Wizard Party Ideas

Invitations (Conjure up some fun) Print the invitation on cream parchment paper and roll up like a scroll, tied with a ribbon. Write: All wizards and witches are invited to attend an enchanting party for…. Festivities will take place on ….. You may want to write the invitation in disappearing ink. But, provide the trick to make the ink appear or no one may come. Or you may want to print up this wizard invitation.

Decorations (Create an air of mystery for your wizard party)
Use deep blue or purple with silver. Cut stars from aluminum foil and dangle them from the ceiling (glue two stars together with a piece of string in the middle). Hang blue or purple crepe paper streamers in the doorways to create an effect similar to a bead curtain.

For a centerpiece use a plastic cauldron (from Halloween) filled with herbs. You can use real herbs or even small flowered weeds. Or make a crystal ball by covering a large Styrofoam ball with glitter.

Cakes (There's charm in these pastries)
Frost cupcakes and sprinkle with PopRocks.

Decorate cupcakes with pointed ice cream cones decorated to look like pointy wizard hats.

Crystal Ball Cupcake Cake A cake made of cupcakes and decorated to look like a crystal ball. Is there cake in your future?

Cauldron Cupcake Cake A cake made of cupcakes and looks like a cauldron. Do you have something special brewing for the party?

Costumes/Dress up (Attire that sparkles)
Wizard hats or capes or wands made from chopsticks

Games and Activities (Can charisma win the game?)
Look Into My Crystal Ball (ages 3-10)
Provide each guest with a copy of this crystal ball. Have them color a picture of what they see in their own future.

Magic Tricks (ages 3-16)
Perform simple magic tricks for younger guests. Teach older guests to perform simple magic tricks. 

Potion Creation (ages 3-16)
Practice the art of wizardry. It is a wizard party, after all. Provide ingredients for the guests to make their own potions. Try adding 100 year old dust (baking soda) to water from a bitter well (colored vinegar). You may also provide eyeballs (peeled grapes), pig intestines (cooked spaghetti), bitterroot (small twigs), ant poop (poppy seeds), unicorn droppings (malt balls), dragon snot (green jelly), bat droppings (chocolate covered raisins), or chopped liver (chopped, canned mushrooms).  Broom Stick Races (ages 4-16)
Have the guests take turns running races with a broomstick held between their knees or legs. You may also try this as a trick to an obstacle course.

Potion Treasure Hunt (ages 4-16)
Hold a treasure hunt to find the ingredients for a magic potion. Collect gross things from the yard and home (grass, rotten eggs, etc.). Then mix it up and make a switch with a prepared snack mix with cereal, raisins and small candies or a potion of homemade rootbeer with dry ice.

Bean Conjecture (ages 5-16)
Fill a jar with jelly beans, counting the beans as you put them in the jar. Allow the guests to make a guess about how many beans are in the jar. The guest with the number closest to the actual number wins the jar.

Wizard Wordsearch (ages 8-16)
Race to see who can find all the magical words first. Click for this PDF file here.

Invent a Spell (ages 10-16)
Have a contest to see who can come up with the best magic spell and have a spell for everyone (funniest, tastiest, yuckiest, etc.)

Crafts (Try this for a spell at your wizard party)
Sorcerer’s Stone (ages 3-14)
Provide each guest with a smooth, clean stone and paint to decorate it as their own sorcerer’s stone.

Magic Charm Necklaces (ages 3-16)
Provide cereal and string for younger guests to make their necklaces. For older guests provide beads and cord for the necklaces.

Decorate Wands (ages 3-16)
Turn all your guests into sorcerers, wizards and witches for your wizard party. Wrap modeling clay around one end of a chopsticks to make a handle for the wand. You can do this step ahead of time and allow the handles to dry—be prepared to glue the wands into the handles if they fall out after drying. Decorate with glitter glue and wrap sparkle pipe cleaners around the wands. Now each of your guests can host their own magic party.

Refreshments (Enchanting morsels)
Make different colored potions (drinks) by combining different sherbets with a lemon-lime soda.

Make ham and cheese sandwiches and use cookie cutters to cut them out in shapes of stars and moons.

Chocolate covered gummi frogs

Dip one end of a log pretzel in melted chocolate and candies to make an edible wand.

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