Turning Chop Sticks Into Magical Wands

by Jennifer Schreiner

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All month long my kids have been on a magical journey. It all began by allowing them to watch their very first Harry Potter Movie, the Sorcerer's Stone. And coarse I have to make them a Realistic Homemade Wizard wands of their own. So I got crafty and decided that paying for wands at the craft store was too much for my wallet and made these for just pennies.

turning chop sticks into magical wands, gardening

You are going to want to be very careful after all you are using hot clue. First start with the base of your wand. After your clue gun is completely heated and ready to go, make strips or lines of hot clue on your chopstick. When you have completely made it around the base once. Twirl. This is the best part. The hot clue will do its own thing with your guidance.

Once the glue is to the point of stabilization (or no movement) repeat the steps above again. This will make the handle. Twirl, Twirl, Twirl. This time add any embellishments to bling your wand out. Let completely set (roughly 5 to 7 minutes).

For the tip of the wand, using the hot glue gun, slowly add in your lines with a light squeeze. Making sure you are not adding copious amounts of clue. You will not need to twirl, since this will be a very small amount of glue.

While the hot glue is cooling add in your embellishments. This is the part where you can get creative. Add in beads, buttons or anything to your hearts desire.

Color away! With the sharpie marker it took me about 5 minutes to complete. I wasn’t being to particular. I also colored over the embellishments. You end product will look similar to the very first image. This whole process for 2 wands took roughly 30 minutes to complete.

To View my Finished Wizard Wands- Click here

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