Halloween Good Witch Wands

I'm already behind schedule.  I vowed that I would begin my Halloween crafting starting in July - kind of like "Halloween in July".  But a million things like work and family obligations got in the way.

I thought I would start with a simple and fast  project idea, but in the world of crafting, nothing is simple or speedy.  

Halloween Wands gave me a chance to use a lot of what I already had in my stash: paper, cut files, cardstock and tidbits of ribbon.  I have to admit that I didn't have the dowels so I did have to spend money I didn't want to.  When you live in a tiny house like I do, and your craft room already has shelves of leaning stacks, you shouldn't even buy one more sheet of paper.

Like I said, I thought my simple project was going to be speedy too.  Well, you think I would have known better by now.   By the time I gathered all my tools, painted the dowels, waited for them to dry, cut the paper, pleated the rosettes, waited for the paper glue to dry, hours had gone by!

But it was worth all the effort when my 6 year old grand-daughter stopped in and spotted the wands laying on my table. She  immediately picked one up and asked if she could have it.

I plan to make a few more and hope that the experience of making them will lend for a reduction in time spent making them.  I'll see.