US 6 (4 mm) or US 8 (5 mm) 12-16" (30.5 cm - 40.6 cm) circular needle, size dependent on gauge ...

Take one piece of wire and cut it to around 12 inches (30.48 cm) long with the wire cutters. Find the center point and bend slightly to mark its place. Curve the wire by running it between your ...

Have the supplies set up at a craft table. Participants paint the styrofoam balls gold. Add two feathers as wings – voila! Your own Golden Snitch to take home! You're Angry, I'm Angry The ...

You'll need a large black robe. It buttons across to the right side, so what you wear underneath doesn't matter. Use this tutorial in about.com's DIY Fashion section to make the robe, only.

Shortly following the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in the summer of 2005, theories began rising, as theories tend to do, regarding the outcome of the seventh, and final, book ...

"Time is Galleons, little brother." 1 Fred Weasley said to Ron, explaining why he and George Apparated to the room below them. Percy used to do that to show off, soon after he obtained his license ...

Some would say that Harry Potter is a Bildungsroman story, about the growth of the protagonist (Harry) from childhood to adulthood. Others argue that it is a fantasy story containing a quest ...

Maroon and Gold are the colors of Gryffindor house, and you'll need to show them off on the tie, scarf and robe. Start out with a gold tie. Use red fabric paint to add the lines on the tie.

Open the image you want and copy it into Microsoft Word. Adjust the size. Using the picture toolbar, click on the "Color" command and select "Black and White". Increase or decrease brightness ...

Make up your own spell. Refer to any good Latin dictionary and give the students a list of Latin nouns and verbs, which they can combine into their own spells. Let them practice on each other ...

Oh yes, I can hear the groans from a thousand Potterfans: "Nooo! Not another Snape essay! Enough already!" (This is leaving out those whose immediate thoughts were "Oh, is this a wizarding rock ...

There are many forms of authority. Those exercised in the books include legal, parental, and moral authority. The use of authority relies first on the acknowledgement by both parties to the ...