Reality is very different from the magical worlds we plunge into thanks to books and films. We don’t know how to do miracles with one wave of our hands, but still we want to believe in magic and dream of getting its attributes. For example, an elderberry wand is a matter of desire for many Harry Potter fans. We will figure out how to make it yourself.
Any fan of fantasy will indicate his reason why he wants to have this souvenir. But in fact, everyone agrees that they are primarily attracted by elegance, beauty, style and pleasant sensations from touching this artifact. Elderberry wand, created with his own hands, combines all these qualities.
In addition, in the magical world of "Harry Potter", it is considered the most powerful among the ever existing magical accessories. And its owner is endowed with the power to do great things. The heroes of the books of Joanne Rowling did terrible things to get this "death gift".
Wood base
Unlike the well-known story, in the real world you don’t have to kill anyone to get the elderberry wand for you. There are several options for creating it. The classical method requires the use of an ordinary branch as the basis for crafts. To translate your dreams into reality, you must perform the following steps.
First, find some branches that have recently been broken off from a suitable tree. If elderberry doesn't grow nearby, you can use willow, apple or just your favorite plant of this type. Clean the most suitable knot in shape and size from the bark. Then leave it for a couple of days on the windowsill, so that it dries well.
After that, slightly sharpen the area that is near the tip, and varnish the workpiece. This will be the basis for your future crafts. Dumbledore's elderberry wand has characteristic bulges and depressions on its surface. How to create them, we will understand a little later. In the meantime, we’ll tell you about another option for preparing the corps.
We work with cardboard
This method is very fast and easy to execute. For work, it is necessary to prepare the following materials and tools:
- a cardboard of A4 format (its color does not matter);
- silicone;
- stationery scissors and glue.
Start by folding the sheet diagonally from one corner to the opposite. Fold it halfway and cover the rest with glue. To better understand how to make an elderberry stick, twist the cardboard into a tube, and then straighten it and wait until it dries.
Silicone - to the rescue
Your base material should become hard and strong. When you see that he is ready for the next phase of work, put in the silicone case. It can be found in any building materials store.
This filler is sold in different volume tubes. If you choose a large one, you will need a special gun for it. But for this work, standard small containers are quite enough. In working with it, no additional tools are used.
Silicone is needed so that an elderberry stick, made with one's own hands at home, becomes more massive and weighty. Open the tube and pour its contents into the wide end of the workpiece. If you worry that one package may not be enough, use the material sparingly and do not fill it with the entire space inside the case. In this case, your creation will turn out to be easier.
Solder the opposite side in the same way. Wait for the filler to dry. On packages with silicone, the period of solidification is always indicated. After the inner part of the workpiece has finally hardened, you can proceed to decorating, thanks to which your craft will look exactly like a real elderberry stick.
Decor Materials
This powerful artifact has a very interesting shape. At first glance, it may seem that it is quite difficult to recreate it. But actually it is quite real. To get started, prepare everything you need in your work:
- strong wire from which we will make the frame;
- aluminum foil;
- sculptural or ceramic clay;
- stack (sculpting tool);
- ocher;
- black, brown, white and golden acrylic paints and brushes for them.
So that you get a real elderberry stick, you can use a special frame as its basis. Cover the wire with foil in three to four layers. At the same time, carefully smooth it, so that after that it would be more convenient to apply a layer of clay on it.
Decorate
Prepare small cylindrical strips from plastic material and attach them around the frame. It is necessary to make 5 such thickenings, each of which will be slightly smaller in size than the neighboring one (if you place them in the direction from the handle to the tip). The distance between them also needs to be done differently.
Make small hollows in them using a wire or a rod from the handle. Separately, make a relief cone-shaped tip from clay and fix it on the thick end of the case. Now move on to painting.
Cover the entire product with a black base. Since the elderberry stick should have brown bulges, color them with this color. Please note: the holes on the spheres should remain dark.
Wipe a slightly thin part of the frame with ocher and draw on the handle a white symbol of the deathly hallows (a circle and a vertical strip inscribed in a triangle).
Now you have the most powerful magic tool in the Harry Potter franchise series of books and films. The elderberry stick is actually ready to use. Now it remains to perform a small final ritual, after which it will be possible to begin to conjure.
Start to conjure
Some lovers of magic advise to go to the forest at night and conduct a whole rite with spells and candles in a circle. But since far from every parent will allow his child to go to the very thicket alone, you can restrict yourself to a simpler way of initiation.
A magic wand is a tool that enhances the likelihood of fulfilling desires. And if you turn to magic, then you want a certain event to happen in your life.
When you crave it with all your heart, a magical attribute greatly increases the chances of making a dream come true. That is, the guarantee of the effectiveness of any artifact and spells is faith. The stronger it is, the more powerful your gift of a wizard becomes.