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#HarryPotterBookNight
INTRODUCTION 2
Welcome! We’re delighted that you’re taking part in our eighth annual
Harry Potter Book Night, celebrating the 25th anniversary of Harry
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. This year’s theme is Magical
Journeys. Witches, wizards and Muggles from around the world are
invited to embark on a magical journey of their own, enjoying all kinds
of enchanting games, spellbinding crafts and bewitching activities along
the way.
Wands at the ready … the magic starts here!
— The team at Bloomsbury
Ron pressed a tiny

silver button on the
dashboard. The car
around them vanished –
and so did they. Harry
could feel the seat
vibrating beneath him,
hear the engine, feel his
hands on his knees and
his glasses on his nose,
but for all he could see,
he had become a pair of
eyeballs, floating a few
feet above the ground
in a dingy street full of
parked cars.
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INTRODUCTION 3
WHAT’S INSIDE THE PACK

This pack is filled with magical games and spellbinding activities to help you host an
enchanting event fit for witches, wizards and Muggles of all ages. Whether your event
is in a school, library or at home, whether you have a small group or large, whether
your guests are new to the books or superfans, this kit will give you all the inspiration
and practical resources you’ll need.
Given the ongoing presence of COVID-19, and that large-scale gatherings may not
be possible at the time of Book Night, we’ve ensured that the activities and ideas
within can be easily adapted to any group size, and many will be suitable for virtual
online events.
CONTENTS
Harry Potter Book Night at a Glance ............

... page 4 MAGICAL JOURNEYS QUIZ
page 28
Questions and Answers ...........................
page 29
PREPARATION Bonus Quiz for Superfans ........................
. page 5
Invitation Template .................................... ATION
Decorating Your Space ..............................
.. page 6 USEFUL INFORM
page 10
Food and Drink .......................................... page 30
page 12 Adapting the Event ..................................
Magical Costumes ....................................... page 32
Answers ...............................................
page 33
Certificate of Attendance .........................
T H E EV E N T Lumos ..................................................
page 34
page 37
page 14 LEGO TM Competition ................................
Games and Activities ................................
* The kit is intended for events that are organised and run by schools, community
centres, libraries and bookshops and which encourage community participation.
We ask that the events please remain non-commercial in nature. That means, for
example, that your Harry Potter Book Night event should be entirely free of
charge. Furthermore, your event and, more generally, the Harry Potter properties,
should not be sponsored by or associated with any commercial or non-qualifying
organisations. So, for example, if a business is supplying catering for your event,
that business’s logos and/or branding should not feature on any materials relating to
Harry Potter Book Night and it should not in any way appear that such businesses
are endorsed by or connected with Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling or Warner Bros.
While we very much encourage you to get creative with your events, please note
that we’re not granting permission for you to create and produce any new Harry-
Potter-themed goods or services to sell at your Harry Potter Book Night. Any
commercial uses of the Harry Potter trademarks and other intellectual property
would require separate permissions. If you’re unsure about a particular use or
activity, please do get in touch.
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INTRODUCTION 4
HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT

AT A GLANCE
Harry Potter Book Night is officially on Thursday 3rd February but you can
hold your celebrations whenever you like. Please ensure your event is COVID-19
compliant and follows the most recent government guidelines on social gatherings.
Whatever your plan is, you’ll need to prepare ahead of time to ensure that it goes off
with a bang!
1. Think about your guests and your event space
How many people will you invite? Who do you think would most like to come?
Where will you host your event? Who will help you host?
2. Invite your guests or publicise your event
Whether you’re hosting a virtual or in-person Harry Potter Book Night party, it’s
important to let your guests know in plenty of time. Post/email your invitations
out well in advance so people can start planning costumes and games. You can find
posters that can be printed and displayed, as well as other images that can be shared
on social media at harrypotterbooknight.com.
3. Build excitement SUGGESTED TWEETS
Let your guests know about all the fun they can look BEFORE: We’re celebrating
forward to on the night and if there are any prizes to #HarryPotterBookNight! Find out
more about our spellbinding event
be won. They’re in for a treat! You might choose to here: [insert link]
build excitement by posting a countdown showing ON THE DAY: Happy
how many sleeps to go before Harry Potter #HarryPotterBookNight everyone!
We’ll be celebrating at [insert time
Book Night. and location]
harrypotterbooknight.com
4. Prepare your games and activities AFTER: Thank you
Which games will you play? Which activities will you for celebrating
host? Will you need to tailor these for your event space #HarryPotterBookNight with us
and sharing the magic! Here are
or your audience? What will you need to make, buy or some of our wonderful photos
prepare ahead of time? [insert photos]
If you are under the age of 16 please check with an
5. Decorate your space adult if you plan to host a party. You should be over
the age of 13 to use most social media platforms.
Use the Decorating Your Space guide on pages 6–9,
or, if you are holding a virtual event, download our special video conferencing
background image available at harrypotterbooknight.com.
6. Get refreshments ready
Will you be providing any food or drink at the event? Use the ideas on page 10–11
to help you plan some themed treats. If your event is going to be online, you could
share some recipes and ideas beforehand so everyone can have a go at making their
own Harry Potter party food.
PREPARATION 5
INVITATION TEMPLATE
Use these templates to invite guests to your Harry Potter Book Night: Magical Journeys
event. Make sure you send out invitations well ahead of the day. If you prefer, you could
design your own e-invites instead. The first has the official date of Thursday 3rd February
already filled in and the second has a blank space for you to write in an alternative date, if
you are celebrating on a different night.
Dear Reader,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been invited to our
Harry Potter Book Night: Magical Journeys party. Get ready to
celebrate 25 years of magic!
Date: Thursday 3rd February 2022

