Here we share all of the details about our Fantastic Beasts and Magical Creatures Halloween Party for Kids!

Halloween is a very challenging holiday with neurodiverse kids, attachment issues, and special dietary needs.  Sunshine's bi-polar makes takes challenges to a new level.

Over the years, Halloween has taken on a Harry Potter theme. 

This year we focused on fantastic beasts and magical creatures from the Harry Potter and the Fantastic Beasts book series.

The older three kids have watched all of the movies and read all of the books. 

Sunshine has only watched the first and second Harry Potter movies, but loves learning about magical creatures from her older siblings and books.

The fantastic beasts and magical creatures theme was such a hit! And quite honestly, this party works for any time of year.

Fantastic Beasts and Magical Creatures Halloween Party for Kids

Fantastic Beasts and Magical Creatures Party Attire

It's rare that we splurge on costumes due to sensory struggles and costs. Instead the kids love adding a new piece of clothing to their wardrobe they can wear as often as they'd like.  This year we went with Fantastic Beasts themed shirts.

Princess went with a mischievous niffler t-shirt. 

Dinomite was excited about his regulation and control of magical creatures shirt. 

Bulldozer picked out a care of magical creatures shirt.

Sunshine loved her magical creatures t-shirt. She wasn't actually home on Halloween, but we did celebrate with her on a home pass from residential.

My husband and I even joined in the fun!

I went with a fantastic wands themed shirt. 

Jason went for a traditional Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them themed shirt.

All of us have received so many compliments on these shirts. We've loved wearing them throughout the year.

Fantastic Beasts and Magical Creatures Games and Entertainment

Dragon Egg Hunt

During Sunshine's Fantastic Beasts and Magical Creatures Party, we kicked things off with a dragon egg hunt. She was so excited as one of her favorite creatures is a dragon.

I ordered mini dragons and used our color coded Easter eggs for each kiddo. When finished, all of the older kids gave Sunshine their dragons, which she was ecstatic about.

Magical Creatures Bingo

Using our Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them illustrated book and internet resources, we created magical creature bingo boards for everyone. 

These bingo boards were designed for personal use only, so I am unable to share them.

All of the kids enjoyed playing bingo while Sunshine was home celebrating Halloween with us.

Fantastic Beasts Niffler Scavenger Hunt

 

The final activity or game we enjoyed while Sunshine was home visiting from residential was our Fantastic Beasts Niffler Scavenger Hunt.

A dear friend gave me a boots box that I turned into a suit case with a little paint.

I filled the suit case with pretend treasure along with a new plush niffler and chocolate gold coins for each of the kids.

I purchased a silicone mold, gold wrappers, and Sunshine's chocolate to make her coins.

The kids loved following the clues around the house that led them to their treasure. Clues were very specific to our home and therefore not shared.

Fantastic Beasts and Magical Creatures Halloween Party Treats

Instead of candy, which can be quite a pain and expensive to find with everyone's special dietary needs, we decided to make baked goods inspired by Kowalski's Bakery.

Each of the kids made a treat to ensure that everyone had something they liked and could eat.

Dinomite made delicious brookie bars to share. 

Bulldozer made bars that included every type of chip you could imagine combined with caramel and so much more. They were quite rich and delicious.

Princess made raspberry thumbprint cookies. She always prefers fruit over chocolate.

Sunshine made diet-friendly pumpkin cupcakes with frosting.

The free printables used to decorate our table were found at In Literature.

The final aspect of our Fantastic Beasts and Magical Creatures themed Halloween was watching the Fantastics Beasts movies. Sunshine did not participate this aspect in our celebration. She isn't quite able to handle PG-13 movies yet, but the rest of us had a fabulous time enjoying them together.

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