One of the most commented on aspects of Katie's Harry Potter Party (full overview here) has been the wands, so I thought I'd share those next. I didn't really come up with much of my own for this one...mostly used some great tutorials. 
My favorite wand tutorial was this one from Micah C Micah Do.
And another good one was this from majann on Deviant Art.
All you need are some chopsticks (or other wood for a base), glue gun and glue, a variety of brown and metallic paints, and in my case also some shiny acrylic sealer. (My paint had a matte finish and the sealer made it shiny. If you use glossy finish paints, then you can skip the sealer step.) You can also use tiny beads to add some texture, although in the end, our favorites were the ones without the beads.
It was surprisingly easy to use the glue. Especially for the handle part, I found it worked well to pile on a bunch of glue, then spin it slowly in my fingers until it was partially cool and then let it slowly drip toward the end of the wand slightly. It was fun trying things out for different shapes and swirls. With the craft paint I had, I found that 2 coats was about what I needed to get good coverage. I covered each with a double coat of brown. Then when it was completely dry, I went and painted the glue details either in another color of brown or with metallic gold or silver paint.
The wands were so easy to make that I made enough so that every child at the party could have a wand with 6 or 7 left over. That way even the last child to choose could still feel like they had plenty to choose from.
We used the wands as decorations and then the kids were also given spell books. They got some time to practice some of the spells and had a great time pretending to disarm or petrify or levitate each other.
I also heard from several parents that plenty of spell casting practice went on at home in the days following the party.
See these links for more details about other Harry Potter themed crafts we've done...and be sure to check back because I'll be adding more as I get them written up.
Harry Potter Party Overview | Printable Hogwarts Acceptance Letter/Party Invites | Golden Snitch Cupcakes |
Harry Potter Potions Ornaments  | Harry Potter Shirt - Freezer Paper Stencil  | Easy Harry Potter Wands |
Printable Hogwarts Library Book Plates  |
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