Many of us muggles would jump at a chance to spend a day at Hogwarts or in Harry Potter’s wizarding world. Chances are though, we won’t be given the opportunity. The closest we’ll come is recreating the magic in our world. There are so many ways to capture the spirit of the wizarding world, but I’ve found one of the coolest!

If you are a Harry Potter fan on any level, you’ll treasure the book I am about to share with you. A book that only a Potterhead could appreciate to it’s fullest. A book filled with “30 magical crafts for witches and wizards”. A book just released and is selling out on Amazon….The Unofficial Guide To Crafting The World Of Harry Potter by Jaime Harrington.

It’s one thing to tell you how much you’ll love this book. It’s another to show you. Jaime gave us permission to re-create and share one of the magic crafts from the book. So check out her awesome Harry Potter Pencil Wands craft below and then buy the book so you know how to make the Spell-book Journal to use it in and the Mandrake Root Pencil Holder to store it in. You can almost craft up an entire wizarding world with this book!

From the book, “This Pencil Wand is so much more than just a wand. It’s the perfect thing to use to write in your Spell-book Journal {see project in same chapter}. Plus, it is so unique that nobody will steal your pencil or forget to give it back. These are fun to give to your friends so you can have secret wizard battles in class that nobody knows about.” Or you can be like me, a grown woman who thinks having a Harry Potter Pencil Wand might make me the coolest mom around!

How fun are these??? Harry Potter DIY Magic Wand Pencils 12

Materials:
1 unsharpened pencil

Hot glue gun & glue sticks

2 or 3 colors of acrylic paint

(author & I used brown, red & gold)
…(my daughter used pink, purple & silver)
…(my son used black and yellow)

1 paper plate (we used aluminum foil)

2 or 3 (1″) foam paintbrushes

2 disposable plastic cups

Mod Podge

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Instructions:

1. Starting at the eraser end of your pencil, swirl hot glue around the pencil about 1/4 of the way down. To do this, it’s easier to hold the hot glue gun while you twist the pencil around. Hold this in the air until the glue dries, about 1 minute. *Our note: We also created a “melting wax” look with the hot glue.
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2. Squeeze a silver-dollar-sized dab of your first color of acrylic paint onto a paper plate. Add a second silver- dollar-sized dab of your second color right next to your first color. Continue until you’ve added one dab of each paint color onto your plate. Then use your finger to gently swirl the colors together. You want to end up with a pinwheel of your different colors, not create brown or black paint.

3. Take your paintbrush, dip it in your swirled paint, and paint your entire pencil. Paint right over the hot glue so that it looks like the handle of your wand is carved out of wood. *Our note: I mixed mine a bit too much at the start. I was nervous about this technique, but it turned out beautiful!

4. To ensure that all the sides of your pencil will dry evenly, take the plastic cups and place them right side up so that the rims are touching. Place your pencil on top of the cups and leave it there to dry thoroughly.
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5. If your wand still isn’t fully covered in paint and a little glue is showing through, add an additional coat of paint to fully cover the pencil and hot glue. Once the second coat of paint has been added, place your pencil on top of the cups and set aside to dry to the touch, about 1 hour. *Our note: We used pencils we found around the house. The brighter ones required multiple coats of paint.

6.When your pencil is fairly dry to the touch, use a clean paintbrush to add a coat of Mod Podge over any paint parts to seal in the design and protect it. Place your pencil on top of the cups and set it aside to dry overnight.

7. Finally, sharpen your pencil and try not to cast any spells while you’re journaling away!

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Tip from Hallecake: You can choose to cover your eraser to make your pencil look more like a wand, or leave it so you can have a pencil that erases. Expelliarmus! *Our note: My son used a pencil with a black eraser to match his paint. That way it matched and was usable 🙂

*The above instructions are taken directly from the book. Above images were taken as the craft was recreated.

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