Harry Potter Wand

Do you have to turn it? Probably depends on which wand character’s you’re making…

You could just take your nice straight-grained wood (maybe a long pen blank ?) and carve away by hand

-- Steve -- University Heights, Ohio

Skymall!

Seriously though, not a turner but below is a link to a website where they do turn wands and one of the main sellers of manufactured (likely plastic) Movie/book branded wands.

Actual turned wands:
http://www.alivans.com/custom/web/list.asp?c=21499

Harry Potter manufactured specific wands:
www.noblecollection.com

From the looks on noblecollection the movie prop style ones could be made by turning then carving. I have the feeling making one would be less time/cost effective, but mean so much more to her.

I’d maybe say the first step is finding out which character’s wand she wants, because each one’s looks very different.

I made a couple for my kids. The wands described in the books are simpilar then the ones in the movies. I cut one out of oak and one out of maple. I shaved of the corners by hand and sanded they round and tapered down to a dull point. Nothing to elaborate but the cool part is I drilled the handle end and let them put there own magic elements in it for the core.

Put a plug in it and sanded smoth. Let the kids pic the finish. Nothing real fancy but they loved them.

Mike

Here’s a link for texturing wands with a glue gun. They used paper to make their wands, but the finishing looks really cool. It might give you a few more ideas for your grandkids wand.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-an-awesome-Harry-Potter-wand-from-a-sheet-of-/

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Thanks everyone

-- Ray Cody, Florence Alabama