Hogwarts Uniform - Black Cloak and Robes
Harry buys his first-year uniform from Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. As a first-year, Harry has to have three sets of plain black work robes and a black winter cloak with silver fastenings. He also needs a black pointed hat and protective gloves.
For Christmas, Harry receives a special gift when Professor Dumbledore passes on Harry's father's Invisibility Cloak.
Here's an excuse to put your creative craft skills to use. Make a cool Harry Potter cloak...
(Photograph credit: Loretta Humble)
Make a Harry Potter cloak
Use a piece of black sheeting and an equal sized sheet of the house-colour you wish to make the cloak for - red for Gryffindor; gold/yellow for Hufflepuff; blue for Ravenclaw; green for Slytherin.Sew three sides together inside out.
To make it quicker and easier to sew the final side, turn the right way out and sew the final side and glue or sew a black or matching coloured ribbon folded over the raw edge to hide it. This is the bottom edge.
Optional hood:
Sew two smaller squares of black and coloured fabric together.
Fold in half with the colour outside, and sew across the top.
Glue matching ribbon over the seam to hide it as this will show when the hood is down.
Glue or sew black ribbon around the outer raw edge of the hood to neaten it.
Attach the hood to the cloak and arrange so that the cloak has some slack at the shoulders.
Finishing off:
Sew four or five buttons down the front of the chest area and sew a corresponding loop of ribbon on the other side.
Glue or sew the appropriate house badge on the left side of the chest.
See the instructions here for all the Harry Potter accessories.
The image seen here is the fibre-optic cloak from Costume Craze.
Get your own Harry Potter stuff
- Gryffindor Cloak from Costume Craze
- Hooded satin-lined velvet cloak in Gryffindor colours with embroidered emblem. Official licenced merchandise.
- Slytherin Cloak from Costume Craze
- Hooded cloak in black and green Slytherin colours with embroidered emblem. Official licenced merchandise.
- Hogwarts cloak from Costume Craze
- Hooded cloak with battery-operated fibre-optic effects. Official licenced merchandise.
- Gryffindor Quidditch robes from Costume Craze
- Hooded crimson Quidditch robes with Gryffindor emblem. Officially licensed product.
- Harry Potter hats from The Village Hat Shop
- Get your very own Sorting Hat! Or how about Professor McGonagall's or Professor Dumbledore's hat?
The Tales of Beadle the Bard
JK Rowling
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, Collector's Edition (Offered Exclusively by Amazon)
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The Standard Edition features all five fairy tales from the original The Tales of Beedle the Bard , a new introduction by J.K. Rowling, illustrations reproduced from the original handcrafted book, and commentary on each of the tales by Professor Albus Dumbledore.
The Collector's Edition is exclusive to Amazon. The cover design resembles the handcrafted original, bought by Amazon at auction. The book is contained in a special box that looks like a Hogwart's wizarding textbook. The Collector's Edition includes a reproduction of J.K. Rowling's handwritten introduction, as well as 10 additional illustrations not found in the Standard Edition. Your copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard is contained in the book box, inside a velvet bag embroidered with J.K. Rowling's signature. The book is designed with a metal skull, metal corners and clasp, replica gemstones, and emerald ribbon.
Make more Harry Potter accessories
...and other cool stuff...
- Harry Potter accessories
- Instructions for making all the Harry Potter accessories. Or go through the lenses one by one below.
- Part 1: Make a wizard's wand
- Part 1 of this lens on making Harry Potter accessories.
- Part 2: Make a flying broomstick
- Part 2 of this lens on making Harry Potter accessories.
- Part 3: Make Mad-Eye Moody's mad eye
- Part 3 of this lens on making Harry Potter accessories.
- Part 4: Make Hogwarts house badges
- Part 4 of this lens on making Harry Potter accessories.
- Part 5: Make a wizard's cloak
- You're on Part 5.
- Part 6: Make Hogwarts house tunics
- Part 6 of this lens on making Harry Potter accessories.
- Part 7: Make Hogwarts house scarves
- Part 7 of this lens on making Harry Potter accessories.
- Make witches' and wizards' hats
- Instructions for making witches' and wizards' hats to wear or miniature ones to use as candy holders.
- Make a Zathura-inspired boardgame
- Make a Zathura-inspired boardgame of your own - cooler than the movie!
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie trailer
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - Official Trailer 4 [HD]
Enter our prize draw for free Harry Potter collectibles: http://www.broadbandtv.ca/trailers/trailersgiveaway.html Release Date: Jul 17, 2009 Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham-Carter, David Bradley, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Helen McCrory, Hero Fiennes Tiffin Director: David Yates Writer: Steve Kloves Studio: Warner Bros. Plot: J.K. Rowling's sixth novel about the boy wizard appears on screen in this film from David Yates, the director of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson are back as the beloved Hogwarts students, and Oscar winner Jim Broadbent joins the cast as Horace Slughorn.
Runtime: 2:28
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Music-Resource wrote...
Hi Daoine, Wonderful HP Cloak lens. I used to love to design my own varied Halloween costumes. This lens brings back the memories. Thanx :) ~Music Resource~
EelKat wrote...
Great lens. 5*s. I make capes and robes of pana velvet. Glad to see others doing this too! I've got a HP group you can join if you like:
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