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DLTK's Crafts for Kids
Magic Wand Craft
MATERIALS NEEDED:
 | Newspaper |
| Tape |
| Mixture of 1/2 white glue and 1/2 water OR
paper mache paste (1 part flour to 5 parts water... let boil 3 minutes and then cool) |
| Magical item. Examples include sparkles, pipecleaner,
feather, ribbon, piece of twisted tinfoil. |
| Silver, gold, black, brown or grey paint or markers. |
INSTRUCTIONS:
| Everyone knows that the key to a good magic wand is a special
magical center. The most important part of this craft, therefore, is choosing your magical center (you
aren't going to be able to see it, but you'll know it's there)!
 | You can use a pipecleaner or twisted tinfoil (hair from a
unicorn tail), feather (Phoenix feather), ribbon (dragon heartstring). |
| You can use things you find outside (feathers) or something
special of yours (maybe even a small snippet of your hair if mom says it's ok!) |
| You can also sprinkle on a few sparkles for that extra bit of
punch.
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| Put your magical items on the edge of a 1/2 piece of newspaper
and roll it up tight like a sausage. You might want to chant a couple of magical
words as you roll (ROLLUS ENCOMPUS, for example).
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| Take a look at the length of your wand. If you like it,
great! If it's too long, take scissors and trim in down (every wand is different!)
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| Tape the newspaper sausage tightly so it doesn't unroll as you
work. Put tape over the two ends so your magical items don't fall out.
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| Take 1 inch x 6 inch (ish) strips of newspaper and dip them in
the paper mache paste OR water/glue mixture. Wrap them tightly around the newspaper
sausage.
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| Let your wand dry.
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| Paint the wand your chosen color (or color with markers).
You can also dip the tip in white glue and then coat with silver or gold sparkles. |
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