Take one piece of wire and cut it to around 12 inches (30.48 cm) long with the wire cutters. Find the center point and bend slightly to mark its place. Curve the wire by running it between your ...

J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has called Leaky “my favorite fan site” and “a wonderfully well-designed mine of accurate information on all things Harry Potter” that ...

Click on the image for a full-sized picture. Print out the above template on the card stock of your choice. Follow the cutting and folding directions on the printed template.

There are many forms of authority. Those exercised in the books include legal, parental, and moral authority. The use of authority relies first on the acknowledgement by both parties to the ...

Maroon and Gold are the colors of Gryffindor house, and you'll need to show them off on the tie, scarf and robe. Start out with a gold tie. Use red fabric paint to add the lines on the tie.

Some would say that Harry Potter is a Bildungsroman story, about the growth of the protagonist (Harry) from childhood to adulthood. Others argue that it is a fantasy story containing a quest ...

US 6 (4 mm) or US 8 (5 mm) 12-16" (30.5 cm - 40.6 cm) circular needle, size dependent on gauge ...

The author recommends using either Utopia, Encore or Nature Spun brand yarns. Although these yarn recommendations are concerning the Sorcerer's Stone/Philosopher's Stone Style Hogwarts Scarves ...

Oh yes, I can hear the groans from a thousand Potterfans: "Nooo! Not another Snape essay! Enough already!" (This is leaving out those whose immediate thoughts were "Oh, is this a wizarding rock ...

We know that one of the truisms in the Harry Potter universe is that J.K. Rowling will keep pounding something into our heads until the light bulb goes off further down the line, sometimes even ...

Finding the Cup just happens to be an added bonus. In the maze Harry encounters many different obstacles, all of which test his knowledge and abilities. Among these is a giant sphinx who asks ...

Nietzsche felt that every work of art, whether it is music or drama or writing, contained two aspects: the Apollonian and the Dionysian. The Apollonian aspect is that of order and laws, which can ...