Post by Gigi on Jun 16, 2007 20:21:19 GMT -5
I'm making a broom for my son. He's never read the books (He's only 8), but he's seen the movies and loves to play Harry Potter.
So, he found a sturdy, thick stick in the woods when we were out hiking. He asked me to make it into a broom for him, and of course I said sure.
The stick had no bark, so I sanded it smooth, and trimmed both ends because they were raggedy. Then I stained it and put a few coats of polyurethane on it to seal it all and give it a nice semi-gloss finish.
Tomorrow we're going to go into the woods again and find lots of long straight sticks. (I hope we can find enough. Sites on the internet talk about birch twigs, but there aren't a lot of birch trees around here.) We'll bundle them and bind them to the stick. Glue them good and spray with more polyurethane.
I don't know who's more excited, my son or me. I love making this kind of stuff, but he probably won't let me play with it when it's done. Of course, when it is done, I'll be sure to post some pictures for you all.
So, he found a sturdy, thick stick in the woods when we were out hiking. He asked me to make it into a broom for him, and of course I said sure.
The stick had no bark, so I sanded it smooth, and trimmed both ends because they were raggedy. Then I stained it and put a few coats of polyurethane on it to seal it all and give it a nice semi-gloss finish.
Tomorrow we're going to go into the woods again and find lots of long straight sticks. (I hope we can find enough. Sites on the internet talk about birch twigs, but there aren't a lot of birch trees around here.) We'll bundle them and bind them to the stick. Glue them good and spray with more polyurethane.
I don't know who's more excited, my son or me. I love making this kind of stuff, but he probably won't let me play with it when it's done. Of course, when it is done, I'll be sure to post some pictures for you all.
