Make a wish upon a star this New Year’s Eve with our wishing wand craft!

Encourage the whole family to think about their hopes and dreams this New Year’s Eve and for the coming year and put them onto your own wishing wand.

A New Years Eve wishing wand craft made out of a paper mache star, wood dowel and cut up magazines
Make a wish upon a star by attaching your wishes to a wishing wand.

Instead of making a mood board, or a bucket list, put your wishes onto wishing stars to wave as you ring in the new year.

How to make a wishing wand

We are going to paint paper mache stars and attach our wishes to the back of them. This is a wonderful craft for every member of the family to make.

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You will need paper mache stars, wood dowel rods, paint, glue, and an old magazine to make a wishing wand craft
Gather paper mache stars, wood dowels, paint, and ribbon to make a wishing wand.

Supplies needed to make a wishing wand craft

  • Paper mache star
  • Wooden dowel rods
  • Paint
  • Glitter paint or glitter (optional – for extra sparkle)
  • Curling ribbon
  • Old magazines
  • Hot glue gun
  • Box cutter

Instructions for making a wishing wand craft

Step 1 for making a wishing wand is to paint your paper mache stars
Paint your paper mache stars in colors that shine.

Step 1

Paint your paper mache stars. We chose silver, gold, and white paint for ours, but you can use whatever color makes you happy.

Step 2 for making a wishing wand is adding glitter to your painted star
Add sparkle to your star with glitter or glitter paint.

Step 2

Make your wishing wand sparkle by using glitter paint or glitter with glue to your star. Set aside to dry before moving onto the next step.

step 3 for making your wishing wand is to add a magazine collage of wishes to the back of your star
Cut out pictures from magazines of your wishes and glue them to the back of your star.

Step 3

Grab old magazines and have everyone cut out pictures of their wishes for the coming year. Glue the pictures to the back of your star. Don’t worry if they hang over the edge, we’ll take care of that in the next step.

step 4 for making your wishing wand is to trim off the excess edges of your magazine collage around your star
Trim off the excess paper from around your star using scissors.

Step 4

Use scissors or a box cutter to trim the excess paper hanging around your star.

step 5 for making your wishing wand is to glue a wood dowel into the base of your star
Use hot glue to attach a wood dowel to the bottom of your star.

Step 5

Use a box cutter to cut an ‘x’ into the bottom of the paper mache star. Put hot glue over the ‘x’ and insert the wood dowel into the star.

The final step for making your wishing wand is to tie curling ribbon at the base of the star
Tie shiny curling ribbon onto your wishing wand.

Step 6

Tie curling ribbon onto the dowel rod right below the star.

Our finished wishing wand craft
a new years eve wishing wand craft for the whole family to make
The whole family will love making these wishing wands together for New Year’s Eve.
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New Year's Eve Wishing Wand Craft

A New Years Eve wishing wand craft made out of a paper mache star, wood dowel and cut up magazines

Make a wish upon a star this New Year's Eve with our wishing wand craft.

Prep Time 5 minutes
Active Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Difficulty Medium
Estimated Cost $10

Materials

  • Paper mache star
  • Wooden dowel rods
  • Paint
  • Glitter paint or glitter (optional - for extra sparkle)
  • Curling ribbon
  • Old magazines

Tools

  • Hot glue gun
  • Box cutter

Instructions

  1. Paint your paper mache star.
  2. Add glitter paint or glitter with glue over the top of your painted star.
  3. Cut pictures out of magazines of your wishes for the coming year.
  4. Glue the pictures to the back of your star.
  5. Trim the excess paper from around your star.
  6. Cut an 'x' into the bottom of your star.
  7. Add hot glue to the 'x' and insert the wood dowel rod into the star.
  8. Tie curling ribbon around the dowel rod right under the star.

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Have you made our wishing wand craft? What were some of the wishes you put on yours?



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