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The crest and platform number were printed on photo paper and affixed with glue. Scrap wood and gold paint used for frame. |
Platform 9 3/4 makes a great entrance. There are several ways to do accomplish this. An easy way to do this is to wrap your door or hang this plastic brick backdrop from your door frame. If you slit the plastic so people can run through the wall per Mrs. Weasley's instructions, "Do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous," tape the top of the slit so it doesn't rip.
My husband decided to go bigger. Disclaimer -- he actually does have a background in set design, so this was his contribution to the party. He built a wood frame that would fit between our front pillars and wrapped it with muslin. You could also get an old white or tan curtain panel and use a tension rod to hang it in the front door frame -- to avoid building the wooden frame.
After priming, he used flat red primer for the brick color using a template that he made from Trader Joe's bags.
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Flat red primer |
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Muslin wrapped frame, primed and showing brick template |
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Stencils from Walmart were nearly perfect for the font. He used a piece of scrap metal for the sign itself, and spray painted it dark red with letters in gold. |
