My 5 year old and I are currently on year 4 of the Harry Potter series of books so naturally he wanted to be HP for Halloween. As I started my search to put together a great costume I was having trouble finding decent looking brooms and much less any that didn't need to be shipped. So I decided I would set out to make one, it couldn't be THAT hard, right? Luckily I found a tutorial online that I could pretty much follow exactly.
Link: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-Nimbus-2000/
I started with a 6ft long 2×6 board from Home Depot for $2 (a discarded miscut) and I drew the general shape of the Nimbus with that distinct angle in the handle.
Used the jigsaw to cut the shape out of the board
I was already proud of it at this point.
I sanded it for days on end with a palm sander with the roughest grit I could find.
Thus, lots of dust was produced. Dust everywhere…
..including chest and neck and boobs.
Smooth and finally done sanding
I hacked off the tail end and inserted a dowel into the hallowed out end so as to be able to taper the tip of the broom to almost a point.
Read more: http://imgur.com/gallery/QNKG2
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