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Hogwarts Student Handbook

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Hogwarts Student Handbook
Swap Coordinator:lolita (contact)
Swap categories: Art  Letters & Writing  Journals 
Number of people in swap:6
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.90
Last day to signup/drop:December 31, 2011
Date items must be sent by:February 29, 2012
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

For this swap, you will have 1 partner.

You will fill out a journal with the themes. listed below. You may write, draw, paint, collage, scrapbook, use stickers, craft, and etc your journal pages.

Requirements to join swap:

• Must have a rating of 4.9 or better (Sorry, no Newbies)

• At least 15 (Type 3) mail swaps completed & rated

• No unexplained no-sends

• Your valuable time to complete your magical journal

• No flakers please!--I will not be able to angel.

• Please remember to rate your partner :)

• Your full committment to this swap! Please do not join if you're not serious.

What you'll need for swap:

1) A non-spiral journal with a minimum of 22-26 pages (counting front and back). It should be no smaller than 4" x 6" and no bigger than 6" x 8"

2) Your creativity in all of its forms!

3) Your Harry Potter the series knowledge (but you're welcome to look up things on the internet of course).

4) Money for postage. This is an international swap so you should expect to pay a little extra to send your journal overseas :)

ÏŸ Journal/Student Handbook ÏŸ

You will use the front and back pages in the journal. So, make sure your journal have minimum of 22-26 pages (counting front and back).

P.S. You will not be getting back your journal after you send it to your partner.

❖ The Cover

Make it look like a passport holder-- something like this

Decorate it with the Hogwarts' crest or your house's crest.

❖ Page One

Your Student ID

Fill out the information below and attach a photo of yourself (you're welcome to dress up in your house colors)

Photo:

Name:

Born:

Blood status:

House:

❖ Page Two

Your Hogwarts acceptance letter.

Make your own acceptance letter (remember to include the Hogwarts' crest and customize the font for your letter). Attach the page to the journal. You can include a matching envelope if you like.

Copy & Paste this to make your letter --

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear (insert your name here),

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress

❖ Page Three

The Sorthing Hat

Click here to do the Sorting Hat quiz.

Just for fun, here's another quiz that's more accurate but long.

  • What does it say before it sort you to a house (in blue-colored font)?
  • Which house the sorting house sort you to?
  • Do you agree or disagree?

❖ Page Four

Show your house pride

Craft, collage, draw, or purchase (from online) your badge Attach your house badge.

❖ Page Five

Acronym activity

What does each letter of your house stand for?

❖ Page Six

Course Schedule

What's your schedule?

See Harry's course schedule as an example

❖ Page Seven

Herbology

List 5 magical and mundae plants. What are they? Draw a model of a plant.

List the required equiments for this class.

❖ Page Eight

Charms

List 5 charms spells. What do they do?

Write about a funny incident in which you used one of your favorite charm spells on someone.

Would you use ever use a curse spell on someone?

❖ Page Nine

Potions

List 5 potions. What are the ingredients?

What kind of potion would you invent?

❖ Page Ten

Holidays at Hogwarts

Write, draw or collage your favorite holiday at Hogwarts.

How did you celebrate it?

❖ Page Eleven

Mythical creatures of Hogwarts

Your favorite Mythical creature(s).

❖ Page Twelve

Receipes

Write down 1 of each receipes (dessert/sweets/appetizer/lunch)

List the ingredients and directions

❖ Page Thirteen

Drink Receipes

Write down 2 different drinks receipes.

List ingredients and directions.

❖ Page Fourteen

Owl Post

Here's instructions on how to make your own howler if you're interested

If it's too difficult to make the howler, you can write down what you want to say from the howler instead (like a note or letter).

Pick a scenario to do--or you can do both;

Scenario 1: Someone sent you a howler! Who sent it? What is it yelling about?

Scenario 2: You're angry at someone and decide to send him/her a howler. What did you write about in the letter? How did she/he respond to it?

