Harry Potter fund savings jar

If you're looking for a way to save money for your next Harry Potter trip - this tutorial will help you make a Harry Potter Fund Savings Jar!

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My love of Harry Potter is still going strong.  I want soooo bad to go back to The World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios like we did a few years ago.  So I made a little jar to start saving my money to do so.

How to Make a Harry Potter Fund Jar by Heat Embossing on Glass

• The first thing you need is a glass jar.  I found one with flat sides that made it much to work with.  
• Next grab some heat embossing supplies.  I used to do heat embossing back when I was a scrapbooker,  so I pulled all of my old stuff out and picked up a few new things.

Supplies for Heat Embossing

• red glitter eat embossing powder
• green heat embossing powder
• gold embossing powder
• black embossing powder
• blue embossing powder
• embossing pens
• heat gun 
• anti static pouch.

How to Heat Emboss on Glass

Clean your jar with soap and water to remove any oils on the outside.  Make sure it is completely dry before starting.  Draw the words you want on your jar, onto a piece of paper roughly the same size as your jar.  Then place the paper inside the jar and use tape to hold it in place.

Rub the static eraser onto the surface of the jar.  It works to remove static (obviously) so the embossing powder will only stick in the places intended.

Using a black embossing pen, trace the letters that are written on the paper, onto the jar.  The word may be a little wonky and imperfect, but that is always the look I am going for.  Then pour the embossing powder over the top.  Tap off the excess powder.

Anywhere a small particle of embossing powder is still sitting will be embossed once it's heated.  So remove extra powder with a small paintbrush.  

Once the powder is the way you intend the finished project to look, use a heat gun to melt the powder and make it stick.  This is such a cool thing to watch.  Once the powder heats up, each of the grains melt onto the surface of the jar.  The glass gets super hot (obviously) so be careful not to burn yourself.

Near the bottom of the jar emboss the name of each of the houses in their corresponding colors.

Seeing the house names on the jar is such a fun detail!  Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin.  Did you say those in your head in Dumbledoor's voice like I did?

I hope to save up enough money to make a trip to the Harry Potter world soon!

Here are a few more fabulous Harry Potter Crafts!

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Lindsay of Artsy Fartsy Mama is super talented with polymer clay. She sculpted these adorably wicked Harry Potter Cornish Pixies and will show you how with her step-by-step tutorial. Love those iridescent wings!

 

Give the Master of Death symbol a feminine touch with a Floral Deathly Hallows free cut file, created by Liz of Liz on Call. The Cloak of Invisibility, Resurrection Stone, and Elder Wand combine as a symbol to true believers who quest to find the Hallows.

 

Always creating halfway homemade goodies, Laura from Me and My INKlings is sharing a Bowtruckle Bread with Free Bakery Printable. Fantastic Beasts’ Jacob Kowalski would be proud to serve these delicious treats at his bakery!

 

Blanca from Creativities Galore has created Harry Potter Favor Bags that are perfect for any wizard inspired party. Fill with magical goodies and gift to that special boy or girl.

 

Head over to The Girl Creative to download Diana’s free printable Harry Potter Word Search. A fun activity to complete after reading the books or watching the movies. A fun (and sneaky) way to work on vocabulary with the kiddos.

 

One of the most important words in Harry Potter is captured in this DIY Always Hat that Michelle of Michelle’s Party Plan-It created with her Cricut cutting machine. 'Always' tells Dumbledore that everything Snape had done and will do is in the name of his love for Lily Potter.

 

Jenny from Jenny’s Crayon Collection is sharing Tips for Adult Coloring with a Harry Potter Book. This fabulous quote that Queenie said to Jacob in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is perfect in a rainbow of colors

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