Hogwarts Puppets

My son Jack and I (well, mostly I) made these for his class. He had to make some kind of art project related to a book he'd read.

Letters to Hogwarts

My Harry Potter-obsessed daughter, as I said in a previous post, was just ripe for the books in 2nd grade. She had this fabulous summer birthday party complete with a Quidditch match, Bertie Botts Beans et al. She wondered aloud, as she does, for weeks about whether her letter to Hogwarts would arrive on her birthday. So, as any crafty mother would do, I created a Hogwarts letter, making it look well-worn from traveling in the beak of an owl, and had it hand canceled in Castle Rock, MN (because Zumbro Falls wouldn't sound authentic). It arrived on her birthday and I thought she was going to pee her pants she was so excited and SO BELIEVED it. From then on, she's received her Letter every year. (However, 2 years got lost, then later found by Hagrid in the Owlry. He sent them to her for Christmas.

The Fat Lady

My oldest daughter was in 2nd grade at the perfect time. She wasn't too interested in reading until I gave her the first Harry Potter book. She tore through that like nothing and gobbled up the next two. Her birthday is in July and the first Harry Potter movie opened on her birthday. She arranged to go with her friends, and was just beside her self with excitement. She really believed, more than Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. So, that fall, I decided she need the fat lady on her bedroom door so she had to say the password to get into her room. I don't claim to be much of a painter/drawer, but this is what I came up with, changing the fat lady's face to one reminiscent of the Mona Lisa.