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ZOMG, This Seattle Family Transformed Their Driveway Into a Real-Life Diagon Alley

Nov 14 2017 - 5:35am

This Halloween [1], Seattle dad Jon Chambers eschewed the typical haunted house and instead transformed his driveway into a spot-on replica of Harry Potter [2]'s Diagon Alley. The astounding display includes a miniature version of all the wizarding shops Harry Potter fans have come to know and love, with every detail carefully tended to. Jon created the impressive display in a mere two weeks with most of the project coming together in the few days before Halloween. He relied largely on donated labor and supplies, [3] a GeekWire article discovered, with items like the signs coming from a metalworking friend and the chalk window drawings from a neighbor who's a children illustrator. Seattle's whimsical wizarding driveway was a hot spot for trick-or-treators on Oct. 31, but the festive display will be opened to visitors through Christmas [4]. Donations collected at the entrance go to raising money for cancer research through the Purple Stride Puget Sound 2017 [5].


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