Halloween Props That Everyone Recognizes - Magic Broomsticks

People may come to eat your holiday treats, but many people enjoy adding Halloween props to their parties, or just when decorating for this special day. The obvious ones are skeletons, witches, or ghosts. 

If you consider witches, one prop that is quite a lot of fun is a Magic Broomstick. These can be added into classroom or home craft activities for children, too. Literally anyone can make these, and children love watching them come to life.

Start off by gathering 3 empty paper towel roll tubes, 2 small brown paper lunch bags, brown and yellow yarn, 1 sheet of construction paper, scissors, glue, stapler, paint, masking tape, markers, and a paint brush. Once these are all checked into inventory, you are ready to start.

To begin the process of making your own broom Halloween Props, paint the tubes whatever color you choose. The most common colour is, of course, black, but you can break tradition! Cut a several strips from the construction paper measuring 6” long and 2” wide. When building the broom handle, put the tubes together using the masking tape to keep them attached together. Put some glue on the paper strips and wrap them around the tape, as you don’t want the tape to show.

To make the broom base of these Halloween props, cut the paper bag into a rectangle. This is done by cutting both sides and the bottom edge from the front of the bag. Cut 8 slits measuring 5” in the base. These become the broom bristles. Cover the bristles in glue and add 15 – 20 pieces of the 5” lengths of yarn.  Make sure that you lay the yarn so that the top lines up.

For a border, you need to cut the brown yarn into 5 pieces and glue them over the edge of the yellow pieces. You can now cut the other paper bag the same way as the first one. This makes the other side of the broom bristles. After this is done, staple the sides, but not the top, together.

Now, you are ready to add the handle between the bristles to finish the look of the brooms. Put the handle about an inch down, and staple the top together. Add a string tied into the shape of a bow around the top of the bristles where the handle comes together. Once the glue has completely dried, you have your completed Magic Broom.

You should make at least 3 of these and hang them up in various places in the party room. The atmosphere they help create will be more magical. A number of your guests will be asking you how you made them, so be prepared to explain the process.

The brooms are neat, but if children are involved, especially the boys, you need a slime recipe (click here for one)!!!