The potion bench set up for a Wizard School party, with cauldrons, wands and apothecary shelves

Wizard School parties

Ninety minutes of cloaks, wands, spell casting and potions that froth over the top of the cauldron. Everyone goes home with a bottle they made and a bag they decorated.

£199 for up to 10 children
90 minutes
Ages 4 to 11
At your venue

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What the ninety minutes look like

Step into a room you will not recognise. We arrive an hour early and turn whatever you have given us into a potion classroom: a long bench under a dark cloth, cauldrons at every place, the apothecary shelf with its bottles and jars, greenery overhead and a cathedral backdrop behind.

Then the children come in, and it goes like this.

Cloaks first. Each child gets a cloak that suits them and picks a wand off the rack. There is a rack. It matters more than you would think, and it is the first photo most parents take.

Then the brewing. Real bottles, real colour, real fizz. They measure, pour, stir and watch it climb up the sides. We talk them through what is going in and why, and they add the ingredient that makes it theirs.

Then a spell or two. Wands up at the apothecary shelf, everyone shouting, something goes wrong on purpose and they have to fix it. This is the loudest ten minutes of the party and the bit they talk about afterwards.

Then bottling. Everyone seals their potion, names it, and decorates the bag it goes home in. While they do that we start packing the room back down.

Somewhere in the middle there is a sit-down with a sweet feast, which you can skip if you are doing your own food, and which most people keep because it buys them ten minutes.

A boy in a wizard cloak grinning as he holds up his blue star-shaped potion bottle

What is included

A cloak and a wand for every child, ours to bring and take away
All the potion ingredients, cauldrons, trays and covers
The full set dressing: backdrop, apothecary shelf, lighting, greenery
A bottled potion for each child to take home
A bag each child decorates themselves
Two of us running it, so nobody is waiting for a turn
Setup an hour before, and the clear-up afterwards

The practical bits

Price: £199
Children included: 10
Each extra child: £15
How long: 90 mins
Ages: 4 to 11
Pay on booking: In full, by card

Booked and paid online in under two minutes. Prefer to pay a deposit now and the rest on the day? Ring us and we will sort it.

Real parties, not a stock photo in sight

Every picture on this page was taken at one of ours.

Two boys in wizard cloaks giving a thumbs up in front of the greenery backdrop — The cloaks go on first, and they stay on.

A boy concentrating hard as he stirs a cauldron with a pipette — About twenty minutes in, when the room goes quiet.

Two boys in black wizard robes at the potion bench — The bench, mid-party, before the tidying starts.

Wizard School questions

Is four too young?

Four is fine, and four-year-olds love it, but they need a grown-up nearby for the pouring. If the party is mostly fours and fives, tell us: we slow the whole thing down and cut one of the steps rather than rush them.

Will it stain the hall floor?

We cover the tables and put sheeting underneath. The colours we use wash out of clothes but we would still not put a child in a brand new white top. Cloaks cover most of it.

Can the potions be taken in the car?

Yes. They are sealed bottles, and they travel fine. They are not for drinking, which we say clearly to the children at the start and again at the end.

What about allergies?

Tell us when you book and we will send you the ingredient list. The potions themselves are not food. The sweet feast is the part to watch, and we are happy to swap it out or drop it entirely.

Do you do this at your own place instead?

Not any more. Wiz Parties is mobile, so we come to you. That turns out to be better anyway: your hall, your timings, and no minimum spend at a venue.

All the questions parents ask