Harry Potter Theme Birthday Party Backdrop : My daughters birthday this year was a Potter Theme Party.  So the party I made a Platform  9 3/4 as a back drop.   The kids loved it.  I kept the kids on one side of the house for the beginning of the party. They were only allowed to pass through the platform only after they shopped for there Hogwarts school supplies, in Diagon Alley  and got there school photo taken.   The Platform was so easy to make,  took about an 1 hour.  I have included the PDF for the Platform_9_3/4 so you can iron it on.  I got the sheet at a thrift store.

Harry Potter Theme Birthday Party Backdrop

• 1 King or queen Sheet  or cotton shower curtain
• 1 sponge mop head  or large sponge
• 6 bottles of brick acrylic paint found at craft store
• a Styrofoam plate for paint
• 1 sheet of printable iron on transfer
• Optional: Grommets to hang the sheet up with
• Scissors

1. Outside on a flat surface lay out sheet Driveway works great
2. Squeeze paint on plate- (you can water the paint down if you want to stretch it more)
3. Dip mop head (I like the shape looks like a Brick) and stagger brick pattern letting the white of the sheet be the mortar
4. Cover entire sheet…You will have to walk on sheet to do this.. it is ok if it get s a dirt it will blend.   Allow the paint to be spotty on the sponge looks more like bricks.
5. Allow to dry
6. Then fold in 1/2 and cut on the fold 3/4 up the sheet for the opening  (do not cut total across)
7. You and sew the edge if you want to avoid the fray but mine did not fray because of the paint and we kept it up for 2 days.
8. Next add the Platform_9_3/4;  Use the the 9 3/4 PDF  place the transfer paper in your printer and print.  The follow iron transfer instruction  and put the 9 3/4 on your Brick wall
9. Placement of the 9 3/4 depends where you want it.  Mine was a little low on the wall but I wanted it in the Kids Pictures so I measured my daughters height and ironed it there, ( but my sheet was really long so I had some dragging on the floor,  so that is why it was about a foot lower than I wanted)  So dbl check before you iron.
10. Now you are ready to hang- You can add grommets to the top of your sheet and hang on nails,  or use a Shower curtain (This method Plan the layout of the center opening accordingly)
11. Add some old suit case (thrift stores or Craig list) and you are ready to add the World of Harry Potter.

The Harry Potter theme Birthday Party this was the  Platform 9 3/4 perfect back drop.   It was great for the kids Hogwartz class pictures.  Which the kids made frames as a craft  to see the see my post here.  Harry Potter Theme Crafts Frames  I also will be writing post for the full party, food, games, and more so check back.This post may contain affiliate links