Teacher Appreciation Week - Harry Potter Theme!

I got put in charge of our PTA's teacher appreciation week for our middle school. I knew I wanted to make chocolate frogs for the teachers, so I suggested a book week theme with treats from different books. But the president goes "chocolate frogs only one day?! Why not a whole Harry Potter week??" That was all the convincing I needed. The whole family of mine are quite HP fanatics, and with a whole basement of HP memorabilia I figured a week would be a cinch.

Thus HP Teacher Appreciation Week was born. Now because it was HP I went more into it than I think I would have and the teachers ab..so...lute...ly LOVED it. I had soooo many comments about how exited the teachers were to come in to see the new products and get a treat. I even had a few suggest this should be next years theme as well. ....with all the praise I felt like I should have done more than just hang a few banners! They really needed the pick me up.

Decorated the Faculty Room

The invitation that went in every teacher's box the week before.

Basic Store bought banner and a few decrees. Same wall as Honeydukes.

Knight and his dragon. Potion bottles.

Honeydukes. Had the bottom filled with regular sized candy bars. They went quick!

Honeydukes candy shop. Bought the shelving unit off craigslist for $5 and painted it. Filled it with jars I already had, plus ones bought from second hand shops for months. Made cute tags and bags. Filled with 50 pounds of candy! Not including three days worth of full sized candy bars.

Awesome wrapping paper I found at a second hand shop covered the door to the faculty room.

Tuesday everyone got a golden snitch. Made 100!

You have to imagine the chocolate frogs on the plate LOL. All 100 were gone FAST! Putting the green foil on the chocolates took forever, but well worth the final look.

Made 25ish wands from chop sticks as decoration and left out. Not one came home with me. It wasn't the idea to let the teachers each have one, but more because I didn't want to make 100 vs I didn't want them to have a wand. I did give permission to 2 to take a wand and I think the empty holes caused a frenzy. As long as they were excited for my HP week, I was happy to see the wands go!

Handmade scratch cards to see where you'd get sorted! Teachers say they used a few until they got the right house LOL.

Checking out the thank you sign before I took it to the school. No spelling errors please!

So lonely and sad before or after picture!

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