Pre-heat the oven 350°F/180°C , or to gas mark 4. Mix the sugar and butter or margarine together until creamy. Beat the eggs then add one at a time, stirring until it is runny. Add cocoa powder ...

US 6 (4 mm) or US 8 (5 mm) 12-16" (30.5 cm - 40.6 cm) circular needle, size dependent on gauge ...

2 skeins of Caron Simply Soft Brites!, Berry Blue #9606 I/9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook 4 or 5 1¼ inch (3 cm) coverable buttons. 90-Degree Increase: In the corner, make 2dc-ch1-2dc. Make the next set ...

Some would say that Harry Potter is a Bildungsroman story, about the growth of the protagonist (Harry) from childhood to adulthood. Others argue that it is a fantasy story containing a quest ...

Take one piece of wire and cut it to around 12 inches (30.48 cm) long with the wire cutters. Find the center point and bend slightly to mark its place. Curve the wire by running it between your ...

We know that one of the truisms in the Harry Potter universe is that J.K. Rowling will keep pounding something into our heads until the light bulb goes off further down the line, sometimes even ...

There are many forms of authority. Those exercised in the books include legal, parental, and moral authority. The use of authority relies first on the acknowledgement by both parties to the ...

Using a sharp craft knife, cut nearly to the edge of the milk lid and then carve away at the hole carefully making the hole nice and even. Most caps have alittle rim in the inside to help with the ...

Finding the Cup just happens to be an added bonus. In the maze Harry encounters many different obstacles, all of which test his knowledge and abilities. Among these is a giant sphinx who asks ...

There can be no doubt that the events at the conclusion of J.K. Rowling's latest installment of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, have sent the entire Potter fan ...

In case you don't have any snake-headed canes lying around, you're going to need to make your own using a wooden dowel and some Sculpey. Lucius wears his platinum blond hair long and out of his face.

Shortly following the release of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in the summer of 2005, theories began rising, as theories tend to do, regarding the outcome of the seventh, and final, book ...