Invitation - Scroll delivered by owl

The invitation is almost as fun as the party.  Lots of great ideas out there.  We were fans of the parchment paper/wax seal versions but the owl format won us over.

There are some really cool examples that use white balloons for owls, filled with helium, clutching a scroll invitation.   Due to expense and hassle, we decided to forgo the helium and attach the owls directly to the scroll.

Here's sample invitation text to place on parchment paper (the logo background won't show up as white when you actually print it):

Get some brown jute twine and white balloons at the 99 cent store.

Blow up the balloons, grab a Sharpie to create your owl, and attach the scroll invitation to the owl "feet" (the tied part of the balloon) with the twine.

The fun part is the hand delivery!   The recipients LOVE having the invitation specially personalized just for them.

Spell Book party favor

The cover, with Deathly Hallows symbol

Our birthday girl wanted to give a book of "Charms, Spells, and Curses from the Magical World" as the party favor.  We used the leftover parchment paper from the invitations and found this super helpful download for the spell pages.

If you have trouble figuring out how the pages go together (like I did for about half an hour!), here's how it goes...

After you download and save the spell pages from the link above, print them like this:

1. Print page 1, then flip the paper over and print page 6 on the back of it
2. Print page 2, flip, print page 3 on back
3. Print page 4, flip, print page 5 on back
4. Put the pages together so they make sense in alpha order by spell
5. Staple the spine a couple of times (you might have to fold the paper a little to get the staple to the middle)

To change the cover, I converted the PDF to MSWord and added the new cover title and image. We simplified and didn't do a separate hardcover or bookmark.  We used this Harry Potter font generator, too.