Lucy and I have been reading Emeraldalicious quite a bit lately. I think she’s mesmerized by all the colorful pictures and the magical feel of the story. She also loves the main character’s wand! We thought it would be fun to make our own spring inspired wand.
Luckily, everything we needed we found at Michaels, and it was very inexpensive~ paper straws, wooden bird to trace, card stock, thin ribbon, spring wire garland and tape.
Since we are so into birds lately, we obviously went with a bird themed wand, but you could do a heart (like in the story), flower, star…. so many options! We bought a little wooden bird to trace on card stock. We traced and cut out two birds from pink card stock (for a front and back to the bird). We also cut out two little hearts and glued those on the bird for the wings.
Next, we cut some short pieces of ribbon and some wire garland to decorate the wand. We slipped them into the top of the straw and taped them into place.
Then, we just stapled our bird on top and we were done!
Lucy and Theo have been running all over the house using the wands in all sorts of pretend play. (Maybe they’ll figure out a way to make the wands emit just enough magic to cast a ‘clean house’ spell…. fingers crossed!)
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angaleta says
March 10, 2013 at 4:53 pmOh, it smells like spring! My kids love wands, no matter what kind of wand it is, so I think my daughter WOULD LOVE a wand like this one, so full of colours, shapes and ribbons!
Chelsey says
March 10, 2013 at 9:59 pmWe are wand lovers too, Angaleta! Lucy, especially, can create them out of anything!
Kristen S- Craft Gossip says
March 10, 2013 at 6:02 pmAnother great craft!! Spring is in the air:) Just posted on Craft GOssip!
http://lessonplans.craftgossip.com/?p=7778
Chelsey says
March 10, 2013 at 9:58 pmThank you!! So excited for spring!
Sarah Tharpe Winchell says
March 11, 2013 at 2:27 pmI love the wands! I use these a lot for reading in my classroom. This are great for spring.
Thanks,
Sarah
Chelsey says
March 13, 2013 at 10:03 pmThanks, Sarah! I bet the kids love using things like this! I miss 1st grade!
Heather may says
March 13, 2013 at 7:04 amThis is such a cute idea! All of my kids will love making these..the girl and the boys! I am hosting a Linky party on m site on Friday at http://www.frugalfitfamily.com- stop by by and link up!
Tracey@We-Made-That says
March 13, 2013 at 6:18 pmEmeraldalicious a new Pinkalicious book. Okay guess we will be headed to the store this weekend for that book! And what a fun craft to go with it. Thanks for sharing on We Made That!
Chelsey says
March 13, 2013 at 9:37 pmI know, another Pinkalicious book! They never end! 🙂
Deanna Yeo says
March 13, 2013 at 11:23 pmThks. for de lovely wand craft.They are cute and love it!….
Chelsey says
March 17, 2013 at 10:13 pmThank you, Deanna! The kids have loved playing with them!
Allison says
March 15, 2013 at 6:45 pmGorgeous and how fun! I’ll be featuring this post on The Sunday Showcase as well. I’m in the spring mood. 🙂
Chelsey says
March 17, 2013 at 10:00 pmThank you! I’m in the spring mood too! 🙂
Create With Joy says
March 17, 2013 at 2:03 pmOK, I confess: I have a weakness for wands. They really bring back the magic of childhood for me!
Yours is beautiful! Congrats – You’ve been featured this week at Inspire Me Monday at
Create With Joy
http://create-with-joy.com
Chelsey says
March 17, 2013 at 9:42 pmThank you so much for the feature!