❖ Page Fifthteen

Quidditch

Let's say you made it on the Quidditch team.

What position do you play?

Draw yourself in your Quidditch equitment and gear.

❖ Page Sixteeth

Favorite Harry Potter Character(s)

Who do you admire? Why?

❖ Page Seventeen

Favorite quotes

List at least 5

❖ Page Eighteen

Favorite dialogue

Make a mini comic about it.

❖ Page Nineteenth

Favorite room in Hogwarts

Which room do you like hanging out ith friends?

Where do you go to spend time alone?

❖ Page Twenty

Farewell speech

It's your last year of Hogwarts; you're be graduating soon.

What will you miss?

How are you remembered?

❖ Free page

You can do whatever you feel on this page (it needs to relate to Harry Potter/Hogwarts, of course)!

Some ideas: a envelope filled with Harry Potter stickers; an inviation to the Yule ball; a map of hogwarts; a short fanfiction drabble...

Feel free to ask any questions.

HAVE FUN!!! :)

[Photo credit](http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=hogwarts gif&order=9&offset=48#/d4accht)

Discussion

LozzaBee 12/19/2011 #

Wow! This swap sounds fantastic ^_^ Thanks for hosting it :D I might have to just watch for now and see how things are looking right before sign ups. I would only join if I have enough time to make a FANTASTIC journal for my partner :D xo

Reallusionista 12/19/2011 #

Freaking awesome!!! Hope I'll be able to join. I'll have to plan it out and then decide if I will have the time and money.

smmarrty 12/20/2011 #

This is a great idea. Kudos.

sweetest0sin 12/20/2011 #

lol apparently im in slytheryn

Adlpated 12/20/2011 #

I'm interested, but finding a 46-page leather journal is a bit out of my price range. The one you linked to is 250 pages, and there's no way I'm filling that by 2/29. Since it looks like we're covering the cover anyway (as I don't have embossing tools for leather), can it be something else than leather?

Itti 12/20/2011 #

The "A non-spiral leather journal like this." link isn't working for me (I've tried several times).

I am with @Adlpated on not knowing how to decorate the leather itself without just covering the whole thing. The whole of the rest of the journal sounds like an awful lot of fun but I am worried about this point as I'm not sure I'd be able to do it.

lolita 12/20/2011 #

@LozzaBee Thanks! I came up with this spontaneous idea just yesterday when I came across this journal. And I thought wouldn't it'll be cool if I made a journal about life at Hogwarts (I'm pretty sure that at some point we've all wish attend Hogwarts, lol). Well, I hope you'll be able to join :)

@WritingRoach Thanks :) I think the deadline may not be enough time to complete the journal, so I'm willing to extend the deadline if swappers might more time. I also hope you'll be able to join.

@smmarrty Thank you :)

@sweetest0sin Oh, how interesting! I took another sorting hat quiz for fun and Syltheryn was my runner-up houes. Haha

@Adlpated I've thought about it and leather does seem difficult to work with. So, sure, the journal doesn't have to be leather. I was thinking that it should look like an old, antique journal of some sort. If you find a journal, you can alter it the way you like :) Ok, I've edited the page from 46 individual pages to a minimum of 22-26 pages (counting front and back). I hope that will not be a problem.

@ltti Hm, I wonder why it didn't work. But here's the the link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brown-Mead-4-7-8-x-8-Leather-Journal-240-Lined-Pages-/280763376713?pt=LHDefaultDomain0&hash=item415ecd2449

I've already edited the swap; the journal doesn't have to be leather anymore. It should be about 24-26 pages (counting front and back) though.

ATTENTION: I've edited the swap (changing the requirements for the journal and added a few links).

kittenred 12/21/2011 #

I'm going to watch for now as I don't think I'd have the time right now to do it, but if there were any plans to do it again in the future I'd be up for it!

