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Harry Potter Christmas Tree

December 7, 2015 by Erin Vincent 8 Comments

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This Christmas we wanted to do something really special and maybe start a new tradition. I give you…the Harry Potter Christmas Tree!

We are big fans of Harry Potter. We’ve read all of the books and have watched all of the movies. Our son, Gabriel actually dressed up as Harry Potter for Halloween this year.  We have even made a Hogwarts Gingerbread Castle! So, it wasn’t much of a stretch for us to create a Harry Potter Christmas Tree.

Harry Potter Christmas Tree: This Christmas we wanted to do something really special and maybe start a new tradition. I give you...the Harry Potter Christmas Tree! #HarryPotter #HarryPotterTree #HarryPotterChristmasTree #Christmas #themedtree #holidaytree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure statement for more information. Some of the items I used have since sold out. I have tried to link to similar products where I could.

The hard part was creating…creating a snitch, creating the flying keys, and creating the Hogwarts House Crests. We made a quick trip to a local craft store and picked up some wooden tags. I thought these would work great if I could manage to get the House Crests onto them. I drew a quick sketch and then filled in with some Prisma Color Markers. These markers are the best! Then I outlined it all in black. I was pretty happy with the way they turned out.

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Next, I took a golden ornament like these and hot glued a feather on either side. Ta Da! Instant Golden Snitch!

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

As I worked on making the flying keys from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, my husband and our daughter, Jade, helped unpack the Christmas lights and Nutcrackers.

The children hung our red crackle glass ornaments while I finished our flying keys. We were going for more of the Gryffindor colors for this Harry Potter Tree. I used these Extra Large Keys and white feathers to create them. I made about 15 of them but several didn’t make the kid test… FYI: feathers are kinda delicate.

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

The Golden Snitch and the House Crests turned out really great. We added our red grape string lights to add that little Umph!

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

I ordered a couple of owl ornaments to go on the tree because every wizard needs an owl! We have a Snowy Owl, a Gray Owl, and a Brown Owl made of natural items. I also had a porcelain owl ornament from many, many…many years ago.

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

I found these glittery reindeer ornaments at The Dollar Store and we used them for Harry’s Patronus. Here are some lovely ones that are similar. We cut the antlers off another one which created the doe Patronus of Professor Snape.

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

We even made potion ornaments! We used crushed charcoal for Floo Powder, Dried Tea Leaves for Gillyweed Potion, and Golden Sugar Crystals for Wolfsbane Potion. I used some of my son’s scrap parchment paper to make the tags for a more authentic look.

We had made loads of parchment a few months back by soaking copy paper in tea until it attained that old look and then lightly burning the edges of the paper.

Then we put our items in clear glass ornaments!

Super easy.

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

We finished off the tree with the Gryffindor scarf I made Gabriel for his Halloween costume, the broom that Gabriel and his Uncle made together, a Sorting Hat, and then my husband hung several battery operated tea lights from the ceiling with my sewing thread. I LOVE this tree! My husband Loves this tree! The children LOVE this tree. I think this is a Christmas tree we will all remember.

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Here is a list of some of the items you can use to create your own Harry Potter Christmas Tree!

Harry Potter Sorting Hat

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Gryffindor Scarf

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter’s Nimbus 2000

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Snowy Owl Ornament

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Here are some Snowy Owl Ornaments (not the same but similar)

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Here are some Owl Ornaments (not the same but similar)

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Extra Large Keys

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

White Feathers

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Mini Gold Ornaments (not the same but similar)

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Golden Feathers

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Large Wooden Craft Tags

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Reindeer Ornaments (not the same but similar)

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Flickering Tea Lights

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Clear Fillable Ornaments

Harry Potter Christmas Tree

Harry Potter Christmas Tree: This Christmas we wanted to do something really special and maybe start a new tradition. I give you...the Harry Potter Christmas Tree! #HarryPotter #HarryPotterTree #HarryPotterChristmasTree #Christmas #themedtree #holidaytree

If you don’t want to make your own ornaments, here are some pre-made that you are sure to love!

Have you made a Harry Potter themed Christmas tree?

Check out these other awesome Harry Potter resources!
Harry Potter Christmas Tree

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About Erin Vincent

Erin is a writer, blogger, and homeschooler to two intense kids. She loves nature, farm life, good books, knitting, new pens, and hot coffee. Erin is a contributing writer for Weird Unsocialized Homeschoolers. Her work has also been featured on Simple Homeschool and Book Shark.

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