Mini Maleficent Staff

I dressed Mia up as Maleficent this year for Halloween, (Mia So Maleficent). I wanted to do this last year, but time passed by too quickly and before I knew it, it was already too close to piece together. One thing about me, is I don’t do anything half-assed. It’s 100% or it’s put on the back burner to fully plan and execute just as I had envisioned. So I bought her a completed Frankenstein dog costume (Mia So Monster), called it a day (though I do think the photo turned out marvelous) and promised myself I would get a jump on my Maleficent idea waaay in advance. Which honestly my timing couldn’t be more perfect considering Maleficent, Mistress of Evil was just released into the theatres. Must have been meant to be after all. Anyway as a child, my mother would make our incredible Halloween costumes by incorporating her creative hand-sewn outfits with store-bought accessories. I try to do the same but mostly with found objects (basically crap I already own) along with a little bit of DIYing.

Below is how I made Mia’s Mini Maleficent Staff:

Supplies:

  • Wooden Dowel

  • Sandpaper, low grit just to smooth rough cut ends.

  • Handsaw

  • Floral or Tree Training Wire.

  • Black Electrical Tape

  • Super Glue

  • Mini Talon Crystal Ball Michael’s Halloween Miniatures Collection. No longer available on their website however may still be found at your local store. I also found on Etsy (here).

Instructions:

  1. Size and cut wooden dowel with a small handsaw. Use sandpaper to smooth out rough cut ends.

  2. Wrap floral or tree training wire around the wooden dowel. I used my husband’s Bonsai tree training wire because I wanted my “seams” to be more prominent. Wrap in a spiral motion from bottom to top then crisscross back down going opposite so the wire overlaps and makes x’s throughout. Don’t worry about imperfections. Wrap last bit of wire on the bottom.

  3. Take your electrical tape again starting from the bottom and wrap dowel with spiraled wire tightly at a slight angle. Finish off at top, leave wood exposed to adhere our crystal ball directly onto the dowel.

  4. With super glue, glue miniature crystal ball to the top of dowel on exposed wood. This is important so that is stays. Electrical tape can move and shift over time or when exposed to heat. Keep staff standing straight up and allow glue to completely dry.

  5. Once glue is dried and your crystal ball is secured, tape a small piece of electrical tape and wrap around just the top to finish up the final look.

  6. Abracadabra you now have one wicked Mistress of Evil staff in hand!

Happy Crafting!

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