Last updated May 7th, 2025 at 12:53 pm
Looking for magical Harry Potter baby shower ideas? From DIY decorations to themed snacks and fun photo ops, I’m sharing all the charming touches we used to create a Harry Potter themed baby shower to celebrate our new tiny muggle!
We were lucky enough to have not just one baby shower, but two! Our first was in my husband’s hometown. It was a great morning filled with lots of laughs, yummy treats, and lots of gifts for our little one! Our Oklahoma shower was great for our friends and family that live quite far from us in Houston. A few weeks later, this amazing Harry Potter baby shower and we are thrilled to share all the details of it with you!
Harry Potter Baby Shower
Platform 9 3/4
When you first arrive, you had to pass through Platform 9 3/4 on the front door—a must for any Harry Potter themed baby shower. This of course is the only way to get to Hogwarts! A brick banner is easy to paint or cheap to pickup online. Throw the platform label on, and you’re official! A brick wall backdrop with the platform label creates the perfect photo op.
The Cupboard Under the Stairs + Flying Letters
Our shower hosts actually had a cupboard under the stairs! My friend hand addressed a bunch of leftover envelopes and created flying Hogwarts letters with fishing line and aged paper. The flying letters were an amazing little detail! It was such a magical moment—perfect for themed baby shower decorations.
For the invitations we used this set of Aged Paper Stationery. The leftovers were used for this fun display!
Harry Potter Baby Shower Banner
You can order a Hogwarts wax seal, but most people won’t notice that tiny detail! My friend just cut out paper and hot glued it as a faux “wax seal”!
Another cute, simple detail was this banner hung in the entry way. You could easily make your own with glitter paper and your Cricut machine! I’m 8 months pregnant and tired so I order this Welcome baby muggle banner from Amazon! I loved the little lightning bolts on it. I can hang it up in our house once baby arrives. The trimester photo frame was a gift from our neighbors and the prefect double duty party decoration!
Harry Potter Gift Table with Sorting Hat Sign
Once the party guests arrive, you need somewhere for them to drop gifts. For our gift tables, we used a simple bifold frame with a Sorting Hat sign that read: “Place gifts here. We’ll sort them later.” It was a charming and clever Harry Potter decoration idea. I loved every part of our Harry Potter baby shower!
Harry Potter Baby Shower Printables
If you’re planning your own wizarding world celebration, printable decorations can save time and money! Look for Harry Potter baby shower printables like: themed cupcake toppers, table signs (like “Accio Gifts!”), or editable Hogwarts-style invitations. You can find tons of options on Etsy or even design your own with Canva or Cricut. Want to DIY your own? I’ve got a full guide to easy Cricut projects to get you started. No time to DIY? There are some great Harry Potter printables on Etsy!
Baby’s First Harry Potter Book – Guest Book Idea
After guests have dropped there gifts, you want them to sign the guest book. This was one of my favorite parts of the shower: the guest book was the first Harry Potter book. Instead of a traditional guest book, we had guests sign a copy of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone—a sentimental and magical keepsake for our baby. It’s now filled with lovely quotes and messages from family and friends.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Quick and Easy DIY Floating Candles
No Harry Potter Party would be complete without the signature Hogwarts Great hall floating candles! We went back and forth on how we should do these as we wanted to DIY them and there are a bunch of creative ideas online. Our group saved a ton of paper rolls and planned to use LED candles with them and paint. This didn’t work as the candles didn’t fit perfectly and it wouldn’t be simple to attach them.
Ultimately, we wrapped white cardstock around the LED candles and used hot glue to secure. QUICK AND EASY FLOATING CANDLES! We used a pencil to turn them on when it was time, and fishing string and clear tape held these up perfectly
Harry Potter Theme Snacks and Desserts
The food and drinks at the shower all had clever names. We had a lot of fun coming up with some of these! Some of our fun ideas included:
- Golden Snitches (Ferrero Rocher with paper wings glued on top; these make great party favors!)
- Sorting House Cupcakes
- Hagrid’s Keto Cake
- Luna Lovegood’s “love” dip
- Filch’s Fruit Plate
- Hermione’s Hummus
- Hufflepuff Popcorn
- Peter Pettigrew Pretzels
- Professor Sprouts Veggie Garden
- Gryffindor Goldfish
- Polyjuice Potion
- Gillyweed Water
Sorting House Cupcakes
The dessert table was the star of the show at our party! This display shows the adorable sorting house cupcakes that doubled as a fun party “game”. The “sorting hats” cupcake toppers are half an oreo with a chocolate kiss. Underneath you’ll find icing in GREEN, RED, YELLOW, or BLUE! It was fun to have everyone go around and get “sorted into their houses. This is a very simple idea for Harry Potter-themed games.
In our case, Eric and I were sorted into each others houses! He’s 100% a Gryffindor and I’m in Slytherin in case you couldn’t guess 😉 These would also be a really fun way to do a gender reveal. You can tell everyone if you’re having a little witch or wizard!
Harry Potter Baby Shower Cake
Since I was diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes, my friend made a special sugar free keto Harry Potter baby shower cake to ensure I could have some dessert at my own party! She recreated Hagrid’s birthday cake for Harry and I’m not gonna lie: I shed a tear or two. It was so cute!!
Diagon Alley
For the gorgeous Diagon Alley backdrops, I got EXTREMELY LUCKY! I’m a member of my neighborhood “buy nothing” group. I posted looking to borrow a decorative cage with the plan to buy a stuff owl to put inside. I ended up borrowing the most amazing HANDPAINTED, custom backdrop from a very lucky ladies Harry Potter 30th birthday party!
Easy Balloon Arch
One of the last details was the huge balloon arch! My mom and I made this HUGE balloon arch in less than two hours! You 100% need a cheap pump if you want to make one. We had a lot of fun putting it together and it was a beautiful, simple, cheap, shower decoration! It also helped that the temperature was perfect that day, and we could also utilize my friends beautiful patio! We made this huge gold, burgundy, and black DIY balloon arch with a kit from Amazon.
I hope you enjoyed this peek into our Harry Potter baby shower and are feeling inspired by these baby shower ideas! If you have any questions about anything we did, please drop a comment below or on our socials! If you use any of our ideas, please tag us!
Planning your own Harry Potter baby shower? Let me know if you use any of these ideas! Tag me on Instagram (@a_m_b_o) or drop a comment below. I’d love to see how your magical baby shower turns out!
More Harry Potter Themed Baby Shower Ideas
- Have guests dress in house colors or robes for fun photos.
- Use a Marauder’s Map guest book for a clever twist.
- Sort guests into Hogwarts houses with a Sorting Hat game.
- Label food and drink with potion-themed names like “Liquid Luck” and “Draught of Peace.”
Harry Potter Baby Shower – Party Supplies
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