Time: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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RSVP By owl, email or in person, to:
DRESS CODE: WIZARDING ROBES OR HARRY POTTER FANCY DRESS
Dear Reader,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been invited to our
Harry Potter Book Night: Magical Journeys party. Get ready to
celebrate 25 years of magic!
Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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RSVP By owl, email or in person, to:
DRESS CODE: WIZARDING ROBES OR HARRY POTTER FANCY DRESS
PREPARATION 6
DECORATING YOUR SPACE

There are lots of different kinds of journeys in the wizarding world. Here are some
ideas for how you can transform your event space into something magical.
Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

Why not turn the entrance of your event into the gateway to Platform Nine and Three-
Quarters?
You could:
• Create a sign pointing ‘This way to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters’
• Paint an old white sheet with a picture of the Hogwarts Express, and pin
the sheet on the wall as a backdrop
• Arrange a selection of food and drink on a trolley, to represent the tea trolley
on the train
• Have one of the event hosts dress up as the Hogwarts Express trolley witch,
ready to offer your guests refreshments – ‘Anything off the trolley, dears?’
Magical Flying Creatures

Create a magical menagerie of flying beasts by displaying a collection of plush toy
dragons and other fantastic creatures. You could create your own Thestral by attaching
cardboard wings to a toy horse or have a go at folding flying creatures out of thin sheets
of card.
PREPARATION 7
Broomsticks
Hang broomsticks from the ceiling using
string, with ‘Nimbus 2000’, ‘Firebolt’ or
‘Cleansweep’ labels attached.
The Floo Network

Cut the frame of a fireplace out
of cardboard and paint it a dark
brown. Prop your frame upright
and inside place some crumpled
green crepe paper for the
magical emerald flames. Include
somewhere nearby a flowerpot
SAFELY TRAV
filled with sand to represent the ELLING BY FL
• Tuck your el OO NETWORK:
Floo Powder. bows in
• Keep your ey
es shut
You could also hang a sign • Don’t fidget
featuring clear instructions for • Speak clearl
the safe use of the Floo Network: y
• Get out at th
e right grate!
• Don’t get ou
t too early
Owl Post
Write the names of Hogwarts students –
and/or those attending your event – on a
selection of envelopes and then suspend
them from the ceiling using lengths of
cotton, or place them on shelves or around a
fireplace to create the illusion of the arrival
of the owl post. If you have any soft owl toys
you could even attach the envelopes to their
beaks for maximum effect.
PREPARATION 8
Time-Turners
Gather a set of hourglasses to represent Time-Turners, and scatter them about your
event space.
The Vanishing Cabinets

Cut out two long strips of brown paper and hang both across a doorway, side by side, so
that the entire doorway is covered. Invite your guests to step through the doorway and
travel through your very own Vanishing Cabinet.
You could even create a set of two Vanishing Cabinets by hanging a second set of
brown paper from another door nearby. Include a ‘Borgin and Burkes’ sign for the first
Cabinet and a ‘Room of Requirement’ sign for the second.
The Beauxbatons carriage and the Durmstrang ship
‘… they saw a gigantic, powder-

blue, horse-drawn carriage, the
size of a large house, soaring
towards them, pulled through
the air by a dozen winged
horses, all palominos, and each
the size of an elephant.’
‘Slowly, magnificently, the ship

rose out of the water, gleaming in
the moonlight. It had a strangely
skeletal look about it, as though it
was a resurrected wreck, and the
dim, misty lights shimmering at its
portholes looked like ghostly eyes.’
Draw or paint the Beauxbatons
carriage or the Durmstrang ship
and pin your artworks to the
walls to celebrate these fantastic
ways to travel.
PREPARATION 9
The Knight Bus

Recreate the magic of the Knight Bus by arranging chairs in rows as if they were the
seats inside. Write a set of destinations on a board at the front, and have one of your
event hosts dress as Stan Shunpike, the conductor. Stan can ask guests to present
their tickets before they hop on board, and could even offer them hot chocolate!
Photo Op Fun
Become a magical traveller! Cut out a cardboard frame or ask to borrow an empty
picture frame. Your guests can pose in the frame and become a famous witch or wizard
for the night!
Include nearby a basket filled with props such as:

• An (empty) flowerpot with ‘Floo Powder’ written on the side
• A hula hoop, to practise Apparition
• An old shoe, to use as a Portkey
• A broomstick
• A wand, so that your guests can stick out their wand arm and call for the Knight Bus
• A map, to become the Marauder’s Map
Encourage your guests to use their imaginations. For example, they might like to take a
snap of them riding on an (invisible) Thestral!
Remember to tag your photos with #HarryPotterBookNight
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
It’s the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone so why not create themed
decorations to celebrate memorable moments
in Harry’s first year in the wizarding world? You
could decorate your space with green and brown
to recreate the eerie feeling of the Forbidden
Forest, or create a sea-theme to remember the
moment Harry heard Hagrid’s life-changing
words: ‘Harry – yer a wizard’ on an island in the
middle of the perilous sea. You could even create
different stations for your guests to visit, such as
a Potions class station with vials of differently-
coloured liquids, or a flying lesson station with
broomsticks and whistles.
PREPARATION 10
FOOD AND DRINK

The Hogwarts Express
Recreate some of these treats from the tea trolley on the Hogwarts Express:
• Drooble’s Best Blowing Gum –bubblegum balls SWEET TREAT
• Liquorice Wands – liquorice sticks in different flavours SWEET TREAT
If you are under

