Are you looking for another fun Harry Potter game to add to your collection? Create you own Harry Potter Masterpiece Art Auction Game.
If you’ve never played Masterpiece, this fun game is about buying and selling paintings in order to have the most money at the end of the game. This game is for up to six players.
Our Harry Potter version of Masterpiece features paintings from Hogwarts and a few other places in the magical world.
Create this game with our free printables and easy step by step instructions.
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Step 1: Find a Game to Use
For this game, you will need a square game board with its box.
The game we used was an old Curious George board game that was missing all the pieces.
You can easily find a cheap, used game at a resale place like Goodwill or a garage sale.
If you can find one with a die, that would be great since you will need one die for this game.
Step 2: Buy Supplies
This game does not require a lot of supplies. These are the things we used in making our game:
- white card stock (8.5″ x 11″)
- colored paper (8.5″ x 11″)
- Scotch Photo Mount (used to attach printed game board and box lid cover)
- Krylon Protective Spray (used to protect game board and box lid from water damage)
- brayer (used to attach game board and box lid smoothly)
- scissors
- Harry Potter Nano Metalfigs (we used these instead of pawns)
Step 3: Print Items
In order to make this game, you will have to print the game board, box lid, money, instructions, value cards, and paintings.
If you don’t have a great printer at home, it might make more sense to go somewhere else to print.
I personally use the printers at a local university.
The money, instructions, value cards, and paintings can all be printed easily on a home computer. The game board and box lid can be printed at home in pieces or printed somewhere else on a poster printer.
You will have to decide what makes sense for your budget and how important the quality of the game is to you.
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What You Will Be Printing
Instructions
The instructions can be printed double-sided onto a regular piece of computer paper.
Money
You will need four different colors of paper for the money.
Print 4 copies of the $50,000 bills, 5 copies of the $100,000 bills, 5 copies of the $500,000 bills, and 2 copies of the $1,000,000 bills.
I used gold paper for the $50,000 bills, gray paper for the $100,000 bills, ivory paper for the $500,000 bills, and lavender paper for the $1,000,000 bills. You can use whatever colors you would like.
Value Cards
You will need six pieces of white card stock for the value cards.
Print the cards double-sided.
There will be a total of 24 value cards after they are cut apart.
Paintings
You will need six pieces of white card stock for the paintings.
Print the paintings single-sided.
There will be a total of 24 paintings once they are cut apart.
Game Board
The game board is 16.25 inches by 16.25 inches.
Since it is a square, it should fit on any square game board. You may need to enlarge it, but it should still work for you.
I printed my game board on thick poster paper on a poster printer. You can print it in sections on your computer if you don’t have access to a poster printer.
Box Lid
The box lid that I designed fits a box that is approximately 17″ x 9″ x 1.5″.
If this size doesn’t fit your box lid, feel free to email me at jessica@nowthatsthrifty.com to request a free custom box lid.
I printed my box lid on regular poster paper. You could print it in pieces from your home computer if necessary.
Step 4: Cut Out Your Items
I used a paper cutter to cut out the money, value cards, and paintings.
For the game board and box lid, I used a rotary cutter on a cutting mat.
If you have the game board and box lid printed somewhere, they can cut them for you.
Step 5: Attach Board & Box Lid
For every board game I make, I like to use Scotch Photo Mount spray to attach the printed game board and box lid cover.
This spray allows me to attach it without wrinkles, and it sticks really well.
You could use another adhesive spray as well, but I have not tried another one.
How to Attach Them
Follow the directions on the spray adhesive can.
You will want to spray the adhesive in a well-ventilated area. If you can do it outside, that would be best.
You should place something underneath the game board and box lid in order to protect your surface from the adhesive spray.
For Scotch Photo Mount, you spray the back of the paper and wait one minute before attaching it.
For the game board, you should carefully center the paper on the game board. Make sure you press the middle of the paper into the game board crease.
I used a brayer to roll out any air bubbles and to prevent wrinkles. It is easier to have a second person helping you especially when attaching the box lid.
For the box lid, you need to cut the corners out of the paper and create slits at each end in order to fold the paper over the box lid sides.
It is harder to attach the box lid than the game board. You should just try your best to line up the paper on the box lid.
You have to attach it quickly before the adhesive dries out.
Step 6: Protect Your Board & Box Lid
You don’t have to do this step if you don’t want to, but it is a good idea to protect the game board and box lid so that the ink won’t run if it gets wet.
I like to use Krylon protective spray because it actually works. I have tested its ability to protect from water damage and it works.
After you have attached your game board and box lid, you can place them on a covered surface in a well-ventilated area.
Follow the directions on the protective spray. I like to have it sit out over night before using it.
Step 7: Put Your Harry Potter Game Together
After you have printed everything and attached and protected the board and box, your game is complete.
The only other pieces that you need are a die and pawns.
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