Harry Potter
Fandoms come and go. That’s children’s books turned Generation X-ers owning homes and starting families of their own…but still fucking losing their collective shit over a nice bit of Wizarding World swag. Yeah. That’s not nostalgia. That’s just how ingrained this particular piece of culture is.
Don’t get us started.
With that kinda devotion pouring into your gift-buying decisions, coming up with the perfect Harry Potter gift is easy… and unexpectedly easy to fuck up. Easy because people care. Hard because what feels like 90% of the Wizarding World merchandise out there is the bottom-of-the-range budget tat with the IP slapped across the front of it like a brand protection squad tattoo. A wonky house-crest coffee mug. A keyring that’ll fall to pieces. We’ve seen enough of it to know. We ignore it. None of that stuff is what we mean when we say “gift”.
No, when we say gift we mean stuff that actually means something to a genuine lover of the Wizarding World. Hogwarts-themed gifts that make you think “oh fuck they really get it” instead of “yeah they bought that off the Pottery Barn kiddies’ gift rack.”.
That’s who were talking to here. The Potterheads who have a favourite book in the series and can argue convincingly they’re right. The ones who may, in fact, have taken the Pottermore test more than once. The ones who will know the difference between something crafted with care and something which had HP logos duct taped to it.
Because trust us, if they loved it half as much as we do, they’ll know.
So we set about creating a giftguide with loving crafted to the core. We didn’t want crappy bolt-through stress toys that’ll wind up in a drawer by February. Every product in this guide was chosen because we genuinely felt someone would use it, display it, wear it out or keep it forever. Some of it is super fun, and some of it is brilliantly made. Every last thing here has passed the test of “would I be happy handing this to one of my friends?” Yes = in the guide.
Yes, every HP obsessive out there is our friend.
So if you’ve got a Potterhead in your life. A proper Potterhead. Start here. Not at a gift shop. Here.