• Pumpkin Pasties – mini pies filled with sweet, spiced pumpkin 16, ask an adult
to help you with
• Cauldron Cakes – make a batch of dark chocolate cupcakes, cut these recipes.
off the tops so they become flat and then ice them with orange-
coloured cream to create the flames dancing on top of your
cauldrons. Next take a thin strip of soft liquorice and hang it from
one side of each cupcake to the other so it looks like a mini handle. SWEET TREAT
Quidditch Dips
Create a display of edible broomsticks using
one long baguette as the handle of the broom
with smaller crispy breadsticks bundled
together at the end for the bristles.
Set out bright round bowls of colourful dip to

represent the Quidditch balls. You could use
a big red bowl filled with beetroot dip for the
Quaffle, smaller black bowls filled with black
olive tapenade for the Bludgers, and a very
small yellow bowl filled with hummus for the
Golden Snitch.
Thestral hooves, Hippogriff talons and dragon wings

Make a batch of little savoury pies and mark the top with cut-outs of hooves, talons and
wings.
Wands
Cheese straws make good, edible wands! Cut frozen puff pastry into strips and sprinkle
them with cheese. Bake them until they have puffed up and are golden brown.
Or why not create some wands made of fruit – thread chunks of fruit onto wooden
skewers to create your own colourful and delicious wand (get an adult to help with any
chopping and threading).
PREPARATION 11
Flying Ford Anglia pizzas

Cut the basic outline of a car out of baking paper. Place the paper template on top of a flat
tortilla and, using a knife, cut out the car shape. Repeat this for each tortilla until you have
lots of cars. Top each one with tomato purée, cheese, and whatever pizza toppings you
fancy. Bake in the oven until ready.
Don’t forget to keep the cut-offs when you’re cutting out the car shapes. You can bake
them in the oven until they are slightly brown and dip the crispy tortilla bits into salsa as
a snack.
Dragon fire
Use food colouring to make different-coloured ‘dragon fire’ drinks, using water, lemonade
and a little fresh ginger.
The Knight Bus gingerbread centrepiece SWEET TREAT
This beautiful centerpiece is a challenge to create, but the magic will be well worth the
effort. Make a batch of gingerbread, enough to be able to form two wide rectangles, and
three narrower ones. Take the wide rectangles and cut three
rows of tiny square shapes out of each – one for each row of
windows on the triple-decker bus. Fill each of the shapes
with crushed boiled sweets in different colours.
Bake each piece of gingerbread and watch the magical

transformation – as the boiled sweets melt in the
oven they will become bright and transparent,
making perfect windows for your Knight Bus.
When you’ve baked all of your gingerbread

use the wide rectangles to make the sides
of the bus, and the narrower ones to build
the front, back and top, gluing the pieces
together with icing. Use more purple
icing to decorate. Don’t forget to add
round sweets for the wheels, and
bright yellow lettering for The
Knight Bus sign!
PREPARATION 12
MAGICAL COSTUMES
To make your night truly memorable, encourage your guests to get dressed up.
Here are some ideas:

H A Hogwarts student just stepping off the Hogwarts Express
• Gryffindor colours are red and gold
• Hufflepuff colours are yellow and black
• Slytherin colours are green and silver
• Ravenclaw colours are blue and bronze
H Fred or George Weasley, about to step into the Floo Network at The Burrow. You
could dress up with a friend and come as the twins
H Hagrid in very warm clothes, ready to journey into the mountains
H Madame Maxime, joining Hagrid on his journey
H Hagrid wearing goggles, about to take a ride on the enchanted motorbike
H Harry, Neville, Ron, Hermione or Draco, ready to take their first flying lesson
H Madame Hooch, the Hogwarts flying instructor, with a whistle and a scarf to
protect her from the wind while she’s out on the pitch
H Cedric Diggory in his Hufflepuff Quidditch robes
H Cho Chang in her Ravenclaw Quidditch robes
H Draco, Crabbe or Goyle in their Slytherin Quidditch robes
H A student from Beauxbatons or Durmstrang, having just arrived in their
magical carriage or ship
• Durmstrang students wear long, shaggy cloaks and
red robes
• Beauxbatons students wear pale blue, silky robes
H Stan Shunpike, conductor of the Knight Bus
H Ernie Prang, driver of the Knight Bus
H Dobby, wearing an old tea towel, about to Apparate
H A dragon, with scales and wings and a long tail
H A Thestral, a black winged horse with pointed fangs
H An owl with a letter in its beak or tied to its leg
PREPARATION 13
Here are a few extra ideas if you fancy trying something a bit different. You could
build a homemade costume, or dress in robes and carry one of these as a prop.
H A Nimbus 2000, dress in brown, tape twigs to your legs, pin a ‘Nimbus 2000’ tag to
your chest
H The Knight Bus, paint the outside of a cardboard box bright purple, with THE
KNIGHT BUS written in gold lettering across the windscreen. Step inside the
box and hang it from your shoulders using straps
H One of the Vanishing Cabinets: you could dress up on your own, or come with a
friend as a pair
H A fireplace
H The Weasleys’ flying Ford Anglia
H A Portkey - an old kettle or a shoe
H A rolled-up flying carpet
Why not include a parade as part of your event so everyone can show off their
amazing costumes!
GAMES AND ACTIVITIES 14
ALL ABOARD THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS!

