Sweet & Simple Treats from the Hogwarts Express

With Miss A's birthday party fast approaching and a Harry Potter theme selected, I knew I had to get crackin' on coming up with some magical treats for her friends to enjoy! So I'm going to share with you some of our treats. This week, I'm going to show you the simplest magical treats on the menu—treats the kidders at the party attested are worthy of the Hogwarts Express.

First, we needed Bertie Bott's Every Flavor beans. What could be more HP than that, right?

We started with a couple of bags of Jelly Belly jelly beans, some Ziploc snack sized bags, and some oval-shaped Avery labels.

I created to labels with the Avery online print center at avery.com/print. Here's a closer look at them:

I was super pleased with how easy the online Avery system were to create and use.  Here are the individual bags we used in the party favor bags for the kids:

 

And then we used the extra beans and label to set out at the party:

The kids loved them and were convinced the beans had some pretty wild flavors.

Next up: Jellied Slugs

 

We used some large Avery shipping labels, more of the Ziploc snack bags, and some sour gummy worms:

We set some extras out at the party as well:

You have no idea how many times I had to refill this bowl at the party! Sadly it wasn't until I'd already printed the labels that I realized the labels should have said KNOCK TURN ALLEY. Duh.

My favorite simple treat from the Hogwarts Express? Chocolate of course!

Dementors have been known to attack on the Hogwarts Express, so it never hurts to be prepared!

I started with Ghiradelli chocolate squares (on clearance from Target!) and some circle Avery labels. I printed these labels using the Avery online tool as well, and was very pleased with the final result.

They looked amazing and the kids thought I bought them real Harry Potter candy.

And last, but certainly not least, we needed something to wash the goodies down with, and what could be better than Butter Beer?

 

These worked great because the IBC bottles don't even come with labels that I had to peel off. I used the same shipping labels that I used for the Jellied Slugs.

These were a huge hit!

I love that all of these treats were just simple re-labels - something any busy mom can handle - and that the online Avery label making tool was pretty easy to use and yielded some great looking results!