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Getting into character at Harry Potter Studios

8 July 2014 by Eileen

Since the first time I watched Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 2001, I’ve been hook into this magical world or wizardry and witchcraft. I am not a bookworm and had not read any of J.K. Rowlings’ books but I did watch all the eight movies. On the other hand, Mr C had read the books and knew the story in much better detail than me.

harry potter studio Warner Bros Studio Tour in London

Mr C and I have been wanting to go to The Making of Harry Potter at the Warner Bros Studio Tour in London since it opened in 2012. We had heard from friends who been there that this tour is ideal for older children who were familiar with the films, so we waited for the right time to bring both of our children along. Anyway, we were so lucky that my friend bought us a family ticket! I would suggest that this is suitable for children aged 5 onwards, particularly if they enjoy the films. Both of my children had watched the first four Harry Potter movies. So they both have some good knowledge of the scenes, props and characters etc. We haven’t allowed them to watch the rest of the movies as it get darker and scarier.

It would be a wasted opportunity if we were not doing crazy things at the Harry Potter studios! So I decided to get ourselves into characters! A few days before, I had a quick brainstorm with friends and I decided to get or make one item from the seven titles of the books.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Can you spot Mr K holding the Philosopher’s Stone in the mirror? I had tried my best to get a good shot but as you can see the place is very crowded!

harry potter studio Philosopher's stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Ms C pretending to be Ginny holding Tom Marvolo Riddle’s diary that I made with felt and using a Baker Ross Deco pen to decorate the felt.

Harry Potter Studio Chamber of Secret Tom Riddle Diary

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

That’s me pretending to be Sirius and holding my made up mugshot! I didn’t manage to find any Prison related props so this was taken on the last stop of the tour! This is a massive model of Hogwarts and it’s grounds.

harry potter studio azkaban prison

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I tried to find a cup that looked like the Goblet and managed to find a plastic champagne glass to pretend to be the Goblet!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

I didn’t manage to make or buy a Phoenix, so I made a Lego bird instead! So that is Mr K letting the bird sit on his shoulder next to the Pensieve. I had tried to take it next to Dumbledore but it was hard when there were so many people crowded in front of his office.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

In this episode, it is about Harry finding out who is the Half-Blood Prince after finding the potion book. I had managed to print out the cover of the potion book via a google image.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

For this book, I found it hard to find a suitable object and so I had made Xenophilius Lovegood’s necklace using a pipe cleaner and tin foil. The necklace simply bears the symbol of the Deathly Hallows to show that the person believed in them and was used as a symbol to recognise other seekers.

Harry Potter Studio Deathly Hallows

We totally loved this experience and so did the children. They all had a lot of fun pretending to be Harry and Hermione. We of course loved the whole experience! We also experienced flying in the magic car and also took a virtual flight on the broomstick. We bought four of the photos for £24 as a souvenir of the experience.

The whole tour takes about 3 hours. We managed to spend four hours in there as we had a stop for food. The whole tour is a one way system. After you see the first part of the prop department, the next stop is the outdoor food area. Here you can see number four Privet Drive, the Riddle family grave and the triple-decker purple Knight Bus. It is also one of two places in the world where you can buy Butterbeer. We didn’t try it though, but we thought the hot dogs were very tasty. After our pit stop, we continued on the tour in the creature effects department.

Harry Potter studio flying broom
Harry Potter Studio Privet Drive

I would definitely recommend going with fans of the books and films. I made a video clip of the studios. Hope you enjoy watching it: https://youtu.be/9sNHDjZN5Bg

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Comments

  1. The Go To Mum says

    29 July 2014 at 6:57 am

    Thanks for sharing this with the blog carnival and looks like you had a great day.

  2. alice lightning says

    15 July 2014 at 1:34 am

    looks absolutely amazing you all looked as though you really enjoyed the experience

  3. Harriet Kendall says

    14 July 2014 at 11:05 am

    We’ve been here and loved it! We’re lucky that we’re only about 20 minutes away, but would definitely go back more than once!

  4. Red Rose Mummy says

    14 July 2014 at 9:54 am

    Ah, this looks amazing. I want to go even more now! I’m a huge Potter fan and it looks amazing. Thanks for linking up to #WHWH

  5. Marie Evans says

    13 July 2014 at 9:21 pm

    I know the books were i suppose meant mainly for Children,But i loved them i could’nt wait to see the films at the Cinema.This looks a fab place to go for all Harry fans.My grandson would love this so would i lol.Great pictures too.

  6. Julia Nyanyo says

    12 July 2014 at 6:16 pm

    We went, about 18 months ago for my daughters 18th. I have to say that we LOVED it, best day out EVER (for me by quite along way) we are all uber fans of the books and films though, I do remember saying as we went round that I imagine it would be awful for people who aren’t really into the whole HP thing. We went in at about 4pm and stayed till they kicked us out at 9.30! Took so many photos the camera battery died! Expensive but SO worth it. Looks like you had fun too!

  7. Heather@ Bury Family Life says

    11 July 2014 at 6:38 am

    oh wow, it looks fantastic. i’m so jealous. i really need to book a trip there 🙂

  8. Leigh says

    9 July 2014 at 10:48 am

    I’m so pleased you reviewed this trip as I have been undecided whether to go on
    this trip – will definitely go now! x

  9. Fiona Martin says

    8 July 2014 at 11:16 pm

    Looks like you had a wonderful day out, you were very creative in making those props and the capes look cute on the children.

  10. TheBrickCastle says

    8 July 2014 at 1:31 pm

    It looks amazing and your props were perfect! The children in their capes were just brilliant. I definitely want to go there with my lot sometime 🙂

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