Supply/Shopping List

When planning this DIY Harry Potter themed Christmas tree advent calendar, I found my inspiration mostly from Pinterest, Google and Etsy. It soon became obvious that I'd have to make most of the ornaments myself, either wholly or at least partly. Buying all the craft supplies needed in a Norwegian craft store would be ridikkulously expensive, but thankfully, there is eBay! You can get all kinds of stuff off eBay, for almost no money. The only thing is, most of the stuff comes from China and shipping can take up to a month, so planning well in advance is advisable.

There were only a few things I got from somewhere other than eBay, the actual Christmas tree was one of them. Normally, I don't even want to touch a Christmas tree that isn't an actual Norway spruce, but for the first few years of her adult life, I thought an artificial one would be most practical for my girl. I actually got her tree as a free welcome gift from a book club, all I have to do is cancel every "book-of-the-month" for a year. The tree is 120cm tall and have a 100 small lights attached.

She will have the tree as her December 1st advent calendar gift, and every day thereafter a few more or less home made Harry Potter themed ornaments until Christmas eve. This blog is a tutorial/guide on how to make all these ornaments, and if you wish, your very own Harry Potter Christmas tree!

I don't want to spoil the ornaments I've made just yet, but
here's a list of general craft supplies that I bought:

Christmas tree

Cauldron pot for Christmas treem 30 cm/12"

Clear, fillable Christmas baubles 7cm
Golden plastic Christmas baubles 30-40mm
Corked glass vials, 5-20ml, different shapes

Jewelry metal wire 1mm/18 gauge thick – gold and silver, several metres each

Round spacer beads 6-8mm

·       Silver

·       Gold

·       Bronze

Small glass spacer beads 2mm

·      Gryffindor red

·      Ravenclaw blue

·      Hufflepuff yellow

·      Slytherin green

·      Silver

·      Gold

Bicone crystal spacer beads 10mm

·       Clear

·       Green

·       Blue

·       Red

Tibetan silver daisy spacer beads 6mm

Various ribbons 4-6 mm

·      Gryffindor red

·      Ravenclaw blue

·      Hufflepuff yellow

·      Slytherin green

·      Silver

·      Gold

Gryffindor yellow yarn 1 ball

Gryffindor dark red/burgundy yarn 2 balls

Knitting Nancy
Various coloured A4 carton
Parchment paper A4

A4 Transparents for Inkjet printers

Satin Photo Paper A4

Aluminium tape 50mm

Angelina Heat Bondable Film, various colours
Spray glue

Contact cement

Mod Podge clear

Mod Podge extreme glitter

Foam brushes for Mod Podge
Fimo Clay brown
Glow-in-the-dark acrylic paint Sky blue

Tiny eyelet screws 12mm

Gold and silver metal tape 5-7mm

Glitter glue, various colours 7mm

Mini Glue Gun 7mm

Piassava twigs

Green glitter dust

Additional supplies/purchases unique to each ornament is mentioned in their blog post.
From google I have downloaded various printable templates, credit will be given when the originator is known.

At home I already had:

·       Some pieces of wood
·       Some concrete
·       Glue Stick

·       S(p)ellotape

·       Drill

·       Colour inkjet printer

·       Scissors

·       Diagonal side-cut pliers 

·       Rounded, straight lock ring pliers

·       Various pliers

I am fortunate enough to have an extremely handy husband, who has his own fully stocked workshop for metal, wood and car-repair work, and on a couple of occasions that really came in handy. I'm aware that very few have the same opportunity, but it's definitely possible to make all these ornaments without a workshop.

Please come back tomorrow for a post on light boxes and blog photography!

Have a very Harry Christmas!