It's fairly cheap to make cool looking wands.
Walmart has round wooden dowels in assorted sizes for $1 per pack. Other people have used chop sticks. We used hot glue guns, black acrylic paint (we tried other colors but liked the black the best), and glossy acrylic spray sealer.
The kids love to use the glue gun and shape the glue (once cool enough, wait until it's slightly cloudy). Painting the wands was more time consuming and tedious -- too many nooks and crannies. Maybe spray painting would have been better? Regardless, you can make these in one day.
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Dowels with the glue designs added
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Painted with black acrylic
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And, finished with spray acrylic sealer. Can you spot the Elder Wand?
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