![]() ![]() We hand-delivered these so they wouldn’t blow away in the wind. I wrote their names on the folded invitations with my rough calligraphy skills and a small-tip brush marker. Google “Harry Potter balloon invitation” for ideas on owl designs. Then I used 12″ white balloons (about $3 for a 10-pack at Walmart) and a Sharpie marker to create Hedwig. ![]() I found the emblem online and used a Microsoft computer font, Blackadder ITC. I created these invitations from a variety of online examples, and adjusted the wording so we could be pandemic-friendly and practice social distancing. We asked them to wear face masks (we did, as well), we held it outside on the large front lawn, and I enforced 6-ft social distancing as much as possible. That meant only four families, and we split the seven kids into two 30-minute groups. I let my son choose four friends, and each friend could bring a younger sibling. This has been a rough time the past several months with my kids being cut off from their friends, so I decided we could do this so I could say yes to some of their social needs. However, my teen daughter has been planning a Harry Potter party for her younger brother’s 11th birthday (which falls in July, just like Harry Potter) for years, apparently. ![]() In the middle of a worldwide pandemic, this is not the year I would have chosen to have birthday parties for my kids. There is no shortage of Harry Potter birthday party ideas out there, so most of the ideas I got from other sources. Welcome to my version of a Harry Potter birthday party, pandemic style. ![]()
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