Week One Done!

Well, I had expected to start off the Hogwarts Summer Academy today, actually.  But the girls were all so excited that we ended up starting last week!  So far they have watched movie 1 and 2 and are working on 3.

I didn't have any supplies for the wands as I didn't expect to start so early, but we did do a few things:

We did fingerprint art and created magical creatures with our thumbprints and ink pads for Care of Magical Creatures class.

Next, for Transfiguration class, we did crystals!  I had bought a kit and it turned out really well!  They had a great time!

I handed them out their Hogwarts Summer Academy notebooks which I made out of 3-ring binders.  I also made a fairy book that has fairy coloring pages I found on the internet as well as "information sheets" for them to tell about their fairies (learning about habitats and using their imaginations without even realizing it!).

Two of the girls have gone to visit their father for 3 weeks, so we will be doing some things with them through skype and some things they will just have to wait to come back to enjoy.

I'm looking forward to it all!

2015 Summer Academy

We are getting ready for another Hogwarts Summer Academy!

As soon as school was out the kids were all asking when it would begin!  Their owls brought their invitations the last week of school!

This year we have two new kids across the street that will be joining us!  One has never read the books OR seen the movies and the other has read the first book - so this will be a grand eye-opening experience for them!

We will start with watching the movies so the new girls will know what it's all about!  They are old enough to make their own wands this year (I've learned from experience that hot glue and little kids are not a good combination), and I have to figure out what to do this year for their familiars (some years I take them shopping and let them pick something out, and some years I buy them ahead of time, wrap them and have the kids draw numbers out of a magic bag).

I have gotten a lot of the workbooks ready, as well as added new worksheets!

If I can remember how to do the pdf upload thing, I'll post them for you!

Happy Hogwarts 2015!!

Harry Potter Jewelry!

We have also had a good time making jewelry this summer!  I forgot to take pictures of the ones I gave my niece, but here is one we made:

It has a golden snitch I got from Esty (love the charms - you can buy them HERE.

More Dragon Eggs

We're kind of obsessed this year with the eggs.  They are just so much fun!!

This one is a wooden egg with hot glue swirls on it.  I painted the whole thing black, then used gold paint on the raised hot glue swirls.

This one I made for my niece for her birthday!  It's blue clay (the oven bake kind) with chain, glass jewels and blue shells found at Michael's.

My daughter did this one - she painted a wooden egg with blue, then "splatter painted" the various colors on top.  Turned out great!

This one is green clay with the green shells found at Michaels.  You bake it in the oven to harden.

Hogwarts for Everyone

Hogwarts students come in all sizes and ages!

Monster Book of Monsters!

Had a lot of fun this week with our Summer Hogwarts classes!

We decided we needed to make the Monster Book of Monsters!  I got fur from Michaels, clay to make the mouths and teeth and red felt for the tongue!

Pygmy Puffs

We have made some pygmy puffs!  Very cute!

I plan on making many more - they are just too cute!!