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Books
The Best Thanksgiving Books for Children
There are lots of lists for Christmas books, but not as many for Thanksgiving Books. To often we gloss over this holiday when it really has so much to offer. These Thanksgiving books are some of my very favorite. Most of them involve pilgrims because my mom loves the pilgrims and these are the books […]
DIY Quidditch Pitch
One of the most magical moments in Harry Potter for me was when he first learned to play Quidditch. Learning about the Quaffle, the Bludgers and that little Golden Snitch really made the Wizarding World that extra bit of fun. I have never been much of athletic person, but I have always wanted to play […]
Easy Harry Potter Monster Book of Monsters Journal
You will need: Faux Fur Fabric (You can buy it by the yard at the craft store) a notebook (not spiral bound) hot glue 2 flat marbles felt in red and white scissors orange paper a black marker mod podge Lay your notebook open on your faux fur and cut the fur to your specific […]
DIY Witch Brooms
As we have been looking around costume stores this October for Witch brooms. After searching just about every costume shop in the area, it seemed like the stores didn’t have what we were looking for or they were ridiculous expensive for cheap plastic. Since we needed a larger number of brooms, we decided to go […]