You can use anything referred to in the book series, as well as related food items that you think would have been appreciated in a Harry Potter context. Harry Potter party food is really easy to come up with. Just think of a food or drink you and your guests would like and come up with a creative Harry Potter name for it. Some suitable foods include:   Treacle tart. This has a Harry Potter feeling to it, as Hagrid serves it to Harry multiple times.  Roast potatoes. Baked, fried, and mashed are okay too - they have these at the start-of-term feast.  Pumpkin juice. You can use orange juice, or learn how to make pumpkin juice. This is a nice addition to any party. Chocolate frogs. Use chocolate in the shape of frogs. You can buy frog molds at cooking stores and online, or buy ready-made chocolate frogs from candy or sweet shops.  Pudding. Luna Lovegood says that you cannot have a party without pudding. Well, your party wouldn't be a party without pudding, either!  Butterbeer. There are loads of recipes, so look it up! Most people suggest microwaving a tiny bit of butter and some butterscotch syrup for a minute and then adding cream soda. Bertie Botts' every flavor beans. Jelly Belly beans come in almost every flavor and make a good substitute. Here are some additional ideas for things you can make at home fairly easily:  Strawberry acid pop drinks: All you need is strawberries and fizzy strawberry drink. Cut the strawberries up into little bits and tip into a glass, pour a reasonable amount of a fizzy strawberry drink into the glass and dilute. To make this into a dessert, simply add some strawberry ice cream. Spark wands: This is easy; all they are is bread sticks. The bread sticks are the wands, and if you want your"'wands" to shoot "sparks", then get ones with seeds on them. Crumpet faces: If you like crumpets and pizzas, you and your guests will be excited to get to one of these delicious morsels.  Get two crumpets and cover with cheese, olive oil, tomatoes, and olives if you like them. Make into faces or throw on. Heat in your oven for about 10 minutes. Eat and enjoy!
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One-sentence summary -- Choose the party food. Make party food.


Whether inside or outside, you'll need to get your puppy used to the fact that you won't be around all the time. You can practice indoors by leaving your puppy in one room and leaving for a few minutes, then returning. Then begin putting the dog outside for short periods of time, one to five minutes to start. You need to accept that the dog will probably cry and make a fuss while it is outside.  Only leave a dog outside if you have a safe and secured fenced-in area. You must train the dog that nothing good will happen when they cry.  Only let the puppy in when it is quiet and (preferably) lying quietly. If you give in and go out with the dog or allow it to return inside when it is whining, then you are giving positive reinforcement to the unwanted behavior. Leave your puppy with a distraction, like a Kong toy stuffed with wet food, to keep them occupied and to help them associate the yard with positive things. This is a big key to training a dog. Once an allotted amount of time is up (remember to start with small time increments), go outside and praise the dog profusely with attention and petting. Maybe even give the pup a treat. The dog will eventually make a connection that if it is quiet and well behaved outside, it will be rewarded for that behavior. Continue the training by lengthening the time outside until the dog remains quiet outdoors for at least an hour (as long as the weather is nice). Now the dog should be able to better deal with the separation anxiety when left outside or alone. Hopefully the pup will just quiet down and take a nap instead. Make sure the puppy always has fresh water available. There are calming products available to help puppies with being alone. For instance, the dog appeasing pheromone (D.A.P.) has been shown to calm puppies in dog obedience classes. These come in collars, sprays, wipes or diffusers.
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One-sentence summary -- Practice letting the puppy be alone. Give your dog praise for good behavior. Slowly increase the puppy's alone time. Consider use of a calming product.


Some bathtubs are not freestanding fixtures and are housed within a painted housing. If your bathtub is set within a wood or plaster housing, use painters tape to tape off the edges of the tub to prevent the new bathtub reglazing from getting on anything other than the tub itself. If your bathtub is free standing, you can skip this step. Everything that’s staying in your bathtub that isn’t the bathtub itself needs to be covered before you start the refinishing process. Make sure the shower head, any exposed plumbing, bath nozzle and anything else you don’t want refinished is covered in plastic. Once you cover things in plastic, use painters tape to secure the plastic in place. The walls of the shower should be covered if they’re not a part of the tub itself. You can hang masking paper or loose plastic from the wall using painters tape to secure it in place. If the shower walls are a part of the bathtub, you may want to refinish them along with the tub, rather than taping them off. Iron tubs need a bonding agent to help the new finish seal in place. Some bonding agents can be painted on while others need to be sprayed on. Follow the directions on the agent you purchase closely for good results.  You can buy bonding agents for iron tubs at your local hardware store. Be sure the bonding agent is completely dry before applying the new finish. Reglazer, or finish, is like a thick paint that you’ll apply to the tub to serve as its new surface. Some tub glazes come in self contained cans for you to spray on, while others are meant to be mixed and applied using rollers or paint brushes. If yours needs to be mixed, follow the directions on the package closely to ensure the mixture comes out right.  Different finishes require different approaches, so it’s best to follow the instructions on your label. You will need to purchase “reglazer” or a bathtub “finish” that’s made specifically for bathtubs. You can usually find it at your local hardware store.
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One-sentence summary -- Tape off the edges of the tub with masking tape. Wrap the spout, handles and anything else that’s not the tub in plastic. Use paper or plastic to cover the walls of the shower. Apply a bonding agent to the surface of the tub if it’s made of iron. Mix some reglazer per its instructions.


Take your pattern paper and spread it out on a flat work surface. Then, fold your leggings in half lengthwise and lay them out on the paper. Align the outer edge of the leggings with the edge of the paper. You will not need to trace along this edge. Use the marker to trace about along the edges of the leggings that are not aligned with the edge of your paper. Trace along the waist, inseam, and bottom of the legs. Be careful not to touch the leggings with the marker or you may stain them.  Trace about 1 inch (2.5 cm) from the bottom of the leg to allow room for the hem, 2 inches (5.1 cm) from the top of the waistband to allow room for the elastic band, and 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) from the inseam of the leg. If you want to make a slightly larger pair of leggings than the pair that you have, then trace about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) from the edges of the leggings. Write on the paper to indicate where the inseam of the leggings will be. You may even want to draw arrows on the pattern to indicate which part of the pattern will need to line up with the fold. Then, use a sharp pair of scissors to cut along the marked areas of the pattern. This will complete your leggings pattern.
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Spread out your paper and lay the folded leggings on top of it. Trace the edges of the waist, inseam, and bottom of the leg. Mark and cut out the pattern.