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50+ of the Most Magical DIY Harry Potter Crafts

Ashley Holstrom

Staff Writer

Ashley Holstrom helps make books at Sourcebooks. She lives near Chicago with her cat named after Hemingway and her bookshelves organized by color. Newsletter: Crooked Reads. Twitter: @alholstrom.

Look, we like books, and we like crafting, and something truly magical emerges when we mix them together—especially if the theme is Harry Potter. Here we’ve scoured the depths of Pinterest and compiled 50+ of the most magical Harry Potter crafts for your classroom, home decor, party decor, holiday decor, and, well, just for fun. Lumos and craft on, friends.

Harry Potter Crafts for Classrooms

Get fancy with these Harry Potter wands:

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Or these pencil wands:

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Make your own Bow Truckles!

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And these adorable pygmy puffs!

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Create your own teeny tiny Monster Book of Monsters:

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Paint some rocks with Harry Potter imagery:

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Do a sticky, gooey, slimy potions experiment:

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Or play with some Polyjuice Potion goo:

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Make your own dragon eggs with this rad Harry Potter craft:

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Make some cute owls out of paper plates:

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Get angry and make your own howler to mail:

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Create a rememberall to help you remember things:

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Turn your notebook into a book of spells:

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Paint your own pencil cups, Harry Potter style:

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Make these gorgeous lightning bolt bookmarks:

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Style everyone up in their house ties, made from felt:

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Advanced Harry Potter Crafts

Make a secret treasure box hidden in this Monster Book of Monsters:

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Make your very own Sorcerer’s Stone to wear:

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How cool are these golden snitch bath bombs?

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Or these Gyffindor bath bombs?

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Pucker up with this butterbeer lip balm:

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Build your own Nimbus 2000!

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And your own version of Tom Riddle’s diary!

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Make a beautiful ring to show your love for the Boy Who Lived:

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Harry Potter Crafts for Home Decor

A beautiful, feathery Deathly Hallows wall hanging:

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Professor Trelawney’s prophecy to dabble in divination for yourself:

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A coin jar to save up for your trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter:

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An adorable baby Mandrake:

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Lovely Harry Potter twinkle light jars:

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Save the house elves of the world in your laundry room:

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Make this super gorgeous flying key mobile:

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Adorn your walls in the most heart-breaking word of the series:

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Harry Potter Crafts for Party Decor

Make your next party spooky with these flying dementors:

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And this super rad DIY Harry Potter photo booth:

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Turn a doorway into the passage to Platform 9 3/4:

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Add a cheery message from the Chamber of Secrets onto your bathroom mirror:

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And create a little ambience with floating candles:

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Keep some rooms locked, requiring the password to the Fat Lady:

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Leave some invisibility cloaks for your guests:

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Don’t forget the Quidditch hoops for pong:

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…Or do the low-budget option:

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Make some Triwizard Cups from which to drink some fancy drinks:

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DIY Harry Potter Christmas Decorations

Let a free elf hold your Christmas stockings:

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I love all of these DIY Harry Potter ornament projects:

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And all of these Harry Potter ornaments:

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And these Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes ornaments:

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Make this super rad Deathly Hallows wreath!

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Just for Fun Harry Potter Crafts

Ever want your own pair of Extendable Ears?

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Or Rowena Ravenclaw’s diadem?

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I’m sorry, I just can’t make this list without including Moaning Myrtle in the toilet:

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Whew! That was a lot of crafting. If none of that could scratch your itch, though, we’ve got you covered with these DIY Harry Potter bookmarks, Harry Potter cross-stitch patterns, and crafts to make with old books. Nox!