If you’re like me and have a Harry Potter obsession, a wand or two (or an undisclosed amount more) and no way to display them, I’ve got a solution for you. Here’s a tutorial for some relatively easy DIY Harry Potter wand Holders.
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First, gather your materials. You can get super creative but here’s what I used:
- Wood (bought or recycled)
- Hook screws
- Acrylic Paint
- Paint brushes
- Newspaper/other material you can get paint on
- Cup of water for paintbrushes
- Hammer/nails (optional)
- Command strips (optional)
- Pencil or pen
- Measuring tape
Begin by taking your piece of wood or other hanging materials. I used bought pieces from Hobby Lobby and Michael’s that I got on sale with coupons but recycled wood would work as well. Measure out how long your wand is and adjust where you want the screws to go. Make a pencil mark where the screws will go. Screw in the hooks. I do this by hand, but you might need a hammer or other tool if your wood is tough and thick.
Next, paint your wood how you would like. You can do this step first if you prefer. You can also paint the screws, cover them in glitter, etc. I ended up painting my hooks the same color as the wood because I didn’t like the contrast. If you are into a natural style, leave your wood as is, or paint a neutral color.
The custom holder I made for Luna’s wand I made the most fun due to her personality. I’m not great with drawing or painting so I created a custom color and then painted on little swirls and glitter dots for fun.
I also created a holder for my Hermione wand and a more basic holder for my other wands. I painted Hermione’s holder gold and the other piece of wood white. The white holder is one piece of wood I converted into four wand holders by adding eight eye hook screws.
Once your holders are done hang them on your wall. I’m in a temporary place, so I didn’t want to make holes in the wall so I used my trusty Command strips. Command has instructions on how to use them here but I’ve created visuals for you as well below.
Normally at this stage you remove the wood from the wall and let the strips adhere to the wall for an hour before placing your wand holder back on, but mine didn’t cooperate and I knew removing it would be a bad idea. Therefore I just hung my wand up instead.
I repeated this process with the other two wand holders.
At this point, I won’t lie I was disappointed with the finished product. It looked too chaotic to my eyes, so I took down two of the holders, painted Hermione’s holder white, bought another large piece of wood to create a duplicate of the top wand holder, and hung those instead. I enjoy this aesthetic far more but I wanted to show you a variety of ways you can make your own holders custom.
I hung the finished product on my wall next to my bookshelves.
This is a relatively time consuming project compared to some of my other DIY Harry Potter crafts due to paint drying time but it is very simple to do. The wood only cost me a few dollars and the bottles of paint around $1-2 each, depending on the quality of paint. The screws, command hooks and paint brushes are also not much money, and overall this is a much cheaper alternative to the swanky wand holders you can buy.
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