Throw an enchanting kids’ wizard-themed party!

Send an invitation to a wizard party with a poem:

“We’re brewing up a concoction of fun…
A magical party for everyone

Eye of a newt and wing of a bat.

So wave your wand and appear on:

_______________(ADDRESS)”

with an RSVP – to the main sorcerer

wizard party decorations

invitations

• The invitations can be magical scrolls (try dyeing them with used tea bags) that can be tied with a ribbon or sealed with wax.
• Calligraphy is great, and glitter pens can also add a bit of sparkle to invitations.
• On the invitations, ask the magicians to use Magic Attire (dress in black).
• Invite your guests to “show up at the 2 o’clock punch” (or whatever time the party is supposed to start), it would be truly magical if no one was late!

wizard costumes

• Many girls will have access to a witch costume as it is a very popular Halloween costume.
• If you have time, you can make wizard capes: just sew the edges down on a piece of black fabric and sew a channel through the top of the fabric (through which a black cord runs).
• Wizard hats can be made from a newspaper cone covered with wrapping paper and taped and decorated.
• Wands can be made from painted sticks, tubes, or long, thin rolls of papier-mâché.

wizard party decorations

• Balloon arches are very festive and can make your party look magical.
• The “pennant” can be made by cutting triangles out of plastic or fabric tablecloth and stapling them to string that can be hung (similar to what you see at car dealerships).
• Castle “torches” can be made with empty paper cups glued to the end of empty paper towel rolls and spray painted black with a bit of red tissue paper sticking out of the cup.
• The walls can be decorated with a special magical symbol.
• Any mirror in the house can be written on with lipstick or a sign can be attached to it. “Mirror, mirror on the wall… Who is the most beautiful of all?”
• Take a large chair and dress it up to make a magical “throne” for the birthday boy (you can drape it with fabric, attach bows and ribbons… the sky’s the limit).
• Christmas mini lights can be hung to great effect.
• Large, impressive “banners” can be made from old tablecloths, sheets, plastic sheeting, or paper.
• Anything can be set up in “Swags” (Tulle can be especially nice if you can get it on the cheap/if you have it around the house).
• For the ambitious you can take a room and have a black light and put a collection of white decorations in the room that will then glow (the quinine in the tonic water will even glow).
• Have a collection of mason jars with bits of food in them: blind eyes (onions), gizzards (smoked oysters), bloodworms (cold spaghetti with tomato sauce), truth serum, elixir of dreams, dried beetles (plums). ). You can have a field day! Just look in your cupboards for foods you have that might be stale and put them in a jar with a wizard label on it and display it prominently (but out of reach of little ones; you don’t want broken glass on the floor).
• Get out all your Halloween decorations: cobwebs, bats, frogs, bugs, broomsticks, witch paraphernalia, etc.
• Pull out the old curtains and use them for atmosphere (keep them away from birthday candles), burn some incense to create a truly magical atmosphere.
• Use a cheap plastic Halloween cauldron and put some dry ice in it (be careful no one gets hurt)

magician party activities

• Ask the children to learn a trick or show a trick they know.
• Have children answer questions about the birthday boy (favorite color, etc., etc.) to see if they are all-knowing wizards.
• Make star-shaped sugar cookies and attach them to blunt skewers or pretzel rods and decorate (then watch them magically disappear).
• Make a magical balloon using a small jar filled with water (add a few drops of glycerin to make things float more slowly) and sparkles and magic bits). Make sure the lid is glued on well (hot glue works).
• Put some dry food coloring in the bottom of the glasses and pour in the clear soda (like Sprite/7-up) and watch the soda change color.
• Make magic wands out of licorice sticks or twizzlers dipped in white chocolate or candy melts and decorate them with brightly colored sanding sugars.
• Hunt for magic beans/dragon eggs/magic_______. (If you spray paint things gold, they’ll look more magical.)

Be sure to use lots of “spells” (when giving instructions to children). Cast funny spells on them if you can.

castles

• Appliance stores often have big boxes that they will give you for free or for a nominal fee. These can be painted over with house paint (big do-it-yourself stores often have “poorly tinted” paint at a very low price). Paint the “walls” of the castle a solid color and then use a square sponge to sponge paint the “bricks”.
• Appliance boxes can be cut into a full free-standing “Castle”, or a Castle to stick on the wall, or just “Turrets” (for over doors).
• With a piece of cardboard the size of a large door, make a “drawbridge” (with ropes on the sides).
• Use the extra Cardboard to Create a Large Magical Crest for the wall/entrance.

wizard party food

• Cut sandwiches with a star cookie cutter.
• Serve Bertie Botts Beanstalk.
• Put Pop Rocks in pudding or frosting for a magical taste.
• Say some spells over food (cast a calorie-reducing spell over cake for parents watching their weight!).