hello Lions, Eagles, Snakes and Badgers, welcome back to Pottermas, now I don't know
if you've noticed but we have been making Harry Potter videos every day
throughout the festive season... it's been a mixture of Voldemort having all kinds
of fun, a few live streams, a few house h specific videos... and just
generally Harry Potter bonanzas. If you've liked them so far please let me
know by leaving a comment and also do make sure you're leaving every video
with a thumbs up...it really encourages me to keep on going! So Christmas is upon us
and there's a cute little idea circulating out there to turn a Ferrero
Rocher into snitches! Like how cute are these! I love them! You can use them as
sort of entrees at parties, you could circulate them on a tray, but my favorite
way to use them actually is as a chocolate on the Christmas tree! I've got
a lot of Harry Potter stuff with my Christmas tree anyway I've got Hermione
I've got Ron I've got Harry I've got all kinds of exciting stuff...
and why not eat a chocolate snitch from the tree itself ! I've always had
Christmas tree chocolates since I was a child I'd never actually thought to make
ones myself and I really liked the chocolates that Ferrero Rocher have so
and they go perfectly as snitches! So today I'm gonna be showing you exactly
how to make them, so maybe have a little fun with them. So you could just make a
standard snitch, which I think works perfectly, or you can add a little
glitter glue to make one of each house... so we've got Ravenclaw, we've got
Slytherin we've got Gryffindor and we've got Hufflepuff. Also, if you want to get
jazzy and inventive you don't have to add just one set of wings you can add
more... I quite like that! So first thing is first! We need to
gather our supplies! Accio supplies! All you're gonna need is a box of
Ferrero Rochers, so you can do as many as you like, I've gone for a box of 16
because I'd like to place 16 on my tree. We're gonna need some cocktail sticks,
now do you be careful there a little bit sharp! You need some card, you need some
scissors, you need a pencil and if you want you can use some glitter glue...
I've gone for one in each house color, so I've got a Gryffindor glitter glue, I've
got a Slytherin glitter glue, I've got Hufflepuff and I've got Ravenclaw!
You will also need a glue gun or some sturdy PVA glue... I do actually recommend
a hot glue gun. If you are a little bit younger than do make sure you get your
parents to help you with this as they can get a bit hot... now if you find a wing shape
that you like I would recommend cutting that out first and using it as your
stencil that way you'll roughly get wings exactly the same as you go along.
So once you've made your stencil, what you do really easy, just lightly pencil
around the stencil so you know where you're gonna cut. Pencil around the
stencil! If you're not sure exactly how you want
your wing shape you're more than welcome to Google snitches they do have some
good wing templates out there. I always find it easier if you kind of cut in a
block around the wings... you know, dealing with lots and lots of
paper! Now obviously if you are young and watching this don't be a scissor fool do
get your parents to help you, but if you're an older muggle like me, or if
you're a witch or wizard that just likes doing things the hard way then... get your
scissors! But do be careful; safety is highly recommended by the
Ministry of Magic! So there we have it we have two wings ready to fly!
So what we're now gonna do is use our glue gun to stick these onto the
cocktail sticks! So we have our glue gun here and what we're simply gonna do is
take a little cocktail stick ...pop on a very small amount of glue, again do watch
your fingers because it can get very hot, and then simply slide the stick on... now
you want less than an inch of cocktail stick poking out the other side. We're
gonna wait for that one to dry and we're gonna glue our other one! Now if you want to
be super fancy you can double side your wings so you can't see the cocktail
stick on the other side... so to have a double wing effect like this. As I want
to make quite a few and I want to stick them all in my tree and we're not gonna
really see the back anyway, I'm just gonna keep it simple but again it is
totally up to you. So while we wait for that glue to dry, what we're gonna do
is take our Ferrero Rocher... take it out of its little netting take the branding
off the top and we're left with a nice gold ball! You can do that with lots of
Ferrero Rochers. Anyone remember the old Ferrero Rocher adverts? I remember and it was
like fancy people at a party and someone would come round with a platter and
they'll be like "Monsieur you're really spoiling us"... We could
do that with snitches.... we could be like "oh you are really spoiling us with our
Harry Potter treats". Delicious... okay so I think that our glue
has dried here.... we're gonna go very simple.... just gonna stick the cocktail
stick in there I'm gonna wing it in the other side and there we go... simple! We
have a lovely snitch whoo! Now I would like my snitch to be a
little bit of fancy so I'm going to be adding a few golden edges with my gold
glitter glue... you can do this before you stick it in, you can do whatever you want
really! So it's gonna be going around the edges here. As we know, snitches are
extremely important in Quidditch. While it is possible to win a game without
catching the snitch, the game isn't over until the snitch has been caught... now
usually the winning team is the team that catches the snitch but as we know...
Oh know which Harry Potter book was ?it was it Prisoner of Azkaban where Harry
catches the snitch but Gryffindor don't win? I do you remember ...my trivia on
the spot could be a bit better! Wallah... we're snitching! So I think I'm gonna place
another of my golden snitches on the tree and then they'll be ready to eat
when I want a chocolate from my lovely Christmas tree this year!
Let's see if I can catch the chocolate snitch and then
allow myself to eat it! Yay! going in for team Slytherin... we have
seeker Rebecca Felgate.... I think she spotted the Golden Snitch.... she reaches
can she catch it! Oh it's a victory for Slytherin!
YES! oh and make sure you're a
little bit careful when removing the wings here.... hmm it tastes like sweet
sweet victory! Oh yeah! Everyone thank you for tuning in ...Lions, Eagles, snakes and
badgers... let me know if you have tried the Ferrero Rocher snitch and obviously
we've got any pictures of ones that you've made then do share them with me
on social media and I'll retweet them... I think this is a great idea for every
Christmas! Like why not make your Harry Potter Christmas tree a bit more
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