Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter) Inspired Wands Tutorial

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I'm just going to put this out there:  I love Harry Potter!  Oh, you're not surprised?  Fair enough.  I'm in good company.  So I jumped at the chance to make some fun party elements for my friend Nicole's daughter's Luna Lovegood themed birthday party.  Like these Luna Lovegood inspired magic wands for each of the guests.

Four pastel, sparkly Luna Lovegood inspired Harry Potter magic wands topped with quartz crystals.

Aren't they pastel and perfect and quirky and dreamy, just like Luna?

Little girl dressed as Luna Lovegood holding a copy of the Quibbler newspaper.

Just look at this dreamy shot from the party!  This photo was taken by the amazing Nicole Gould from Million Dollar $mile Celebration.  Swoon!

Four pastel, sparkly Luna Lovegood inspired Harry Potter magic wands topped with quartz crystals.

I had so much fun making these wands for the party.  Nicole wanted to stick with a dreamy pastel color palette.

Three pastel, sparkly Luna Lovegood inspired Harry Potter magic wands topped with quartz crystals.

Crystals and pastels and glitter... it just feels right for Luna Lovegood, doesn't it?

Luna Lovegood (from Harry Potter) Inspired Magic Wands Tutorial

Four pastel, sparkly Luna Lovegood inspired Harry Potter magic wands topped with quartz crystals.

Materials for the Luna Lovegood Magic Wands Tutorial:

  • curly willow sticks
  • pastel acrylic paint
  • polyurethane spray
  • sandpaper
  • quartz crystals
  • glitter
  • rhinestones
  • 22 gauge wire

Currly willow sticks and sanding paper on a black chalkboard background

Nicole found these curly willow sticks at Hobby Lobby in the floral section.  I loved their quirky, bent shapes for this project!  It just seems like something Luna would like, doesn't it?  I cut the large branches down to wand size using my circular saw, and sanded the edges, but the branches were pretty easy to break by hand, too.

Pieces of curly willow being painted in pastel colors, a pink plastic plate with paint and a paintbrush in the center.

And the light blonde color (almost white) was fabulous for painting.  It only took one coat of acrylic craft paint to cover the pale branches well.

Pastel painted curly willow sticks drying on parchment paper in a sheet pan.

Look at those lovely colors!  

Pastel painted curly willow sticks and a can of Polyurethane spray.

Once the colored paint had dried, I gave the wands a coat of polyurethane spray to make the coating more durable and shiny.    While the polyurethane was still tacky, I sprinkled the wands with some extra fine glitter to add some extra sparkle.

Pastel painted curly willow sticks, glitter, quartz crystals, and rhinestones on a piece of parchment paper.

Once the painted wands were dry, I used my hot glue gun to attach at least one quartz crystal to the end of each wand.  Sometimes I wrapped the crystal with some silver wire, too, to add an extra decorative element as well as help keep the crystals securely in place.

Three pastel, sparkly Luna Lovegood inspired Harry Potter magic wands topped with quartz crystals.

I used my hot glue gun to add some rhinestone and pearl embellishments.  I also used my hot glue gun and glitter to make some sparkly, raised designs on some of the wands, especially at the handle.

Lavender luna lovegood magic wand with crystal topper and a pink and blue swirled macaron on an open Harry Potter book.

Another fabulous photo from Nicole Gould at Million Dollar $mile Celebration!  Be sure to check out her website and all of her absolutely AMAZING parties.  And come back for more Harry Potter/Luna Lovegood fun tomorrow!

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