DIY Hogwarts House Points Counter

Making Hogwarts House Points Counters are great for a party, theme decoration, or Harry Potter themed room. If you love the Harry Potter series, then this might be a great craft for you to try. I made these as a room decoration but these are great for a tri-wizard tournament. Just fill them with candy or with colored sand as the teams score. They could also be used at a Harry Potter themed candy bar.

I like that these are easy to make and have great detail. I love to work with air dry clay and the many crafts that I can create. So I have plenty of silicone molds. There are molds available on plenty of sites on the internet. Specific themes are a little harder to find, like Harry Potter. So for this design, I could only find key chain molds, so I used those. I was not disappointed and the detail was great.

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Supplies

Four 3.5 – 4 inch candle holders – I found black ones at Dollar Tree
Super light weight white air dry modeling clay – I use Hearty brand
Hogwarts house crest silicone molds – I found on Amazon or AliExpress – they are keychain molds and I just did not put clay in the part where the keyhole is.
Water beads or scent beads. You can also fill with candy, glass beads, filler, colored sand, etc.

4 Cylinder vases (3.4″ wide x 7.3″ high)
4 – 3.5″ diameter dome cloche bases (I found at Dollar Tree) – you could also use wood or plastic tops but as long as it is large enough to cover the tops of the vases.
Paint tray and paint brushes
Mini glue gun and glue sticks
Quick dry Tacky Glue
White regular card stock
Color printer
Baby wipes or paper towels
Regular white glue stick
Acrylic Paint – here are the paints that I used
- DecoArt Gloss Enamels Glorious Gold DAG71
- Anitas Acrylic All Purpose Red Rust 11025
- DecoArt Metallic Festive Green DA261
- FolkArt Enamel Cobalt 4025
- FolkArt Metallic Inca Gold 676
- FolkArt Metallic Sequin Black 661
- FolkArt Metallic Champagne 675

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Directions For DIY Hogwarts Points Counter

Start by pushing and smoothing the air dry clay into the molds. Then allow the clay to dry at least 1-2 hours or until the clay comes out of the mold cleanly. It does depend on the clay and the climate the clay is drying in. So the clay should be bendable, but not so soft that it smudges when you touch it.

Remove any stickers from the vases and wipe clean.

Then remove the clay from the molds and gently add Tacky glue to the back. Press gently onto the glass cylinders without smudging the clay.

So keep checking on the molds as they dry to make sure they are not coming up on the sides. They may take up to an hour to dry.

Once the clay embellishments have dried, paint them all with gold metallic paint with a small paint brush and allow to fully dry.

Next, hot glue on the cylinder vase on the base candle stick holder.

Now, working one vase at a time, generously apply the paint color of the appropriate house over the clay.

Then, wipe off the paint with a baby wipe, allowing the paint to go into the cracks and crevices.

Now repeat for all the house vases. For the Hufflepuff vase, I accented with Festive Brown and Inca Gold for more depth.

Next, I made the tops using the bases of cloche domes that I found at Dollar Tree. So I printed the images on white card stock and then hand cut out the images. Then I used a glue stick and added to the tops.

Now, fill the vases with whatever filler you like, or leave empty. Leave empty if you are using for a tri-wizard tournament and fill during the tournament.