Hogwarts students come in all sizes and ages!
Monday, June 23, 2014
Friday, June 20, 2014
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!
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!
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Pygmy Puffs
We have made some pygmy puffs! Very cute!
I plan on making many more - they are just too cute!!
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Update on the Dragon Eggs
I decided I didn't like the eggs with the air-dry clay. I went to Michaels and got some bake-dry clay but discovered they didn't have the green in large quantities. I ended up getting black just to fool around with.
Here are the results!
I actually liked the darker chain on the other eggs we did, but I had thought I needed lighter colored chain for the black clay. I still think they turned out pretty cool! I think I would like to still do the green and maybe use a straw dipped in black paint to make some cool round spots on them. Still, I'm pretty happy with this one!
Here are the results!
I actually liked the darker chain on the other eggs we did, but I had thought I needed lighter colored chain for the black clay. I still think they turned out pretty cool! I think I would like to still do the green and maybe use a straw dipped in black paint to make some cool round spots on them. Still, I'm pretty happy with this one!
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Monsters, Flowers and Eggs! Oh, My!
Today was a very active day in Hogwarts.
We started off by doing our wand worksheets. We made our wands last time and this time we got to fill in our worksheets about what our wands are made of. The form we used is on my printable tab.
Next we worked on our dragon eggs! I got red and green clay (I wanted something that would dry hard, so I got some of the crayola clay that hardens in 72 hours). We wrapped the clay around plastic easter eggs and then added gems, chains and other designs. We were not too thrilled with the clay. I think we will try this again with a better clay that can be molded and sculpted better. Here is what they look like:
I will report back on how well they hardened. I believe the jewels are going to fall off once it dries. We shall see.
After making our eggs, we got to get our first monster for our Care of Magical Creatures class. I had all the monsters in a bag (like they used on the movie to draw the dragons out of in The Goblet of Fire). Each student picked a monster and then picked a cage for it. Then we all filled out worksheets (see the printable page for a copy of it).
We started off by doing our wand worksheets. We made our wands last time and this time we got to fill in our worksheets about what our wands are made of. The form we used is on my printable tab.
Next we worked on our dragon eggs! I got red and green clay (I wanted something that would dry hard, so I got some of the crayola clay that hardens in 72 hours). We wrapped the clay around plastic easter eggs and then added gems, chains and other designs. We were not too thrilled with the clay. I think we will try this again with a better clay that can be molded and sculpted better. Here is what they look like:
I will report back on how well they hardened. I believe the jewels are going to fall off once it dries. We shall see.
After making our eggs, we got to get our first monster for our Care of Magical Creatures class. I had all the monsters in a bag (like they used on the movie to draw the dragons out of in The Goblet of Fire). Each student picked a monster and then picked a cage for it. Then we all filled out worksheets (see the printable page for a copy of it).
Finally, we had Herbology class. I sent the students out to find small flowers and other things to press. I read a post on how to microwave your flowers for emergency pressing (or for those of us who have no patience!). HERE IS THE LINK for how to microwave pressed flowers.
I didn't have any crafts picked out to do with them but we did put them on a page for our Herbology manual. (And of course I have a copy of the form/worksheet on my printables tab!)
It was a wonderful day! I can't wait for next time!
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Summer Hogwarts 2014
It's that time of year again! Summer vacation is here and we have begun our Summer Hogwarts Academy!
Our first order of business is to watch all of the movies! So far we are up through number 6! They are soooo good! It certainly gets us in the mood!
While watching the movies, we made our wands! They turned out really well!
I also handed out the notebooks - we have several this year: the main manual, Herbology, Dragonology 101, The Essential Dragon Manual, the Art of Divination and Magical Creatures: a guide to mystical beasts.
Our first order of business is to watch all of the movies! So far we are up through number 6! They are soooo good! It certainly gets us in the mood!
While watching the movies, we made our wands! They turned out really well!