Read aloud to set the scene
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Look up the section in chapter six, The Journey from Platform
Nine and Three-Quarters, where Harry and the Weasleys run
onto the station platform.
It’s nearly eleven o’clock and the Hogwarts Express is set to

depart. You’d better hurry onto the platform if you’re going to
make the train on time!
Invite your guests into your event space by having them run
onto Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Decorate the door to
your event space to bring the journey to life. Why not add …
• Balls of cotton wool for plumes of steam

• A ledge with a plush owl Hedwig jauntily perched on it
• A sign on the left reading ‘Platform Nine’ and a sign on the on the right reading
‘Platform Ten’
• A clock with the minute-hand showing ten minutes to eleven o’clock
• A set of trunks and travellers’ bags on the ground nearby
Ahead of time, prepare a set of Hogwarts Express-themed name tags by printing out
copies of this template, pasting them onto card and cutting them out. Punch holes in
the top and thread through some ribbon, so that your guests can wear their name tag as
a lanyard.
As each guest passes through the door, hand them a tag and a pen so they can write their
name on it.
GAMES
TRAVELLING IN STYLE
Read aloud to set the scene Ma gni fic ant
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Look up the section in chapter thirty-four, The
Me tho ds of Ma gic al
Department of Mysteries, where Harry, Ron, Tra nsp ort
Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna fly Thestrals to
the Ministry of Magic. I have found:
There are many magnificent methods of magical o Flying Ford Anglia
transport to celebrate – much more thrilling than o Knight Bus
a regular bus, train or bike. Collect a set of small o Floo Powder
items, one to represent each mode of transport
from the list on the right. For example, you could o Flying motorbike
use a small toy bus to represent the Knight Bus. o Broomstick
o Hogwarts Express
Hide each item around your event space. Give
each guest the list to the right, then challenge
o Flying carpet
them to find each item and when they do, tick o Dragon
it off the list. The first person to discover every o Thestral
mode of transport on the list wins the game!
o Hippogriff
If you have a larger event space you might like to o Portkey
invite your guests to form teams. The first team
to find all of the items wins.
WHIZZING THROUGH GRINGOTTS

Look up the section in chapter five, Diagon Alley, where Griphook takes Harry and
Hagrid down into the shadowy depths of Gringotts Bank.
On his first visit to Gringotts, Harry and Hagrid take sharp twists and terrifying turns
through miles of underground passages – past flames, over ravines, alongside an
underground a lake where stalactites and stalagmites grew from the ceiling and floor –
right to the heart of the bank's treasure trove, where they find Harry’s vault.
Invite your guests to speed through their own maze to reach the treasure at the end.
This activity is best for an outdoor space. Tape a maze to the ground or draw one using
chalk, and include a basket filled with little prizes in the middle. Choose certain points
throughout the maze to include a challenge that guests must complete before they pass.
Here are some suggestions:
• Balance a ball on their head for five seconds in a row

• Stand on one leg and hop in a circle
• Crawl on their hands and knees to the next obstacle
• Kick a ball up into the air and catch it five times in a row
There are so many different ways

you could play this game! You might
like to make it a timed competition
to see who can complete the maze
the quickest. Or you might like the
challenge to be completing all the
tasks in the maze with no mistakes – if
you make a mistake (for example, if you
drop the ball) – you must go back and
start again.
NAVIGATING HOGWARTS CASTLE

Look up the section in chapter seven, The Sorting Hat, where Percy the Prefect guides
the group of Gryffindor first-years through the castle to their dormitories.
It’s been 25 years since Harry, Ron and

Hermione first made their way from the
Great Hall Sorting Feast to their dormitory
in the Gryffindor tower, hidden behind the
portrait of the Fat Lady. As Harry quickly
learns in his first year at Hogwarts, getting
from class to class, dungeon to dormitory,
Great Hall to greenhouse, isn’t as
straightforward as it might seem. Students
must navigate swivelling staircases, trick
steps, vertical ladders and passageways
hidden behind portraits – not to mention Peeves the poltergeist creating mischief and
mayhem all for a bit of fun.
This activity requires a large square outdoor space, free from any trip hazards. Before the
event use chalk to draw some magical Hogwarts castle features on the ground, such as
swivelling staircases and hidden passageways. If you’re in an area where chalk can’t be
used, you could draw on sheets of paper instead.
Select someone from your guests

to be the Prefect. The Prefect’s job
is to guide the rest of the group
from one point to another. The
tricky thing is, each person in
the group is blindfolded, making
it a much more difficult task to
complete! Set your Prefect a time
limit to get their group of first-
years to where they need to be.
They are allowed to give verbal
instruction only.
You might prefer to play this game

in pairs. Make sure you direct your
guests to move slowly and to be
careful of other pairs!
Use your imagination to think up all sorts of interesting things to get in the players' way
– your group might need to sneak past a snoozing Fluffy or perhaps avoid bumping into
a professor in the wrong corridor.
MAGICAL JOURNEY CHARADES

Look up the section in chapter one, The Boy Who Lived, where Dumbledore and
Professor McGonagall spot Hagrid in the air, safely transporting Harry to the Dursleys’
house at number four, Privet Drive.
The very first magical journey we see Harry Potter take is from Godric’s Hollow to Little
Whinging, bundled up safely aboard a flying motorbike. But travelling on an enchanted
motorbike is only the start for Harry. Encourage your guests to use their imagination to
capture the exhilaration of other magical journeys. Invite them to jump into the Floo
Network, to hop aboard the Knight Bus, to bow to a Hippogriff ready for flight, or to
soar high on a broomstick for the very first time.
Before the event, write out each of the ideas below on a piece of paper, then fold them
up tightly and put them in a hat. Divide your guests into groups of five to ten. Each
person pulls out a piece of paper, careful not to show it to anyone else in the group.
Everyone takes turns to act out their magical journey while the people in their group
guess the action or scene. No talking allowed! Silencio!
Here are some fun ideas to act out:
• Tapping the wall behind the Leaky Cauldron to enter Diagon Alley
• Riding a broomstick
• Jumping into a fire on the Floo Network Can you come
up with some
• Travelling on the Knight Bus more magical
• Riding a dragon journey ideas?
• Bowing to a Hippogriff
• Taking a journey in a cart deep below
Gringotts Bank
• Crashing the flying Ford Anglia into the
Whomping Willow
• Running through the barrier in Platform
Nine and Three-Quarters
• Riding Sirius’s flying motorbike
Here are some more difficult ones:

