Crafting Wands

My girls like their wands. They really like the show Super Why which introduces them to fairy tales. There are four characters who work on solving "a really big problem" and get "great ideas" to solve them. I'm quoting what the girls now repeat in their interactions later in the day. The overall goal of the program introduces alphabet skills, word families, spelling, comprehension and vocabulary. Some of the characters have wands and "presto" things. I've heard the girls randomly saying letters and know that it's because of what happens in the show.



Anyways, they need wands...so I made them. I picked out colors best suited for my little ones, then took some dowels and wrapped ribbon around them, attaching both ends with clothespins. From there I baked them at 275 for 20 minutes.





Then I unwrapped the ribbon, trimmed them, gathered them up, tied them all together and put fray check on the ends so that they wouldn't unravel.




I had already painted and glittered the dowels and had Ezra drill some holes in them so that I could tie my bunch of ribbon right in.

Presto!
Two adorable little wands for my little cherubs.

(FYI: It was a matter of hours before they started to come undone thanks to my wild cherubs! I fixed them up, but I should have known!)