When I found out my brother was going to be a father, and in turn, make me Auntie Julianne, you can imagine how excited I was!

(Due to the fact that this post is packed with cuteness, I wanted to split it into two posts. Part One is what I did behind the scenes for the event creatively. Part Two will be pictures of the outcome of my hard work at the Harry Potter Baby Shower itself!)

When I received my ticket to ride the Hogwarts Express to their Harry Potter-themed baby shower…well, needless to say, I felt like Ronald Weasley on Christmas morning!

My sister-in-law’s sister was organizing the shindig, and I wanted to find a way to creatively help out. It was going to be an elegant white- and gold-colored event, but no one said it couldn’t be magical too!

The very first thing I did, was go to Pinterest and create a Harry Potter board with all the DIY/creative things that we could possibly do to help make this event truly spectacular!

I decided I would be in charge of a few decorations, but more importantly, I wanted to have an “Adopt a Magical Creature” table whose inhabitants would act as game prizes for the event. Each creature would come from the Harry Potter world and would include the newest Fantastic Beasts movie.

Pinterest and YouTube were my best friends when it came to finding just the right characters to create.

Pygmy Puff: a miniature Puffskein, bred by Fred and George Weasley to sell in their shop, Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes