How you can find a bit of magic while on lockdown with Harry Potter

Author JK Rowling is giving children on lockdown the chance to find fun and creativity with an immersive new Hogwarts website.

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JK Rowling and Harry Potter are casting a spell to banish coronavirus boredom.

The author of the boy wizard books is giving muggles the opportunity to enjoy her Harry Potterworld from the comfort of their homes after launching an immersive new Hogwarts website.

“Parents, teachers and carers working to keep children amused and interested while we’re on lockdown might need a bit of magic, so I’m delighted to launch HarryPotterAtHome.com,” tweeted Ms Rowling.

Parents, teachers and carers working to keep children amused and interested while we’re on lockdown might need a bit of magic, so I’m delighted to launch https://t.co/cPg0dZpexB pic.twitter.com/i0ZjTplVoU

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 1, 2020

Harry Potter fans will be enchanted with promises to bring “Hogwarts to you” with “interactive craft videos, fun articles, quizzes, puzzles and plenty more for first-time readers, as well as those already familiar with the wizarding world”.

Whether fans are in the house of Hufflepuff, Sytherin, Ravenclaw, or Gryffindore, they will be able to test their knowledge of Hogwarts’ myths and legends with a Triwizard Tournament word search, quizzes and crossword puzzles based on the fantasy series.

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Haven’t read any of the books yet? Don’t worry. The website provides a guide to reading Harry Potter books for first-timers, complete with a glossary of wizarding terms from “muggle” (a person lacking magical ability) to “quidditch” (the popular high-flying sport at the Hogwarts school).

Harry Potter characters Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Picture: Warner Bros Entertainment

If you’ve always admired the paintings and artwork in the movies, art lovers are invited to take a guided tour of Hogwarts’ possessed paintings or learn how to draw a niffler, a money-grubbing mole first featured in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Author JK Rowling says parents, teachers and carers working to keep children amused and interested while we’re on lockdown might need a bit of magic.

If that’s not enough to cure your lockdown blues, there is also an online store, fan club, J.K. Rowling archive and even Harry Potter mobile games available for download on the App Store or Google Play.

Originally published as How you can find a bit of magic while on lockdown with Harry Potter