I freely admit to being a Harry Potter fan. I've read all seven of the books, and have gone so far as to host a Harry Potter Halloween Party, where I dressed up as Mad-Eye Moody, and my sister dressed up as Professor Sprout.
I found these very cool knitting needles that have LEDs built into the tip that made excellent magic wands (mine was a bright crimson, and Sissy's was a cobalt blue). For Professor Sprout's plants, we bought a bunch of those "dancing flowers" that play music and are motion activated, and merely disconnected the speakers. You wave your wand, and the flowers start dancing.
That's also when I built my "flashy" staff, which my oldest grandson promptly stole, and built a bulkier magic wand that had an electromagnet built in.
I also attended the "opening night" for several of the Harry Potter books at Borders, and at a couple of the movies, dressed in costume.
Obviously, I can't attend the Deathly Hallows movie premier dressed as Mad-Eye (grin).
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