![]() ![]() You may want to save a few stars to glue directly onto the bottom of the broom without any wire, as well as on the handle. Once your stars are dry, hot glue one to each of the coiled wire pieces. Make these in varying lengths so that the stars will look like they are coming out at random. ![]() Then, to lengthen the tight coil, just gently pull the coil apart. Next, to make the coiled wire for the stars, wrap the wire around something wide, like a marker. If the ribbon tends to shift around too much, just glue the ribbon to the handle in a few more places on the backside. Then wrap the ribbon around the handle and glue the other end at the base of the handle on the backside. Hot glue one end of the ribbon to the top of the handle on the backside. Once the glitter has dried, wrap the handle of the broom in ribbon. If the spray glitter isn't as showy as you'd like, you could also brush on some Elmer's glue and then sprinkle bottled glitter onto the glue. We used purple, orange and black paint, and we also outlined our stars for added dimension. Using acrylic paint, paint your wooden stars. To give the shoe a little dimension, stuff some polyfill into the shoe and then finish stitching the shoe closed. Leave an unstitched hole (about 1.5") along the back of the shoe. Stitch the front shoe piece to the back tan piece using the running stitch in tan thread. Also stitch on the purple star with a seed bead in the center and one stitch into each point of the star. Now sew on the two purple straps by bordering them in purple beads. Next, line up the purple strap that goes with the gold buckle and stitch the buckle on using the backstitch in yellow thread. Sew the black shoe onto just one of the tan backgrounds using the backstitch in black thread. Now trace and cut out the felt as follows. Print and cut out the witch's shoe pattern. Instructions for Halloween Sewing and Decorating Idea Acrylic paint (orange, black and purple).Purple beads (seed beads and bugle beads).Embroidery thread (black, purple, gold, tan).Materials for Halloween Sewing and Decorating Idea So cast a few magic spells yourself this Halloween with your very own enchanted witch’s broom. And with the sparkle of glitter and a few stars springing out, it looks so magical. Learn how to turn an ordinary straw broom into a darling witch’s broom with some sewing, painting and a little beadwork. If you've been looking for a fun Halloween sewing and decorating project, then this just might be the one to try. ![]()
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