell like?

WIZARD WRITING FUN!

WIZARDING WORD PLAY

1. RAVE SUSPENSE A. THE CHOSEN ONE

2. BEARDED BULL SUMO B. HERMIONE GRANGER

3. HEN ECHOES NOT C. RON WEASLEY

4. BUSHIER GUARD D. GINNY WEASLEY

5. TERRY HOP RAT E. SEVERUS SNAPE

6. EASY NEW LYING F. ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

7. NOBLE VOLT LONGTIME G. RUBEUS HAGRID

8. NOSE LAWYER H. HARRY POTTER

9. ILL-FACE SALMON I. NEVILLE LONGBOTTOM

10. GREENHORN MIRAGE J. NICOLAS FLAMEL

Award 5 house points for each correct answer.

Quote 3: “How do you know about Fluffy?”

Quote 5: “One can never have enough socks.”

Quote 7: “Harry – yer a wizard.”

Award 5 house points for each correct answer.

5: Albus Dumbledore 6: Draco Malfoy 7: Hagrid 8: Lord Voledmort

HARRY POTTER TRIVIA

RUNNING A GROUP QUIZ

HARRY POTTER TRIVIA

Question 2 for 100 Points: Question 3 for 200 Points:

Question 3 for 200 Points: Question 4 for 300 Points:

Question 4 for 300 Points: Question 5 for 400 Points: