Too, with his junior recital over, Mark had some spare time. He was more than happy to help me knit scarves in the house colors! I crocheted the Slytherpuff scarves, and he made the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor scarves. They are so beautiful that I have no doubt they will be worn long after we have returned home.
I spent weeks trying to figure out what would work best for the tournament. I didn't want the games to all be pure trivia, because everybody seems to know everything, and it would be a very two dimensional contest. So, I started thinking of other things. In the end, I come up with some clever ideas.
Harry Potter Jeopardy: standard game with questions submitted by everyone. It was amazing to see everyone rereading all seven books and picking out the hardest, most obscure details! I developed other categories besides the obvious book ones. JK Rowling, Spells, Movie Cast members. I honestly needed some categories that would be difficult for everyone.
Harry Potter Wheel of Fortune: some family members submitted upwards of 50 trivia questions. I couldn't use them all for Jeopardy, so I added them into WOF. Roll the die and answer a question. If you answer the question correctly, you get the points on the die (x10) for each letter that appears in the famous HP quote. I thought this would be a fast, quick game, but we've had some passionate players who are frustrated to not win, and it's proved harder than I thought it would be.
Added into every trivia game are "PFB"s, or Prepare For Battle! Battles of lists between two players. Probably the most stressful for everyone except me, the proctor.
Quidditch: ultimate frisbee, while running around with brooms in between our legs. Not much more to understand.
Humdinger: I have thought of multiple movies with famous soundtracks. One person from each house must hum a song from the soundtrack to get the house mates to guess it.
Potions: everybody was assigned a night to make dinner. Everybody else gives them points based on appearance, healthiness, taste and amount of effort. It's sure turned out nicely for me!
Finally, points can be earned in other ways. Paddle boarding for instance. Our instructor, John, had various games for the house members to play to earn points. Points can also be deducted for poor sportsmanship as the Gryffindor house members are quickly learning...
Ethan was kind enough to take on the assignment to buy notebooks for everyone. They are used for everything. Scoring, taking notes, working out puzzles. He was clever and bought notebooks with blank covers so some of the more artistic Hogwart's students have bedecked theirs with amazing pictures. Others have paid their fellow students to draw their covers. And this after I said that points were not to be used as currency!
No doubt, we're going to remember this trip for all of the scenery and sights, but also for the tournament.
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