I went for the "dorm room-like" feel to try and replicate Harry's room at Hogwarts. I got the curtains from Walmart for $10 a piece, which I felt was a great price for these curtains and the look I needed.
This picture shows the entrance to his "dorm". I used made this sign with a pre-cut piece of wood and some paint.
These are the "potions" that I made. I purchased the glass jars from Hobby Lobby, and found the printable labels with a tutorial here. I made the yellow and green liquid by putting highlighters in the water and letting them sit over night. It worked perfectly. I also made the bubbly look just by using gorilla glue. It naturally bubbles up like that, so I just helped it run down the side. I decided to super glue all of the potions to a wooden decorative dish that I had already had in the garage. I figured this would keep from having bottles get knocked over everywhere.
I also had an anwesome find from a rummage sale. This is a little trunk that originally had some ugly floral design on it. I just painted over it and mod podged the Hogwarts seal onto the trunk.
The robe was super easy for me. I just graduated from college, so I used my robe from graduation as the wizard robe. I crocheted a red and yellow scarf to go along with the robe. I also made a custom broom for him because I couldn't ever find a broom that I liked in the store. I found the broom bristle at Hobby Lobby in the floral section, and my husband found the stick in our neighbor's yard. I just tied twine around the bristle to attach it to the stick...... instant magic!
This was one of my favorite projects....the lamppost! I hand painted the signs on small pieces of wood and purchased the top of the light. For the rod on the lamp I used a curtain rod that I had already had in my garage. My husband assembled the lamp and ended up using a plastic piece from the garden section of the store for the base. I can't explain all of the ends and outs of how he made the rest of it because I'm no electrition.
I also custom made some furniture to match the room. I took a dresser and night stand that I had found on Craigslist and an entertainment center/armoire that I found for free and repainted them. I was super excited about trying a matte/gloss stenciling technique. Overall I feel like they turned out well; however, if I had to do it again I would change a few things. When stenciling the furniture, I first painted everything a flat matte black, after that I stenciled on a black paint in gloss to get the effect of the stencil. I ended up creating my own stencil so that I didn't have to pay $30 for one. I simply found a pattern that I liked online and cut that pattern out of a plastic folder that I got from the dollar store. Looking back, I should have added a top coat over the matte paint before I added the gloss paint because I could not find a top coat that I could use on both of them without losing the pattern.
I was also really excited about how the wall decor turned out. I made floating books for the wall. I got this idea from a tutorialthat I found online where they used book ends to hang the books. I couldn't find book ends so I just used large L brackets, and it worked out really well. The prize find for this design was the melting clock I found at Hobby Lobby. It really made the wall look super cute.
I also created a box like the letter Harry received as the acceptance to Hogwarts. I made the top of the box look like the letter by printing some pictures off and mod podging them to the box. I then dirtied the box up a little to make it look well traveled.
I went ahead and put his Harry Potter wand in the box for safe keeping.
I made this wand out of a dowel rod, some paper, and a hot glue gun. It was really fun to make. Here's one of the tutorials that helped me.
I also decided to frame some quotes from the book.
I decided to add a little charm to the light switch.
And of course he had to represent his team!
The lampshade I decided to poke holes in to let a design shine through. I just printed a design off and taped it to the lamp shade. I then poked holes in the lamp shade with a needle.
And of course no Harry Potter room would be complete without Hedwig with a handmade Gryffindor scarf....
I love it :-) and so will my nine year old! Thanks for the great ideas!
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