make sure your wood doesn't have any major flaws; you don't want to go through all this trouble just to have your wand break in two at first use (unless of course you're going for the Ron-Weasley ...

A busted wand is a sure sign that you're playing Ron Weasley. Any thin stick can be ... Apply a dark or light wood varnish to your smoothed wand. Look in your local thrift stores for a white ...

That opinion comes from Oliver Phelps, one of the twins who played the fun-loving, red-haired elder brothers of Ron Weasley in all ... As if by the flick of a magic wand, ingredients like ...