- April 8, 2025
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Julia Hemingway, 14, scoops out a potion ingredient. Photo by Paige Wilson
Professor Snape, played by Peter Bugnet, pours a color-changing potion into a glass. Photo by Paige Wilson
Emily Del Grippo, 11, pours a potion ingredient into her glass while James Payne, 10, watches. Photo by Paige Wilson
Ingredients for the Harry Potter potions class are on display. Photo by Paige Wilson
Professor Snape instructs the potion class. Peter Bugnet, who plays the professor from the Harry Potter series, is a local magician and "science nerd." Photo by Paige Wilson
Potion recipes and ingredients are laid out for the class to make. Photo by Paige Wilson
Kayleigh Del Grippo, 14, scoops out a potion ingredient. Photo by Paige Wilson
The class is instructed to put a cotton swab into "unicorn milk" to watch the colors merge. Photo by Paige Wilson
Jaisa Ferlazzo, 12, mixes her potion. Photo by Paige Wilson
Each preteen and teen is given a potion book filled with recipes and instructions. Photo by Paige Wilson
Professor Snape patrols the class to instruct how to make the potions. Photo by Paige Wilson
Martiza Louissaint, 10, takes a photo of her potion. Photo by Paige Wilson
What do you get when you mix unicorn milk, leprechaun elixirs, dragon spit and a cotton swab? According to Professor Severus Snape, the infamous potions instructor from the Harry Potter series, those ingredients add up to Dancing Unicorn Milk.
About a dozen local youth age 10-16 were sorted into one of the four Hogwarts houses — Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin — and given a handbook filled with potion recipes and instructions at a Harry Potter-themed potions class at the Flagler County Public Library on July 27.
Peter Bugnet, of Peter the Great Magic, a Palm Coast magician and science nerd, donned a black robe and wig to transform into Professor Snape as he instructed the class. In addition to being Professor Snape, Bugnet also plays mad scientist named Dr. Confusion, Cat in the Hat and a wizard.
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