• Taking a hidden passageway at Hogwarts
• Talking to Sirius Black through the fireplace
in the Gryffindor common room
• Using the Time-Turner to go back in time
• Getting lost in the Department of Mysteries
• Speaking through the phone at the visitors’
entrance at the Ministry of Magic
• Flushing yourself down the toilet at the
workers’ entrance at the Ministry of Magic
• Taking a Portkey to the Quidditch World Cup
• Being stuck inside a Vanishing Cabinet

• Travelling on the Floo Network, but ending up in the wrong place
Your guests might like to act on their own or in a pair.
THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

MYSTERIES
Look up the section in chapter thirty-four, The Department of Mysteries, where Harry
and his friends navigate the room of doors inside the Ministry of Magic.
When Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna and Neville finally make it to the
Department of Mysteries they enter a large, circular room with identical, unmarked,
handleless black doors set at intervals all around the black walls. Which way is the
right way?
Challenge your guests to

find their way to the Hall
of Prophecies. Take a large
piece of black cardboard and
paint on a set of doors. Each
door should be identical and
marked with a fiery ‘X’, except
for the one in the middle –
mark this one with a painting
of a small glowing glass sphere.
This is Harry’s prophecy.
Each guest takes a turn to pin

a marker closest to the door to
Harry’s prophecy. But it won’t
be as easy as it seems: each
guest will be blindfolded and
spun around in circles before
they have their go.
The person whose pin is
closest to the prophecy wins
a prize.
ACTIVITIES
TOILETS, TRAINS AND NIMBUS TWO THOUSANDS
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Look up the section in chapter three, The Knight Bus, where Harry is rescued by Stan
and Ernie.
Can you match the clue to the magical mode of travel?
1. Costs eleven Sickles from Magnoli a Crescent to London Nimbus Two Thousa nd
2. The workers ’ entrance to the Ministry of Magic Portke y
3. Professo r McGona gall confisca tes this broomst ick from Harry in his third year Flying carpet
4. How Harry, Ron, Ginny and Professo r Lockhar t exit the Chamber of Secrets
Hippog riff
5. Comes to Harry’s rescue when he’s confront ed by Professo r Quirrell in the
Forbidde n Forest Nimbus Two Thousa nd and One
6. The visitors’ entrance to the Ministry of Magic Thestra ls
7. A Muggle inventio n that’s been enchant ed by Mr Weasley Floo Networ k

8. Ron is rewarde d with this broomst ick when he’s made Prefect The Knight Bus
9. This creature was trapped beneath Gringott s and fought its way out while
carrying Harry, Ron and Hermion e on its back Toilet
10. Hagrid brought this magical creature to his first ever Care of Magical Firebol t
Creature s class
Phoeni x
11. Lucius Malfoy buys this broomst ick for each member of the Slytheri n Check your
Quidditc h team in Draco’s second year Centau r
answers on
page 32!
12. Invisible to everyone but those who have seen death
A phone box
13. Professo r Umbridg e monitors this method of transpor t in Harry’s fifth year
Flying Ford Anglia
14. Harry’s first ever broomst ick
Cleansw eep Eleven
15. A discreet way to travel to the Quidditc h World Cup
Ukrain ian Ironbe lly dragon
16. Once a common method of family transpor t until it was banned
DELIBERATION, DIVINATION AND DESPERATION

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Look up the section in chapter four, Horace Slughorn, where Dumbledore takes Harry
on a journey using Side-Along-Apparition.
Or, turn to the section in chapter eighteen, Birthday Surprises, where Harry, Ron,
Hermione and their fellow sixth years attend their very first Apparition lesson
In Harry’s sixth year, Ministry Apparition Instructor Wilkie Twycross introduces

Apparition-hopefuls to the three Ds: Destination, Determination and Deliberation.
Apparition is, after all, a dangerous form of transport and for it to be a success, witches
and wizards need cautious consideration and careful concentration!
Supply a set of craft materials including pencils, markers, crayons and coloured card.
Invite your guests to make a poster to advertise the Apparition lessons taking place in
the Great Hall.
Don’t forget to add a catchy slogan! You could borrow Ron’s three Ds: Deliberation,
Divination and Desperation. Or you could choose another letter such as B: Brainpower,
Bravery and Boldness.
YOUR OWN MARAUDER’S MAP

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Look up the section in chapter ten, The
Marauder’s Map, where Fred and George
Weasley give the map to Harry.
The Marauder’s Map is Harry’s key to the

Hogwarts castle and grounds, and to the secret
passageways in and out of the school. What
mischief would you get up to with your very
own Marauder’s Map?
Provide a set of craft materials including large sheets of paper, fine markers, stickers
and pencils, then invite your guests to create their own Marauder’s Map. They could
draw Hogwarts castle and fill it with little figures to represent Hogwarts students and
professors, or they might like to base their map on an area they know well, and fill it
with their own family and friends.
YOUR OWN PORTKEY

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Look up the section in chapter six, The Portkey, where Harry, Ron, Hermione and the
Weasleys scrabble around on Stoatshead Hill, looking for the Portkey that will take
them to the Quidditch World Cup.
In the words of
Mr Weasley, Porkeys
‘can be anything …
Unobtrusive things,
obviously, so Muggles
don’t go picking them
up and playing with
them … stuff they’ll
just think is litter …’
Harry and his friends

take an old shoe Portkey
to the Quidditch World
Cup. It’s hidden in plain
sight – no one wants
to pick up a discarded,
smelly old shoe! Ahead of
time, gather a set of old,
used, everyday objects.
You could include items
such as a broken kettle,
an old jam jar, a tin of
baked beans and a tattered
newspaper.
Divide your guests into groups of threes or fours. Ask each group to pick an item, and to
imagine where the Portkey will take them. Invite each group to turn their item into a
Portkey – Portus! – and describe their magical journey.
Why did they choose the item they picked? Where will they hide their Portkey? What
day and time will the Portkey be active? Where will the Portkey take them? Who else is
coming with them on the journey?
A SCRAMBLED FLOO NETWORK

