Harry Potter Wand

I promised I would be back with more information on those amazing wands I made for Ty's birthday party, and well, I'm finally back.

Sorry it took so long but I spent way too many sleepless nights working on party decorations, and then I spent the weekend trying to recoup.

I found this idea on Your Life Uncommon.  You can go here, for her detailed tutorial.  (She has several cute ideas for Harry Potter Parties!)

While making my wands, I did make a couple of modifications that I will share with you.

1st - I used white cardstock instead of regular printing paper. (Only because thats what I had on hand. I believe the other would work just as well.)

2nd- I could not fill my wand up with hot glue.  It took three failed attempts to realize I had better come up with another idea.  What I finally settled on was this:
                           I filled the narrow end of the wand with hot glue and let it cool completely.  Then I filled and stuffed it with tissue wrapping paper until the wand felt solid.  Finally I topped the other end with more hot glue.
                          Keep in mind, I was using a low temp glue gun.  That may be why I couldn't fill it completely with the hot glue.  But I actually think this is way faster and cheaper anyway.


The kids loved them!  Ty wants them in different colors now, and Lilly said that Toby slept with his, lol.
(That's what makes those sleepless nights worth it!!)

More Harry Potter ideas coming up.......


I linked up here:

Do you believe in magic?

Please overlook the bad cell phone photos.
Unfortunately, my camera doesn't do much better.

Well, these sure didn't get done by any magic!

You COULD call me MRS. Ollivander, but Mrs. Exhausted would be much more appropriate.

I was up all night working on them for Ty's b-day party on Friday.

  But aren't they SWEET !?!

These 'magic' wands are made from paper, glue and paint.

And the very best part is that they are FREE!!

We'll technically they are free. 

They only cost me a night's sleep and supplies I already had on hand. LOL

I'll be back later to give you more info and to tell you where I found the tutorial.  Right now I have to go to my paying job.  :)