HP-Themed Birthday Party

[Chuck Miro]

Rosmerta <tmayor at mediaone.net> Wrote:

> [snip] and got a wand (also from Family Fun--those
> were really neat; it's made out of flexible clear plastic plumbers'
> tubing with a dowel-wrapped-in-a-sparkly-pipecleaner inside).

Hey, that's a great idea. I hadn't gone with the wood-dowel idea because,
having children of a certain age, I resist the impulse to give them
something that rigid that they could use to whack one another. ;)

> [snip] Oh, wait, we also broke the kids into three houses (don't do
> four because nobody wants to be in Slytherin and it starts a lot of
> fights!) and had dragon-egg-on-a-spoon races (I had dyed the eggs
> black).

I'm planning on using a wizard hat (Amazon.com again) as a sorting hat as
the kids come in. They'll be sorted into either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw. As
you said, no one (or at least most kids) wouldn't want to be sorted into
Slyterin, and Hufflepuff students are considered weanies by some kids. No
offense intended to anyone on this list. :)

Thanks!

Chuck in WDC