Our Visit to Hogwarts...

You heard me right... Hogwarts!  Last Friday our family attended the annual Cub Scout Blue & Gold banquet but this year it was a destination celebration!  Our AMAZING cub master transformed the gym in our ward building into the great hall at Hogwarts.  It also included Olivander's Wand Shop and the Three Broomsticks.

First you had to enter through the platform at 9 3/4 ...

Upon entering the gym, you were met with the house tables in the great hall and a special surprise at the front of the room.

The sorting hat!  Our cub master called all of the scouts up to the front to be sorted into their houses before dinner.  This hat really talks and really sorted 14 boys.  Afterwards they received an appropriately colored tie and sat with their friends at the proper house table. complete with floating candles above.

The room was decorated in every corner.  There was a potions classroom where the scouts made 2 potions with the cub master and in the back were the two shops from Diagon Ally.

The cub master made wands for each of the boys to take home - and in true Hogwarts fashion - "The Wand Chooses the Wizard".  She pulled a wand "core" from a cauldron for each boy.  

Dinner was wonderful.  We had lasagna and salad and bread sticks.  If you happened to pass by the Three Broom Sticks - you would also find pumpkin owl cupcakes and real butter beer.  It was so tasty!

On the tables were authentic looking boxes filled with Bertie Botts Every-Flavor Beans and smaller boxes with chocolate frogs and wizarding cards inside.  Brycen was very fond of the chocolate frogs.  (But not so happy having his picture taken!)

This was an amazing night!  So much detail and hard work went into this night.  I absolutely LOVED it!