For this project you'll need felt, decorative buttons (optional), embroidery floss, a wooden dowel rod, poly-fill, 3/8" elastic, and ribbon (optional). You can find wooden dowel rods in various sizes at a craft store. You don't need a thick one. The thin ones are usually less than a dollar and easy to cut to the size you need.
Print out the star template here. You'll want the biggest star for your wand (cut 2) and the middle sized star for the middle of the wand. The smallest star is for the crown. You can design these ANY way you want. I didn't want ours to be overly princessy/girly, so I chose somewhat neutral colors and didn't make it too flashy. For the crown, you'll need to measure your child's head. You'll want the actual felt part to be about half the circumference of their head. I drew the pattern so it came up to just one simple point at the top. You could make it more elaborate though. You'll want the elastic to make up the rest of the circumference, minus about 2" (so it will be nice and snug on your child's head). So if your child's head is 20", make the crown length about 10" and the elastic about 8". Cut two pieces of the crown shape.
Stitch all of your decorations onto ONE crown piece, then sew the elastic into place on each end of the crown, between the two crown pieces. Hand-stitch all the way around the crown.
For the wand, stitch the decorations on the top piece, the glue the dowel rod to the back piece of the star. Start stitching the star pieces together, stuffing poly-fill into the star's points as you go around. Make sure it is nice and full before you finish sewing it. Tie a ribbon under the star. Now go grant some wishes!
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