We brought Crayola coloured clay for them and I have to say it was brilliant – the colours where really bright and the clay wasn’t messy at all. So I brought some ‘paint your own dolls’ from crafty crocodiles which when they arrived were small plain white dolls which look like people. Premise. There are a variety of wizard-themed fun patches out there. In their sixes the 'wizards' must work togther using the knowledge in their books to make the antidote. The Brownies were very pleased with the end result even if they were disappointed by the lack of magic – not that they said anything.After we had lunch the Brownies went on a walk with two of our young leaders and another Guider while the rest of the Guiders stayed behind and set up the Philosopher’s Stone wide game. The Mandrake took a lot of thinking about there are sites out there that explain who to make an paper-mache replica of the ones in the second film and other sites which show you how to make a cress head version. After a lot of thinking I managed to piece together a programme for camp based on their chosen theme… Well no one can say that I don’t like a challenge, I was even able to include some badges! The Brownies were very pleased with the end result even if they were disappointed by the lack of magic – not that they said anything.After we had lunch the Brownies went on a walk with two of our young leaders and another Guider while the rest of the Guiders stayed behind and set up the Philosopher’s Stone wide game.
The stones were a couple of packets of sweets that Mama and I wrapped up in red tissue paper and red plastic.
A little expensive maybe (£19.98 for 2kg) but definitely worth it and we do like to do activities on camp that they don’t usually do in the unit.After some fruit – morning break at camp is always fruit – and a drink we moved on to transfiguration class. You can leave the brownies large or cut them into smaller pieces. An activity that the Brownies had been looking forward to all weekend even more then Sunday’s game of Quidditch which went well to spite several Brownies slipping in the mud… which for most of them made the game even better! The family took on the simplified nickname as a surname, thus leading to future generations calling themselves Potter.The Potters were also descended from the Peverell family, through Iolanthe Peverell, and therefore were r… Now this was difficult as in the books they use magic to turn a living creature into a object for example Ron Weasley turned his rat into a cup during one lesson (well he tried too). The human owners of the house must leave a bowl of milk or cream or some other offering for the brownie, usually by the hearth. This delicious Pumpkin Spice Hot Cocoa from Lara Morettiere (Everyday Graces) is a fun beverage to enjoy during a Harry Potter movie marathon. McGonagall’s chess set was replaced by a round of Uno and Snape’s potions came in the form of several cups with different smelly things in them and a letter stuck to it. Before going on camp we had a Pow wow to find out what theme the Brownies wanted they chose… Harry Potter!! ! !We went to camp on Thinking Day weekend so after the sorting ceremony where the talking hat – a recording on my iPad that my brother kindly put together for me – we kicked off with Muggle Studies class. Once again she didn’t disappoint! First, click on the image you want to download, and an enlarged version will appear on your screen. Leaving us with as easy to make Mandrake with looked like the one on the film and didn’t take ages to create.Other highlights of our Harry Potter camp included a fast and furious game of muggle’s quidditch with was played with out brooms but just as much fun! Take off of the heat when melted.In a bowl carefully mix the eggs, flour, sugar, salt and walnuts until just combined. Professor Sprout’s Devils Snare was brought to life by our parachute and a creative but confessed young leader who played parachute games with them. If you wish to you can then add the ‘magic’ by decorating the wand with glitter glue.Before bed the Brownies drew a Patrous for Defence against the Dark arts and painted their Mandrake for Herbology. That means using the best ingredients and ensuring the taste is outstanding.And the kids LOVE decorating their very own Book of Monsters. We left them to dry over night and the next day after breakfast when they were all dry we drew the wrinkles and the faces on the dolls using fabric pens.