Harry Potter Howler

[chughes225]

Ive been crafting quite a few Harry Potter items lately. I saw a howler the other day and thought how cute would that be as a ornament.  So after many trails and errors I got it right and here it is. 


I plan to put this one on my HP Christmas tree this winter.

[Anubisheart]

Oh I love it!! did it take forever to do?

[chughes225]

Oh I love it!! did it take forever to do?

I felt like forever, but it was more like a couple evenings.  The hardest part was getting the shape and then covering it with the red paper.  But I love it and that makes it all worth it.

[sorbetsurprise]

That is awesome!  Do you think you would be able to make a tutorial?  I would love to make one.

[SailorMaat]

Now that is awesome.
I would so love to try and make one of these.

[starcakes57]

that is great i love it! how does it hang? or does it?

[GoldfishGirl]

Oh my gracious that is fantastic! Great job.

[TracyInNH]

wow, looks great!  it's little like an ornament?  very creative and well done

[Anubisheart]

it would be great if you made a tutorial!

[chughes225]

that is great i love it! how does it hang? or does it?

It doesn't hang yet.  Right now hes living with all the other HP stuff on top of my fridge.   As for the tutorial, I've never made one before but I will give it a try this weekend and let you guys know how it goes

[imera]

I love it, really beautiful.
But I'm pretty sure there already exists a tutorial for it somewhere, forgotten where it was but I have seen it around.

[jennieingram]

Adorable!

[Wizards_Pupil]

That is so, so, so, SO, cool! I am going to make one for my own tree now. It really is brilliant. 

[sarach]

But I'm pretty sure there already exists a tutorial for it somewhere, forgotten where it was but I have seen it around.

I'm pretty sure I've seen one over at Leaky... it's probably not exactly like this one, but pretty close...

[chughes225]

But I'm pretty sure there already exists a tutorial for it somewhere, forgotten where it was but I have seen it around.

I'm pretty sure I've seen one over at Leaky... it's probably not exactly like this one, but pretty close...

I just looked that howler up and uses wire. Mine is all paper, cardstock, tape, glue, and a little ribbon.   So this weekend I'm gonna try to set up all the templates and explain how I did it.  I'm so excited everyone likes it.  I'd like to do one with a sound button that plays the line from the movie, but I haven't figured that part out yet

[sarach]

ah, ok...yeah, I figured it wasn't made exactly the same way...

Anyway...great job on this one! Looks awesome! And I think a sound button would be really neat 

[Ex_Gratia]

that's awesome, I want one!! if you can post a tutorial that would be AMAZING!

[lightninglisa]

Wow - it looks so awesome! When I saw the thumbnail, I thought it might have been a photo from the movie - fantastic job! ^_^

[pinkleo]

Wondrous Work chughes!

that's awesome, I want one!! if you can post a tutorial that would be AMAZING!

ditto!

[missmoppet]

But I'm pretty sure there already exists a tutorial for it somewhere, forgotten where it was but I have seen it around.

I'm pretty sure I've seen one over at Leaky... it's probably not exactly like this one, but pretty close...

I just looked that howler up and uses wire. Mine is all paper, cardstock, tape, glue, and a little ribbon.   So this weekend I'm gonna try to set up all the templates and explain how I did it.  I'm so excited everyone likes it.  I'd like to do one with a sound button that plays the line from the movie, but I haven't figured that part out yet

I would love to make one if you do get a tutorial posted!  As for the button to make it talk.  Have you seen those greeting cards where you can record your own voice message?  You could just record Mrs Weasley on it and then put it in the howler. 

[AugustBell]

This is so amazing. I need to learn how to make this immediately. And I also need to see your other HP crafts!

[MizzKodak]

This is beyond cool! so creative and well done, looks just like the one in the movie, I just I could make stuff like this

[Noxika]

Umm.. Consider my mind blown! Fantastic job!!

[Jamie-]

That's a great Howler! I'm creating one in June from gum paste. I am a cake decorator, so my crafty mediums are sugar. Usually I just study the object I want to replicate and figure it out as I go. Generally, paper templates are easy for me to follow, because construction is basically the same for generall flat or folded objects. I found a fabric template here, which is helpful somewhat, but looks like I'll be winging it for the most part! http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/features/crafts/othercrafts/howler

Like I mentioned, my method would probably be similar to how you paper gals would make things, so if I can remember (and take worthwhile pictures), I'll share them here.

[Deedles-Q]

Great job on your howler!

[Jamie-]

Thank you! It was a lot of fun making. I folded over two sheets of gumpaste over a cardboard template and curved and pinched it for the "curled lips", and when it was dry, I inserted rice paper folds that I wrote the message on with black color pen, and glued it down with water. I airbrushed over the edges and other areas to bring out the dimension. I gotta say, the Basilisk fang was my favorite piece though.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuma_couture_cakes/5794513736/in/photostream

[the_essence]

This is kind of fabulous.

[Hermione Grangerx3]

That's wonderful! I wanted to make a Howler, but it seemed like too much work for me.

[NegraBlack]

I agree on the tutorial! can't wait!

[Rachel26]

I love harry potter, and that is so cool would love to make one too.