Harry Potter Party:
Potion Making
For my birthday I've decided that I'm having a Harry Potter themed party. I've make a very long list of things I'm making for said party. This was one of them.
What you need:
-jars/bottles
-food coloring
-soaps/oils/etc
-labels
potions are really fun and you can get crazy creative with them. If you are going to make a useable substance in them, make sure the liquid can easily come out of the bottle, the green bottle for example is too thin in the neck for the substance to come out of. You can find bottles and jars at local craft stores, Etsy, and I've found some good ones at thrift stores.
Horklump Juice:
I started out with the odd shaped bottle. I picked a potion that I liked and though how I could make it. If you need help picking a potion there are several sites that have potion lists, such as Harry Potter Wikia. You can get really creative on what to put in these bottles unless you want it to be something useable or eatable. The odd shape bottle I used a straw to fill it with green aloe vara, usually used for sun burns. The little bits of air that stick in it give a pretty cool effect. because the bottles neck is so small and aloe is so thick, it was pretty hard to get it in there, keep that in mind. After filling it I used brown paper to make a tag. The tag I drew out and tied to the bottle. You have the option of gluing the tag on as well, but because it was an odd shape it was more fitting to have a tie on tag. There are also pre made bottle labels you can order from various sites.
I started out with the odd shaped bottle. I picked a potion that I liked and though how I could make it. If you need help picking a potion there are several sites that have potion lists, such as Harry Potter Wikia. You can get really creative on what to put in these bottles unless you want it to be something useable or eatable. The odd shape bottle I used a straw to fill it with green aloe vara, usually used for sun burns. The little bits of air that stick in it give a pretty cool effect. because the bottles neck is so small and aloe is so thick, it was pretty hard to get it in there, keep that in mind. After filling it I used brown paper to make a tag. The tag I drew out and tied to the bottle. You have the option of gluing the tag on as well, but because it was an odd shape it was more fitting to have a tie on tag. There are also pre made bottle labels you can order from various sites.
Love Potion:
The large pink bottle was the easiest to fill and is a useable item. Its filled with bath salts and body wash. The bath salts gave it a thicker, crystal like appearance and the micro beads in the body wash add a sense of substance. The color turned out amazing by the way.
Vampire's Blood:
Not a hard one, just water and red food coloring
Felix Felicis:
Small bottle, as its considered a bit rare and a little bit goes a long way. For this one I used gold nail polish. [The movie accurate bottles are harder to fine, but there are some sellers on Etsy who have them.]
Unnamed Bottle:
The cube bottle has yet to be named. at the bottom I placed bath salts, dripped blue food coloring on them, and let them absorb. After that I squirted the green aloe vara on top of it. The aloe became more liquid but didn't mix with the blue, rather it rests on top of it; give the potion a two toned appearance.
The large pink bottle was the easiest to fill and is a useable item. Its filled with bath salts and body wash. The bath salts gave it a thicker, crystal like appearance and the micro beads in the body wash add a sense of substance. The color turned out amazing by the way.
Vampire's Blood:
Not a hard one, just water and red food coloring
Felix Felicis:
Small bottle, as its considered a bit rare and a little bit goes a long way. For this one I used gold nail polish. [The movie accurate bottles are harder to fine, but there are some sellers on Etsy who have them.]
Unnamed Bottle:
The cube bottle has yet to be named. at the bottom I placed bath salts, dripped blue food coloring on them, and let them absorb. After that I squirted the green aloe vara on top of it. The aloe became more liquid but didn't mix with the blue, rather it rests on top of it; give the potion a two toned appearance.
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