How we made Harry Potter inspired flying Keys

I think the plaque says it all - Mischief was managed

This month my Bostik Blogger challenge theme was Flying.  With World Book Day just around the corner and my son going as Harry Potter, it only felt right to create the infamous flying keys from Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone.

Materials for creating Flying Keys

* Feathers
* Glue
* Oven bake clay
* Key template

Just a few materials are needed to make flying keys

The best bit about using oven back clay is we can have the keys any colour we like, even to match the feathers.

How to make Flying Keys

We rolled out the clay into long sausage strips and loosely followed the template of the key.

Using a key template as a guide to making flying keys

Using oven bake clay to create funky colour keys

Once the keys have been baked and cooled down they are ready to have their wings.   We had a fantastic bundle of feathers to choose from, and whilst we could have mixed this up a lot, my son decided he wanted to the feathers to match the colour of the keys.

With our Bostik glue, we added a dab onto the key directly and then added the feathers.  I used small pegs to keep the feathers in place whilst the glue dried.  This was the hardest part, as my boy just wanted to touch them, playing with them, see if they flew......

Only a little dab of glue is needed to keep the feathers in place

Waiting for the glue to dry

Once the wings were dried I added some white thread to the keys to enable us to hang them around the house.  We have them dotted all around the place, in subtle areas so it's not obvious at first that they are even there.

Multi-colour flying keys

Green Flying Key.  Inspired from Harry Potter; ideal kids craft

Pink Flying Key, inspired by Harry Potter 

A great little project for any Harry Potter fan.

 
I received a craft bundle from Tots100 and Bostik as part of the Bostik Blogger group