Potions Class - The Ingredients

Making potion ingredients was one of the funner parts of planning this party. I collected cool bottles and jars from the Goodwill for $.69-$2.99 ea. I knew I would reuse them for Halloween so I felt I could justify the time and expense (it adds up) because I knew we'd get use out of them in the future. We made a list of ingredients we needed to make particular potions. We made a potions book as a party favor and many of the kids referenced specific potions in the book during "class". I loved trying to create authentic looking ingredients in the kitchen. Maybe I missed my calling as a chemist. A lot of the spices were purchased in the bulk foods department for very little money.

Acid - Jarritos Lime Soda

Mandrake Juice - unsweetened cranberry juice with black food coloring

Swamp Water- water, asafoetida (a super stinky spice), brown & green food coloring

Boomslang Skin - Hyley's tea in water

Dragon's Blood- Rasberry cocktail mixer

Spider Legs - Black sprinkles from the cake decorating store

Fluxweed - Dill

Knotgrass - Catnip

Lacewing Fly - Plastic flies from the party store

Sal Amoniac - salt

Crocodile Heart - candy hearts

Asphodel Powder - ground mustard seed

Gingerroot - powdered ginger

Salpeter Filings & Rasplings - coarse shaved garlic (Safeway bulk foods)

Daisy Root - Wondra flour

Test Tubes - water, almond extract & food colorings

Water - the most basic of potion ingredients but a necessary one

Pufferfish Eyes - boiled large pearl tapioca with a touch of pink and water

The kids LOVED these even though many were afraid to touch them.

Flue Powder - Grey colored sugar from the cake decorating store

Beetle Eyes - black sprinkles from the cake decorating store

Armadillo Bile - corn chowder with green food coloring

Toad Slime - corn syrup, molasses & food coloring

Ashwinder Eggs - soybeans