There are a lot of kind and awesome people out there!” the dad was overjoyed with the response.Įlla’s dad couldn’t believe how much attention his Harry Potter project got online. “I thought maybe people wanting to do a similar thing might want to see which is why I made a video diary of me making it, but I didn’t expect such a huge and heartwarming response. They certainly have helped us during the first lockdown.” Check out the video about dad Dylan’s secret wardrobe project right here “Thank you to authors like J.K.Rowling and filmmakers, as your stories and films are really helping people at the moment. “If a day is hard, then do something to make the next one better,” he shared some motivation.

Instead, they should be patient and take a lot of time to think about their projects and to receive unexpected help. Now, he’s inspired and believes that anyone can do what he did, no matter what their project is.ĭylan suggested that anyone who wants to do something unconventional, special, and something that would help others through this difficult time should never give up on it. Even though he didn’t know how he’d do everything, he was determined to finish the birthday gift project. I’m reading her the book at the moment, she loves it and really looks up to Hermione,” dad Dylan revealed.Īccording to Dylan, the project was a crazy idea to start with, and was obviously going to be a lot of work. “Her mother and I want her to be able to watch them as she gets older. Inside Ella’s wardrobe is a miniature version of Diagon AlleyĮlla is a Harry Potter fan, but she has only seen the first film so far because she’s too small for the others right now. That’s when he realized that his daughter would love this. What’s more, he even put on the Harry Potter theme song at one point. It was a bit of a marathon doing it on my own, but music helped me through,” Dylan shared, adding that he listened to Oasis, Coldplay, The Beatles, Pearl Jam, and others. “Then mainly I had lots of frame building and painting to do.

According to Dylan, his buddy can “literally build anything” and actually built a truck from scratch last year. I also live in a street of many kind people, so I was given old photo frames which I used for shop windows,” he added.ĭylan built a model of the street first, then ordered the wood, and sent detailed plans of the shopfronts to his friend Rob from R Concepts at Shepperton/Pinewood Studios. “The street surface is Lino which is soft and warm to walk on. The dad then bought various things off the internet to put in the shop windows, starting with tiny books and ending with feather quills.

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