Wednesday, September 27, 2017

DIY Hogwarts Themed Party - Enchanted Ceiling



The enchanted ceiling is by far what I got complimented on the most at my party, especially the floating candles.


Harry had never even imagined such a strange and splendid place. It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that we floating in midair over four long tables ... Mainly to avoid al the starting eyes, Harry looked upward and saw a velvety clack ceiling dotted with starts. He heard Hermione whisper, "It's bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History." (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 116-117) 

The night's sky on the ceiling was a bit tricky to pull off, and I'm sure we could've done a better job of getting more of the ceiling covered if I had more time to fool around with the projector. We had recently bought a projector from Amazon and what better way to use it than for my party? Using this video from Youtube and zooming in a bit, you have a night's sky. Simply set up the projector up at an angle so it will project on the ceiling.

The candles were actually quite easy, just time consuming.

First, get all the empty toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls from around your house. You might need to save them up for a while. Paint the inside and the outside white.

Then using some LED tea light candles you can purchase online, hot glued them in at the top end of each roll. The bottom end of the rolls needed to remain open so you can access the switch at the bottom of tea light.  Once the light is in place, add hot glue dribbles down the sides to make it look more like a real wax candle.

Hanging the candles is done by poking two holes on each side of the roll, about an inch down. Then using approximately 30 inches of clear fishing line, place each end through the holes, pull it down out the bottom of the roll, tie a knot, and this creates a large loop. After it is knotted, pull the fishing line back up and tie a knot as close to the wick of the candle as possible. This prevents the candle from tilting too much since it is top heavy. Use the remaining fishing line loop to wrap around a push pin and place in the ceiling.


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