We had so much fun making our magical wands, we decided on a whim to mass produce them for sale at craft fairs. Everyone got into the fun, including the husbands who came up with some fabulous ways of upgrading quality of these wonderful sticks of paper. We produced about 50 wands and headed out to our first fair where we barely sold a handful of our product, but at our defense, we only had maybe 2-3 handfuls of customers who were actually not the imaginitave group we had hoped to encounter. One lady even asked, "um... what do they do?"
Our signs advertised "Ye Ol' Skewl of Wizardry" and also the enhancing products used in making these magical wands such as Unicorn Hair, Precious metals, and natural woods and gemstones. Each wand came with a tiny scroll which thanked them for purchasing a wand from Ye Ol' Skewl of Wizardry and then motivated the young wizards to learn all they can and use their innate magic wisely for "there is magic to be found everywhere."
And so our small attempt at raising some funds to pay for our recent crafty fun failed, but if it were completely up to the little wizards who each begged their parents for the one wand they heard calling to them, we would have sold out with just the small amount of customers we had. The leftover wands are being shipped to my mother who plans to sell them at some craft fairs in California. We'll see if they do any better in a more imaginative environment. The children who's parents wouldn't buy them a wand were seen later running around with real sticks and pencils... At least we know the product was wanted or even needed! I could just see those kids falling on their sticks. These at least are made of foam and paper which would break in half instead of entering their flesh like those pencils and sticks.
As you can tell, we really believe in our product; these silly little things! And the young children who all wanted them already knew several spells from all the books they have read and movies they've seen. My kids favorite is "Rediculous!" The spell turns a fearful object into something funny. Of course, the wand alone will not perform the spell. The wizard must actually imagine the object changing in their mind. I think J.K. Rowling (author of Harry Potter) actually has taught our children some wonderful things!
And here's 3 finished wands! My kids wanted these red dots on theirs. I think they're suppose to be buttons. I guess their wands are the modern electronic sort.
This one turned out looking like pewter. I think the mommies will have to get together tomorrow morning and make our own over cappucino! It's definitely a fun craft project.
I know, it's not pretty. I'm using a razor blaze to take off the colored pencil. I think the fixative I sprayed on it actually exacerbated the wax bloom and I should have taken a picture of the wax bloom so you all could see what I'm talking about. Basically it looks like a bright glare, but it's permanent. I couldn't remove the bloom with tissue rubbing and I couldn't erase the pencil. I considered starting over, but as a last result, I got out some razor blades and found that the color actually comes off easily in sheets just like sunburned skin. It just peels off when you catch a piece with the razor blade. I'm going to redraw the face with graphite and colored pencils. Then I'll continue with the background which will be grass.
