Sorting Out the Sorting Hat
The legendary Sorting Hat is a highly significant Hogwarts object. We wanted to have it be part of the Halloween house. So, we purchased a…
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Making an Entrance (Part 2)—Winged Boars
The entrance gates to Hogwarts are topped by winged boars. We wanted to also have the entrance gates to our Hogwarts to have those, but…
Making an Entrance (Part 1)
The entrance gates to the grounds of Hogwarts are ‘flanked by winged boars’ and serve as a barrier (sometimes magically reinforced by the professors and the…
Half a Trunk
In similar fashion to the Making Half an Owl Cage post, we wanted the cart going through Platform 9¾ to also have a Hogwarts trunk on…
Making Half an Owl Cage
When Harry pushed through the barrier at Platform 9¾ he entered a new, magical world. While we are trying to simulate that magical world for…