50DaysOfSummer 12/25/2011 #

Do we have to make a howler ourselves? It looks quite tricky O.o

lolita 12/26/2011 #

@kittenred Hmm..I'm not sure if I can host this swap in the future, but possibly in the summer. I do hope you can join this one :)

@50DaysOfSummer Oh no, it's not require to make the howler like that (I edited that part on the swap). It does look really complicated. So, you can draw or collage it like a howler--the creavity is up to you! :) I just put the link there in case anyone was interested in making one.

50DaysOfSummer 12/26/2011 #

uff, that is good :) I am not good with the crafts. :) I need to figure the badge :) I get my journal tomorrow, can't wait to get started :)

KateKintail 12/26/2011 #

I got my journal today! I had a tough time finding one the right size without spiral binding, so mine ended up with lined instead of blank pages. I shall make do with it.

Question: the journal has a ton more pages than 24-26... about 200 more. If we have extra pages, can we do some extra things? Or expand the pages to two or three instead of just one (I'm thinking the 4 recipes I have in mind won't fit on just one page).

lolita 12/26/2011 #

@50DaysOfSummer I found some useful links for the badge if you're stuck:

Print it in color

Draw & color it

Craft it (this looks quite difficult though)

Order it from ebay

@KateKintail Sure, that will be absolutely fine! You're more than welcome to expand the pages. I'm sure your swap partner would love it if you could fill it in with extra things :) Also, it's not necessary to fill all of the pages in the journal (it'll take way too long to complete). The extra pages may even be useful for your swap partner to fill out/complete as his/her own.

MizzKodak 12/28/2011 #

Does it really have to be a howler? cant it something else? like a remembrall or a snitch or a time turner or a cauldron? I dont think I can make a howler, it looks too complicated for me.

lolita 12/28/2011 #

@MizzKodak Yes, it has to be a howler. I understand that a howler is too complicated to make, so you can write down what you want to say from the howler on the journal page instead. By the way, those are great ideas to do for extra pages!

shelbysbarn 12/28/2011 #

omg I want to do this so bad!! But I don't have 15 type 3's yet...is there anyway to do another one for those of us who don't have that many yet? What a fun project!

lolita 12/28/2011 #

@shelbysbarn Sure, I'll have no problem if you want to host another swap like this :) Feel free to use my ideas but please credit me if you do, thanks.

shelbysbarn 12/28/2011 #

@lolita Thanks! I'm going to attempt to get enough to join yours before the deadline but not sure that will happen!

lolita 01/ 1/2012 #

Thanks to everyone who joined! Partners are now assigned, have fun creating your journals swappers :)

Adlpated 01/ 9/2012 #

I'm glad I got a book with more pages, because there's no way I can do more than one recipe per page, and I write really small. Of course, I did get a 4x6 notebook, but even with abbreviations they're taking up a lot of room!

MizzKodak 01/12/2012 #

I am having a blast making this book!

MeliaMellon 01/14/2012 #

I would love to see pictures of what you guys create!

Jillow 01/15/2012 #

can't wait until I get mine ... It's gonna be awsome

MizzKodak 01/23/2012 #

OK I am having problems with page 15 the Quidditch page, I dont draw so is there anything else I can do for Quidditch page?

MizzKodak 01/26/2012 #

hello?

lolita 01/28/2012 #

@MizzKodak

Hi, sorry for my late reply. You can write about how it looks or collage a picture of you using quidditch stickers like these if you don't draw.

MizzKodak 01/29/2012 #

well I didnt join the team cos I suck at broom riding so....

KateKintail 02/ 9/2012 #

Maybe you could draw yourself in the stands, cheering on your team as they fly past you? That's what I was thinking about doing at first! (Turns out I'm a pretty good beater in real life, though)

KateKintail 02/ 9/2012 #

Or maybe you could have a list of the Quidditch Cup standings for the year (points and all) and the winner of the cup. And you could draw a victory party depicting the house that wins.

MizzKodak 03/12/2012 #

would the organizer of this swap please contact me, I would like to know if you received my book yet

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