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Look up the section in chapter four, At Flourish and Blotts, where Harry and the
Weasleys travel to London through the Floo Network.
You must have your wits about you when using the Floo Network: you have to speak
clearly, keep your elbows tucked in and your eyes shut, mind you don’t fidget, and make
sure you don’t get out too early or too late!
Harry gets muddled on his first time using this magical mode of transport. Rather than
ending up in Diagon Alley he gets out at the fireplace in Borgin and Burkes, a shady
shop in the neighbouring Knockturn Alley.
Can you and your guests unscramble the names of these places that are connected to
the Floo Network?
1. PSSREROFO DBURIMSEG FCOIFE

2. DGRORIYFNF
MOMOCN RMOO
3. MNISYRIT FO MICGA
4. GDIOAN LAYEL
5. RONGBI NAD
UBRESK
6. TEH WBURRO
7. LEVTWE
MIDUGMALR PALEC
8. FORU EVTRPI DIRVE
ur
Check yo
w e r s o n
ans
p a g e 3 2 !
HEDWIG’S FLIGHT
Look up the section in chapter fourteen, Percy and Padfoot, where Harry visits the
Owlery to task Hedwig with taking a letter to Sirius.
As Hagrid says to Harry in his first visit to Diagon Alley, ‘All the kids want owls, they’re
dead useful, carry yer post an’ everythin’.’ Harry has Hedwig, Percy has Hermes, Ron has
Pigwidgeon and the Weasleys have Errol – and those not lucky enough to have their
own can make use of any of the school owls in the Owlery.
Invite your guests to write a letter to a good friend or family member, to be sent by
owl post. You’ll need to provide some blank paper, envelopes, pencils and pens. Ahead
of time you might like to set up a toy owl to perch high above your event space – or
you could draw and cut out an owl from a piece of cardboard. When your guests have
finished with their letters, gather them and pin them to string hanging across your
event space so that it looks as if Hedwig has just delivered them.
Here are some questions to prompt your guests as they write their letters:
• What did you do yesterday, at home or school or work?

• What can you see outside the window?
• What is your favourite game to play? Can you describe it?
• What Hogwarts House are you in? What is your favourite thing
about being in that house?
• What is your favourite food? Can you explain
what it is you like, or describe how to make it?
You might like to remind guests to consider how

they’re writing as well as what they’re writing.
After Ron and Harry crash the flying Ford Anglia
into the Whomping Willow, Mrs Weasley sends
Ron an extremely angry Howler. If your guests
would like to send a loud Howler, they could
write in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, with lots of
exclamation points!!!!
Don’t forget to decorate the envelope and address

it correctly!
YOUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF HOGWARTS

Look up the section in chapter six, The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-Quarters,
where Harry and his friends get their first glimpse of Hogwarts.
Harry and his fellow first-years behold Hogwarts for the very first time from across the
great expanse of the Black Lake. Just before they climb into the boats that will take them
across the lake’s glassy surface, they see the castle perched atop a high mountain, its
windows sparkling in the starry sky.
Photocopy the frame below or hand out blank pieces of A4 paper and invite your guests
to draw their own version of Hogwarts.
WHIZZING BY ON YOUR VERY OWN BROOMSTICK

Look up the section in chapter nine, The Midnight Duel, where Harry rides a broomstick
for the very first time.
It’s the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which means it’s
also the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter’s very first flying lesson!
To celebrate this magical moment, invite your guests to make a broomstick of their own.
Provide your guests with a set of craft material including:
• Long strips of thick cardboard – big ones for the handle of the broomstick and
smaller ones for the bristles, as well as some tape. Alternatively, you might like to tape
together empty kitchen rolls to form the handle, then use string to bind in a bunch of
small twigs for the bristles.
• Markers, for your guests to name their broomstick
• Ribbons and streamers, for decoration
Once everyone has built their broomsticks, you could host a race for your guests, with
everyone running with their broomstick between their knees. Don’t forget to nominate a
Madam Hooch to be the referee!
WHO SAID IT?

Can you match the quotes below to the witch or wizard? Check your
answers on
page 32!
1. ‘We can fly the car to Hogwa rts!’

Hagr id
2. ‘Has anyon e seen a toad? Nevill e’s lost one.’
3. ‘ I bet you’re not danger ous at all, are you? … Are you, Ron Weas ley
you ugly great brute? ’
4. ‘ It’s all right … You’re not going mad or anyth ing. I Georg e Weas ley
can see them, too.’
5. A
‘ ll you have to do is walk straig ht at the barrie r Cedri c Diggo ry
betwee n platfo rms nine and ten. Don’t stop and don’t be
scared you’ll crash into it, that’s very import ant. Best
do it at a bit of a run if you’re nervou s.’ Herm ione Gran ger
6. A
‘ mazin g! Amaz ing! This is just like magic! ’
Mrs Weas ley
7. ‘Splin ching, or the separa tion of random body parts …
occurs when the mind is insuff icientl y determ ined . You
must concen trate contin ually upon your destin ation , Wilk ie Twyc ross
and move, withou t haste, but with delibe ration … thus’
8. ‘Stala gmite’s got an “m” in it … An’ don’ ask me Drac o Malfo y

questi ons just now, I think I’m gonna be sick.’
9. ‘Moon y, Worm tail, Padfoo t and Prong s … We owe them Luna Loveg ood
so much. ’
10. ‘ Did anyon e tell you the Cup was a Portke y?’ Profe ssor Lock hart
MAGICAL JOURNEYS QUIZ 28
MAGICAL JOURNEYS QUIZ

