Let me tell you a little story. (Bear with me if you’ve perhaps heard it before. Stay for the cookies!)

There was this boy, see?

His name was Harry Potter.

And one day, a half-giant came to tell him he was really a wizard! He bought him a sweet little owl, too. 🙂

So then he headed off to a wizard school which was founded a long time ago by four amazing wizards & witches.

He needed to learn more about his magic & powers to try to beat the evil wizard who killed his parents and tried to even kill him!

He had a bunch of teachers, but four teachers were the Heads of all the different Houses at the school.

And the school was run by a wise old teacher with a firey phoenix. ♥

And Harry was Sorted into Gryffindor House, where he had classmates with runaway pet frogs. 🙂

But despite the nice classmates, Harry found himself with enemies, too – specifically from Slytherin House.

It wasn’t really their fault, of course. They were raised by prejudiced, evil Slytherin parents, too. :-/

And those parents plotted to take down the Muggleborn (that means “from non-magical parents”) students in the school. They released the Dark Lord’s evil snake-y thing & killed students. (Oh no!)

And then later, they also tried to get Hagrid & his lovable hippogriff removed from the school & killed. 🙁

But two of the older students showed him how to misbehave a special map that would allow him to outsmart the evil baddies & save Buckbeak (the hippogriff).

And can you believe it? That special map was actually made by Harry’s own father & his friends, way back when they were in wizard school!

That poor young boy they were torturing grew up to be a sullen, angry teacher. (“Always.”)

Oh, and while Harry was in school, he played a neat sport called Quidditch. The girl he was crushing on was really good at Quidditch, too.

A kind, ditzy girl once refereed a Quidditch game, much to the chagrin of Professor McG.

And remember Harry’s enemy? Yeah, he got really mad during most Quidditch games.

But a crazy Professor put him in his place real quick. 😉

And there’s a whole heckuva LOT more story, but I don’t want to spoil much more. It’s just so fun to read about Harry & his best friends. ♥

And cue John Williams’ “Hedwig’s Theme”…

But here’s the really exciting part! These cookies were made to celebrate the very first International Harry Potter Day, and also to raise money for a cause that’s very close to me. You see, my sweet, sweet friend Erin has been raising money for a cause that his VERY dear to her own heart: epilepsy. Her own sweet Tommy is 2 years old & suffers from epileptic seizures. She & her friends have been raising money for the Greater Chicago Epilepsy Foundation 5K Walk/Run this weekend, and I wanted to help. I’m donating these cookies in nine different sets for auction, and you could bid to support “Tommy’s Team!” All donations will go straight to his cause, and you can even chip in directly on his page if you’re not interested in cute HP cookies.

Here’s a list of the separate auctions we’re running. (You’ll need to click on the photo to be taken to the separate auction page for all details.) Please pick a set of HP characters you love & bid to support little Tommy! And if you can’t bid, please share this post with all your friends! THANK YOU! ♥

– Hogwarts Founders Set

– Marauders Set

– Heads-of-Houses Set

– Death Eaters Set

– Hogwarts Students Set

– Dumbledore’s Army Set

– Slytherin Set

– The Trio Set

– Hogwarts Extras Set

By the way, if you are like me & think that “Potterpuffs” are just the CUTEST drawings you’ve ever seen, please go over & check out all of Naomi’s work over at PotterPuffs Central. She no longer draws these characters, but there is a vast collection of her past commissions, and they are all adorable! Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your help spreading the word. These cookies need to go to good homes!