How do you teach a magical creatures class when you don't actually have too many magical creatures at your house? Improvise!
We had two overturned milk crates for cages—one was empty, the other had my daughter's toy dragon in it. I went into detail about the "Chinese fireball" dragon, and told them that we need to feed that baby a combination of chicken's blood and brandy every half hour. (The boys loved the gross factor!)
The other looked empty, but it turned out it was filled with "gnargles," the magical creatures Luna Lovegood claimed stole all her stuff. We learned that eating flobberworms, though, would keep gnargles away from us. The kids all eagerly ate from a big jar of gummi worms. (And yes, I'm aware that the kids each walked away from this party about a pound of sugar heavier!)
I had placed an old baby gate off to the side in the yard, and said that they could go see the hippogriff. Imagine my surprise when it had escaped!
As the final (and most fun) aspect of the class, each house designed their own magical creatures—most featuring dozens of eyes, odd numbers of feet, and wings.
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