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Test your knowledge in this magical journey–
themed quiz!
Arrange your guests into teams and have them
write down their answers. The team with the
most correct answers wins a prize.
1. Where is the entrance to Diagon Alley?
Answer: Through the Leaky Cauldron
2. What fantastic flying beast did Draco Malfoy
insult in his first Care of Magical Creatures
Class?
Answer: A Hippogriff, or Buckbeak
3. If you stick out your wand arm to the kerb,
what magical method of transport will appear?
Answer: The Knight Bus
4. What magical tree do Harry and Ron crash into
when they fly the Ford Anglia to Hogwarts?
Answer: The Whomping Willow
5. What enchanted method of transport does Hagrid use to
take baby Harry to the Dursleys?
Answer: A flying motorbike
6. Which professor takes Harry on his first ever Side-Along-Apparition?
Answer: Dumbledore
7. Who does Hagrid journey into the mountains with, in search of giants?
Answer: Madame Maxime
8. Who does Professor Umbridge attempt to catch Harry speaking to in the
Gryffindor fireplace?
Answer: Sirius Black
9. Harry’s first time flying is when he tries to retrieve something Draco Malfoy has
taken from Neville Longbottom. What is it?
Answer: A Remembral
10. Harry ends up in the wrong place the first time Harry uses Floo Powder. Where
does he accidentally end up?
Answer: In Borgin and Burkes, or Knockturn Alley
MAGICAL JOURNEYS QUIZ 29
BONUS QUIZ FOR SUPERFANS

1. On their first trip on the Hogwarts Express, Hermione watches Ron attempt
to perform a spell that doesn’t work. What was the spell meant to do? Can you
remember the words?
Answer: It was meant to turn Scabbers yellow
‘Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow,
Turn this stupid, fat rat yellow.’
2. At the end of their third year, Harry and Hermione travel back in time to save
Buckbeak and Sirius. How many turns of the Time-Turner do they make to go back
to the right time?
Answer: Three
3. Luna Lovegood can see the Thestrals because she has witnessed death. Whose death
has she seen and how did they die?
Answer: Her mother’s – her mother died when an experimental spell went wrong
4. It costs eleven Sickles for Harry to get from Little Whinging to London on the
Knight Bus. It costs thirteen for something extra, and fifteen for something else.
What are the extras?
Answer: Thirteen for a hot chocolate; fifteen for a hot water bottle and a toothbrush in the colour
of your choice
5. In their fifth year, Fred and George Weasley push the Slytherin Quidditch captain
into the Vanishing Cabinet. Where does he turn up?
Answer: Jammed inside a toilet on the fourth floor of Hogwarts
6. Who initially broke this Vanishing Cabinet?

Answer: Peeves
7. What breed of dragon lives inside Gringotts Bank?

Answer: Ukrainian Ironbelly
8. Inside the room of doors in the Ministry of Magic, Hermione casts a spell to mark
the incorrect doors with a fiery ‘X’. What is the spell?
Answer: Flagrate!
9. There is a secret passageway from Hogwarts to Honeydukes sweet shop in

Hogsmeade. Where is the hidden entrance to the Hogwarts side of the passageway?
Answer: Through the hump of a statue of a humpbacked, one-eyed witch on the third-floor corridor
10. In his sixth year, Ron attempts to pass his Apparition exam but fails. What part of
himself does he leave behind?
Answer: Half an eyebrow
THE EVENT 30
ADAPTING THE EVENT FOR YOUR SPACE

To host a successful Harry Potter Book Night, you needn’t stick closely to the
activities and games in this pack. You can use them as a jumping-off point, and
adapt the fun so that they suit the age and number of your guests and the physical
limitations of your event space, be that a library, school, bookshop or home setting.
It’s important that you pay attention to any guidelines or recommendations in relation
to how many people you can invite to your event and how many people you can safely
host in your space. Using your imagination, you can easily scale up your event so that
it works in a large school setting, scale down your event to work with a small family
group, or have some virtual fun and host an event online!
Are you running Harry Potter Book Night at

your school?
For one day only, why not transform your school
into Hogwarts with themed classrooms and
hidden passageways?
Decorating your event space

Why not involve the whole school in
celebrating the 25th anniversary of Harry Potter
and the Philosopher’s Stone? Ask each child
to draw their favourite character or moment
from the story on a little triangle, and create
anniversary bunting to decorate classrooms
around the school.
You could also give each class a list of decorations

and props they can make in the lead-up to
the event. Use the suggestions on pages 6–9 as
inspiration for decorating classrooms, halls, canteens
and other areas of your school.
Costumes
Arrange for a costume parade at a school assembly.
Games and activities

You’ll find that every activity in this kit can be adapted
to a school setting. To help you out, we’ve included some
suggestions for how you might like to do this.
THE EVENT 31
• TRAVELLING IN STYLE AND WHIZZING THROUGH GRINGOTTS

Have classes set this game up for each other as part of the fun of the day.
• NAVIGATING HOGWARTS CASTLE
You could arrange this activity so that each group is a mix of students from
different classes or different years, to help build bonds across the school.
• MAGICAL JOURNEY CHARADES
You could transform this activity into a short play that each group could perform
at a school assembly.
• DELIBERATION, DIVINATION AND DESPERATION
Student groups could compete against other classes across the school to see who
can make the best poster and slogan. Have students vote for their favourite.
• YOUR OWN MARAUDER’S MAP
You could encourage students to make a map of the school.
• HEDWIG’S FLIGHT
Ask students write letters to students in other class or year groups. You can
nominate a team of ‘owls’ to deliver the letters from class to class.
• WHIZZING BY ON YOUR VERY OWN BROOMSTICK
Host a series of races so that the winners of the first games compete against each
other and so on until there is a school winner.
Are you hosting Harry Potter Book Night for a small group?
In the same way that the games and activities in this kit can easily be scaled up, they
can also easily be scaled down. Most of the ideas in this kit can work with groups as
small as two!
Are you hosting a virtual event?