I also handed out the notebooks - we have several this year: the main manual, Herbology, Dragonology 101, The Essential Dragon Manual, the Art of Divination and Magical Creatures: a guide to mystical beasts.
The Manual has sections inside: Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Transfiguration, Astronomy, Spells and Potions. (I will show pictures of those later)
The rest are below:
There is also a Fairy Manual, which I don't have a picture of at the moment because they are all in use!
We also enjoyed Potions Class by making Butterbeer (rootbeer floats!). It was just like being at Honeydukes!
I am looking forward to a wonderful summer! I will post the printables on my printables tab so you can enjoy them too!
Friday, June 21, 2013
Hogwarts Classes - A Busy Day!
It was an eventful day for Hogwarts this week! I had a lot of crafts and activities planned!
I made Herbology books for each child to take. Inside I put 4 blank worksheets for them to design their own magical plants.
I had worksheets for most everything we did. It is good to keep the kids writing during the summer so they are ready for school! Plus, it's so great to hear their wonderful imaginations tell about their crafts! Super kids!
Our first activity was the House Ghosts. I had cut black construction paper to fit in a box on the worksheet. I had them put a splotch of paint (or paints as some kids decided) and then fold the paper. When they unfolded it, they had their new House Ghost! They then filled in information about their ghosts!
The kids really did a great job. We glued the black paper onto their worksheets so they had a momento to keep! I put them into their notebooks they got on the first day. By the end of Summer Academy, they are going to have a great collection of the fun things they did!
Next we had our Transfiguration Lesson. We grew crystals on rocks! I got the kits at the dollar store. Unfortunately, they didn't turn out very well, but the kids did have fun doing them!
Next, since I had a full group, we cracked marbles again. I found bags in blue, clear and green at the dollar store. We heated them at 500 degrees for 20 minutes and then dropped them into cold ice water. It was fun!
Next, we took our new "Gems" and put jewelry caps on them and each child got a necklace! I used hot glue to hold the marble on since I needed something to dry fast. Also, the putting of the cap on was not as easy as the tutorial made it out to be, but it is still a great tutorial to follow. You can see it HERE.
I also had the kids decorate their own wizard's hat! I will put a copy of the blank worksheet on our printable worksheet page!
At the end of the day, my kids put glow sticks in the pool and played in the water with the eerie glow. They really had a great day!!
I made Herbology books for each child to take. Inside I put 4 blank worksheets for them to design their own magical plants.
I had worksheets for most everything we did. It is good to keep the kids writing during the summer so they are ready for school! Plus, it's so great to hear their wonderful imaginations tell about their crafts! Super kids!
Our first activity was the House Ghosts. I had cut black construction paper to fit in a box on the worksheet. I had them put a splotch of paint (or paints as some kids decided) and then fold the paper. When they unfolded it, they had their new House Ghost! They then filled in information about their ghosts!
The kids really did a great job. We glued the black paper onto their worksheets so they had a momento to keep! I put them into their notebooks they got on the first day. By the end of Summer Academy, they are going to have a great collection of the fun things they did!
Next we had our Transfiguration Lesson. We grew crystals on rocks! I got the kits at the dollar store. Unfortunately, they didn't turn out very well, but the kids did have fun doing them!
Next, since I had a full group, we cracked marbles again. I found bags in blue, clear and green at the dollar store. We heated them at 500 degrees for 20 minutes and then dropped them into cold ice water. It was fun!
Next, we took our new "Gems" and put jewelry caps on them and each child got a necklace! I used hot glue to hold the marble on since I needed something to dry fast. Also, the putting of the cap on was not as easy as the tutorial made it out to be, but it is still a great tutorial to follow. You can see it HERE.
I also had the kids decorate their own wizard's hat! I will put a copy of the blank worksheet on our printable worksheet page!
At the end of the day, my kids put glow sticks in the pool and played in the water with the eerie glow. They really had a great day!!
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