If you really want to confuse a Menards employee, tell them you’re looking for material to build a Quidditch set! It’ll take a second for them to accept they heard you correctly and then will give you a look that says, “I sure hope you know what material you need for that, because I haven’t got a clue.” Thankfully through a lot of Pinteresting and a friend’s help, I knew exactly what I was looking for. I’ve seen plenty of tutorials where PVC piping was used for the stands which I’m sure works just as well. I happened to have a friend who had the copper pipes from a previous Harry Potter party she threw so I was able to borrow them for the day. She no longer had the hoops but was able to tell me everything she bought which made the shopping a whole lot easier.

The tubing I used was Apollo PEX-b 1/4″ x 5′. At the store when I tried out the Tee to make sure the pipe fit in it I didn’t have a problem. What I didn’t realize was that the other side was ever so slightly smaller and I couldn’t fit the other end of the pipe in. That’s when I needed to be a little creative and used a hex key wrench to stretch it out. Thankfully this worked perfectly! After a few tugs all the way around I was able to get the piping to fit into both ends. They fit in pretty snug but I wrapped duct tape around both ends just in case.

If you have the time and the room outside to spray paint the hoops then go for it! As mentioned in my Silhouette Frame post, I don’t have much room for spray painting projects so I had to think outside the box for how to change up the color. Walking through the isles of Michaels I came across these gold streamers and had that “it just might work” lightbulb moment. And thankfully it did! It took some time to wrap them all but it was cheap and there was no mess to worry about afterwards. I was able to wrap all six hoops with one steamer and have plenty left over. I wrapped them around tightly and only had to add tape at the beginning and end.

This set was put together specifically for a birthday party I was hired to decorate. The morning of the party the family drew lines on their yard to mark out the playing field. With the hoops in place everything looked amazing. (The poles went into the ground easily with a few hits from a rubber mallet.) For the game itself, the kids were all given broomsticks and balls to toss around. I’m not sure what rules they came up with but it looked like everyone had a blast!

Supplies

• 6 pipes (sets of 2 at varying heights)
• 6 pieces of flexible tubing (5 ft. long)
• 6 nylon barb tee’s (1/2″)
• Duct tape
• 1 pkg of gold streamers