DIY Harry Potter Spell Books

I love decorating for Halloween!

After making my own set of Harry Potter inspired Halloween potions, I thought I should probably have some spell books to go along with them.  I mean, how can you create anything worthwhile without instructions, am I right? 😁

Here is how easy it is to create your own:

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Cardboard Book Boxes

I started my project by purchasing blank cardboard books, ready to customize.

 I want to say these were $1.99, $2.49 and $2.99 (depending upon size) and I found them at Hobby Lobby.  I like them because they are lightweight and easy to store, plus you can tuck some of your breakables away inside if you want 😎

 Apple Barrel & Folk Art Paints

I chose to paint my books using a collection of acrylic paint colors that would blend nicely, were fall inspired and went with my overall household decor.

Here are the shades I chose:

Antique White (for the pages)

Metallic Pure Gold

Metallic Rose Gold

Metallic Antique Copper

Territorial Beige

Melted Chocolate

Jet Black

  Pages

I first used the antique white to paint out the 'pages' of the books.  Instead of aiming for a complete, solid coat, allow the brush strokes to show.  If you do it right, it helps give the illusion of sheets of stacked paper.

Prettily Painted

With my pages dry, I painted my covers in two sets; a stack of flat and a stack of metallic.  I like to think of how I'm going to display my items when choosing what colors to put where, and had already decided to have them scattered piles.

Using Microsoft Word I created and printed the labels you see above.  I separated them into two groups, putting the general potion books on the metallic painted books and the spookier titles on the darker colored books.

(Here is a post from Just A Girl And Here Blog where you can learn to make your own labels)

In case you can't read the labels well, here are my titles:

Confronting the Faceless

The Dark Forces:  A Guide to Self Protection

Death Omens - What to do When the Worst is Coming

Potions & Brews

Magical Drafts & Potions

Advanced Potion Making

*All of these titles are from the Harry Potter book series*

Using Mod Podge, I painted the books, stuck the cut out labels in place and then painted over them again.  Once dry they made an adorable spooky addition to my Halloween decor!

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I hope you enjoyed this holiday how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2020

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