Magical sounds, magnificent prizes

Enter our Harry Potter™️ Sound Effect Competition.

To celebrate the Harry Potter™️ books coming to Yoto, we held a spectacular giveaway for all those wizarding world fans out there.

The Prizes

First place

  • A one of a kind gift box

  • Chocolate frogs

  • Chocolate Hogwarts Express tickets

  • A Yoto Player

  • Harry Potter: The Complete Collection Yoto Card Pack

  • An Adventure Jacket

Second place

  • A Yoto Player

  • Harry Potter: The Complete Collection Yoto Card Pack

Third place

  • Harry Potter: The Complete Collection Yoto Card Pack

How to enter

This is the ultimate Yoto x Harry Potter crossover.

Ask your child to listen to a Harry Potter audio clip, and imagine how they could create a sound effect that reflects what's happening in the scene.

For inspiration, you can watch a video together of how Yoto make sound effects.

Then, record a video of the method your child uses to make their sound effect, and submit it below!

Step 1

Choose one of these scenes from the Harry Potter audiobooks.

UK Audio

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 14 - Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone - Chapter 11 - Quidditch

North America Audio

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - Chapter 14 - Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - Chapter 11 - Quidditch

Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback excerpt taken from “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” and Quidditch excerpt taken from “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” and used with the kind permission of Pottermore Limited. © J.K. Rowling/Pottermore Ltd. TM WBEI.

Step 2

Conjure up a sound effect for the scene.

Need inspiration? Watch these sound-making examples by Rowan, one of our magical Sound Engineers:

Step 3

Record and upload a video of your child demonstrating how they made their sound effect. You don't need to show their face - focus the camera on where the sound is coming from.

Submit it below before 18 October 2024 at midnight PST / 19 October 2024 at 7am GMT.

Three lucky winners will be chosen by Yoto’s Head of Sound, Dom!

Good luck!

Submissions are now closed

Thank you for all your brilliant entries! If yours hasn't been published yet, don't worry. Submissions will be moderated before they are published to the gallery below and this may take a few days.

About the competition

We recommend focusing on the objects that are making the sounds! You will want to get your camera as close to the action as possible to improve sound quality. Try to avoid having any people/background noise in the shot as well. 

We also recommend listening to the audio clip in headphones while recording the sound effects. This will help you get the timing right (and also make you feel like a real Foley professional)!

Submissions will be moderated before publishing.