Quizzes, dress-up and nearly all of the games
and activities provided in this kit can be
enjoyed in a virtual event, allowing friends,
book clubs and families in different locations
to share the fun together. Virtual events may
require a little extra planning though, so be
sure to get your guests on board well ahead
of time. For example, you might need to send
out a list of craft materials for each person to
gather and have ready on the night, or post
out printouts of the colouring sheet so your
guests can all join in.
USEFUL INFORMATION 32
ANSWERS
TOILETS, TRAINS AND NIMBUS TWO THOUSANDS (page 20)
1. The Knight Bus 7. Flying Ford Anglia 12. Thestrals
2. Toilet 8. Cleansweep Eleven 13. Floo Network
3. Firebolt 9. Ukrainian Ironbelly 14. Nimbus Two Thousand
dragon
4. Phoenix 15. Portkey
10. Hippogriff
5. Centaur 16. Flying carpet
11. Nimbus Two Thousand
6. A phone box and One
A SCRAMBLED FLOO NETWORK (page 23)

1. PROFESSOR 3. MINISTRY OF MAGIC 6. THE BURROW
UMBRIDGE’S OFFICE
4. DIAGON ALLEY 7. TWELVE GRIMMAULD
2. GRYFFINDOR PLACE
COMMON ROOM 5. BORGIN AND BURKES
8. FOUR PRIVET DRIVE
WHO SAID IT? (page 27)

1. Ron Weasley 5. Mrs Weasley 9. George Weasley
2. Hermione Granger 6. Professor Lockhart 10. Cedric Diggory
3. Draco Malfoy 7. Wilkie Twycross
4. Luna Lovegood 8. Hagrid
CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE
At the end of your event, give out or email a certificate of attendance to everyone who
took part. Use one of the certificates below as a template to cut out and copy. If you’d
prefer to email digital certificates to your guests, why not draw a picture and scan it in,
or design a certificate on your computer?
Congratulations!
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Harry Potter Boo k N ight
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FUNDRAISING: SUPPORT
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“There are over five million children around
institutions or so- called ‘orphanages ’. Most
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Thinking of making your Harry Potter Book Night event
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It’s easy to do – here’s how:
MAKE CREATE SHARE

a Lumos JustGiving page, page, and sell themed cakes, or your fundraising
share the link with friends even guess the number activities on social media
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WHAT’S INSIDE THE PACK

Harry Potter Book Night at a Glance ............

HARRY POTTER BOOK NIGHT

Date: Thursday 3rd February 2022

RSVP By owl, email or in person, to:

DRESS CODE: WIZARDING ROBES OR HARRY POTTER FANCY DRESS

RSVP By owl, email or in person, to:

DRESS CODE: WIZARDING ROBES OR HARRY POTTER FANCY DRESS

DECORATING YOUR SPACE

Platform Nine and Three-Quarters

Magical Flying Creatures

The Floo Network

The Vanishing Cabinets

The Beauxbatons carriage and the Durmstrang ship

‘… they saw a gigantic, powder-

‘Slowly, magnificently, the ship

The Knight Bus

Include nearby a basket filled with props such as:

Remember to tag your photos with #HarryPotterBookNight

FOOD AND DRINK

• Liquorice Wands – liquorice sticks in different flavours SWEET TREAT

If you are under

Set out bright round bowls of colourful dip to

Thestral hooves, Hippogriff talons and dragon wings

Flying Ford Anglia pizzas

The Knight Bus gingerbread centrepiece SWEET TREAT

Bake each piece of gingerbread and watch the magical

When you’ve baked all of your gingerbread

Here are some ideas:

ALL ABOARD THE HOGWARTS EXPRESS!

It’s nearly eleven o’clock and the Hogwarts Express is set to

• Balls of cotton wool for plumes of steam

WHIZZING THROUGH GRINGOTTS

• Balance a ball on their head for five seconds in a row

There are so many different ways

NAVIGATING HOGWARTS CASTLE

It’s been 25 years since Harry, Ron and

Select someone from your guests

You might prefer to play this game

MAGICAL JOURNEY CHARADES

Here are some fun ideas to act out:

Here are some more difficult ones:

• Being stuck inside a Vanishing Cabinet

Your guests might like to act on their own or in a pair.

THE DEEPEST DEPTHS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

Challenge your guests to

Each guest takes a turn to pin

Can you match the clue to the magical mode of travel?

2. The workers ’ entrance to the Ministry of Magic Portke y

6. The visitors’ entrance to the Ministry of Magic Thestra ls

7. A Muggle inventio n that’s been enchant ed by Mr Weasley Floo Networ k

DELIBERATION, DIVINATION AND DESPERATION

In Harry’s sixth year, Ministry Apparition Instructor Wilkie Twycross introduces

YOUR OWN MARAUDER’S MAP

The Marauder’s Map is Harry’s key to the

YOUR OWN PORTKEY

Harry and his friends

A SCRAMBLED FLOO NETWORK

1. PSSREROFO DBURIMSEG FCOIFE

• What did you do yesterday, at home or school or work?

You might like to remind guests to consider how