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Holidays 2023

The 9 Best Harry Potter Stocking Stuffers & Stockings to Hold Them

As we approach the winter holidays, you might feel more nervous than Neville before his Potions OWL exam. After all, choosing the right gifts for everyone in your life is…

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November 14, 2023
Holidays 2023, Magical Equipment

Gryffindor Gift Guide for Christmas 2023: 10 Gifts Your Lion Will Love

It's hard to believe the holiday season is upon us again – and that means it's time to start planning ahead like Hermione when it comes to getting organized for…

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October 12, 2023
Holidays 2023, Magical Equipment

Hufflepuff Gift Guide for Christmas 2023: 10 Gifts for the Best Badger You Know

It’s hard to believe the holiday season is upon us again – it's snuck up almost unexpectedly, like the first task in the Triwizard Tournament did for Cedric Diggory! While…

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October 19, 2023
Holidays 2023

The 13 Best Harry Potter Ornaments for Your Christmas Tree This Year

It's the most wonderful time of the year! If you, like me, celebrate and love Christmas, you know that this season has its own special magic that goes beyond what…

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November 7, 2023
Holidays 2023, Magical Equipment

Slytherin Gift Guide for Christmas 2023: 10 Gifts for Your Special Snake

A lot can be said about those of us in Slytherin House – and I'll be the first to admit that it's not always flattering. That said, there are some…

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November 2, 2023
Holidays 2023, Magical Equipment

Ravenclaw Gift Guide for Christmas 2023: 10 Brilliant Gift Ideas

From their star-ceilinged common room to achieving top marks, Ravenclaws tend to aim high in all they do. This is a great quality – but it can also make them…

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October 26, 2023
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    The 18 Best Harry Potter Pet Gifts for Your Own Crookshanks or Fluffy

    June 27, 2023 /

    Our pets hold a special place to us: they provide companionship and love, and once they've come into our families, we can hardly imagine life without them. Even when they are messy or tear up the furniture or toys or leave hair everywhere, we always love 'em! This is true in the Wizarding world too. In the Harry Potter series, we read stories time and again about...

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    Harry Potter Pumpkin Pasties Recipe: How to Make a Magical Treat

    June 20, 2023 /

    Among the many foods I wish were more common in America, pasties are high on the list. When I was growing up, my Croatian grandma and her sisters would often make pasties when we visited; these big pastries were filled with meat and potatoes, and I loved drowning mine in ketchup when I was small...

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    July 25, 2023
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    A Sweet, Easy English Trifle Recipe Inspired by Harry Potter

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    The 20 Best Harry Potter Airbnbs Around the World

    June 13, 2023 /

    When most people travel, they book a flight (or other transport) and choose a hotel or vacation rental from all the reviews and listings on the internet. Not us magical folks though – when we’re planning a trip, we want it to be magical from start to finish! That’s why these Harry Potter Airbnbs are perfect for witches and wizards who also love to explore the world. After scouring Airbnb listings from across my global Marauders Map...

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    April 4, 2023
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    The 7 Best Things to Do at the Wizarding World in Hollywood

    April 15, 2020
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    The 10 Best Things to Do at the Wizarding World in Orlando

    April 5, 2020
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    Draco Malfoy Costume: How to Make Your Own at Home

    June 6, 2023 /

    Have you ever dreamed of prowling the hallways of Hogwarts as the formidable and silver-haired Slytherin himself, Draco Malfoy? Well, it's time to put down your quills and parchments, set aside that potion you've been brewing, and heed the call of the fashion-forward side of Wizarding World. After all, as Draco would say, "You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort..."

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    How to Make Magical Harry Potter Floating Candles

    October 13, 2021
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    Voldemort Costume: How to Make Your Own at Home

    October 3, 2023
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    6 Harry Potter Coloring Books for Creative Muggles

    February 11, 2022
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    How to Design Your Harry Potter Office: Decor, Desk Accessories & More

    May 30, 2023 /

    Like the muggle world, the Wizarding world runs smoothly thanks to the hard work of thousands of witches and wizards in offices across the country. We don't see it much beyond scenes in the Ministry of Magic, but there are a lot of jobs that require magical folk to toil away for hours in the office – just like we do...

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    August 8, 2023
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    43 Ideas to Magically Decorate a Harry Potter Bedroom

    March 3, 2021
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    30 Magical, Must-Have Items to Decorate a Harry Potter Bathroom

    August 11, 2021
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    The 10 Best Harry Potter Travel Accessories: Trunks, Bags & More

    May 23, 2023 /

    Planes, trains, and automobiles – it doesn't matter how you travel, there's something enchanting about exploring a new place. I love travel – it's my favorite hobby and even a main part of my Muggle career. But I don't love how travel can be exhausting and uncomfortable, so I'm always looking for great travel gear to make my life easier...

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    The Best Horcrux Gifts for a Complete, Creepy Collection

    April 15, 2022
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    March 15, 2022
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    October 17, 2023
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    Harry Potter Felix Felicis Recipe: How to Make Liquid Luck

    May 16, 2023 /

    If you could have one potion from the magical world right now, what would it be? You probably know immediately – it's gotta be Felix Felicis, also known as "liquid luck." I mean, who wouldn't want a potion that makes "all your endeavors tend to succeed... at least until the effects wear off..."

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    Super Simple Harry Potter Butterbeer Recipe (Updated for 2023)

    April 11, 2023
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    How to Make the Draught of Peace

    September 26, 2023
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    The Complete Guide to Harry Potter Film Locations (Around the Muggle World!)

    May 9, 2023 /

    As Harry Potter learned while attending the Quidditch World Cup, the Wizarding World is a much bigger place than he imagined: wizards live in secret all over the world, in places as far-flung as the Americas and Africa. When it comes to the Harry Potter films, you might be surprised to learn that some of the places where each movie was shot are equally diverse...

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    Professor Trelawney Costume: How to Make Your Own at Home

    May 2, 2023 /

    In the whole wide (Wizarding) world, there are a lot of great characters out there. But there is perhaps none so important to the trajectory of Harry Potter's life than Sybil Trelawney, the prospective Divination professor who proclaimed a prophecy that set He Who Must Not Be Named on a collision course with our favorite boy wizard...

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    How to Plan a Bewitching Harry Potter Bachelorette Party

    April 18, 2023 /

    Whether you’re the maid of honor, a bridesmaid, or the bride herself, you don’t need Veritaserum to know one truth about the bachelorette party you’re planning: it has to be Harry Potter themed! Everything about weddings can be magical...

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