Make these fun and easy witches brooms for FREE! Perfect for your Halloween Porch.
Today I’m excited to join a very talented group of ladies for the Junk Revision Challenge. The idea behind the challenge is to take items some might see as junk and turn it into something beautiful. October’s theme was Nature. Since the challenge fell on Day 3 of The 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween I knew I wanted to create something a little Halloween-ey. Then I remembered these cute brooms that Amy from Canary Street Crafts made and I knew they would be perfect for our front porch. I inherited a giant ball of twine from my mother in law (like 2 ft in diameter giant) recently and have been looking for ways I could use it up wherever I can. These brooms were going to be perfect for that. Now to find the rest of the materials.
I didn’t have to look far. One Sunday when we were out to dinner at my dad’s house I noticed that the giant tree my brother and I had climbed as kids was starting to droop a little and I saw this as the perfect opportunity to get my “broom handles”. Pair that with the dead weeds and tall grass in his yard and we had our broom sticks.
Now to assemble them. Using the twine from my mother in law I wrapped the grass and weeds around the branches in a whip knot. And by I, I mean my super sweet husband who was in scouts as a kid and could tell I needed some help after 15 minutes of trying to keep the twigs attached to the branches and tie the twine at the same time. He also helped me come up with quote for the Broom Parking Only Sign I made. We make a pretty good team!
And there you have it. Aren’t they cute?! I didn’t think I was going to like the crooked branches but I actually like them even more and think it gives the brooms more character. What do you think?
What junk do you have that you have turned to treasure? And don’t forget to hop on over and see what a few of my friends did with their “junk” and elements of nature.
Check out the rest of the 13 Frightfully Fun Days of Halloween:
Candy Corn Fruit Dessert Pizza
Light Saber Halloween Treat
Mini Ghost Pumpkin Pies
Affordable Halloween Decorating
Muslin Mummy Candles
Candy Corn Painted Bottle
Halloween Scavenger Hunt
Jack-O-Lantern Pillow
Broom Parking Only Sign
Thea says
Love this idea! I would have never thought to use dead twigs, grasses and weeds to make these brooms. The sign is the final perfect touch!
Sydney says
Thank you Thea! The sign is my favorite part I think.
Amy | Canary Street Crafts says
Thanks so much for the shout out, Sydney! Your brooms turned out so cute.
Sydney says
Thank you for thinking of the idea Amy! I love it and have already gotten a ton of compliments 🙂
Heather @ The Deans List Blog says
Haha! I love this – how cute!
Sydney says
Thanks Heather! It was such a fun and easy project to do. Now to get all the extra twigs and weeds out of my garden 🙂
Carrie says
These are absolutely adorable! I love the little sign too. Awesome creativity!
Sydney says
Thank you so much Carrie! I love your Twig Mirror too; definitely want to try this one!
Tammy says
I Love how your brooms came out and perfect with your sign …so cute!
Sydney says
Thanks so much Tammy!
Tiffany says
Hi, Sydney ~ Those brooms look perfect! And I love the crooked handles! They look so real and “warty” just like a witch who might own it. :0) I’m definitely going to have to try to make one of these! Thanks for sharing!
Sydney says
Thanks Tiffany! I didn’t like the crooked handles at first but they are growing on me now. I would love to see your brooms when you make them!
Kim from Hunt & Host says
Super cute and fun project! What an affordable way to decorate, plus you can throw it out and make another next year if you are tight on storage space! I love it!
Sydney says
Thanks Kim! The throw away when done factor is part of the reason I love these so much… I don’t even want to know how many spiders and other bugs that are going to make these cuties their home. I don’t think I want to store that anywhere other than the front porch 🙂
Roxanne says
These are really adorable!
Jill Flory says
I like those a lot 🙂 What a fun project!
JESSICA says
I can totally do this! This is such a fun, whimsical, creative idea.
Ashley R. Aarons says
Lovely brooms. A unique idea, also very creative.
Elaine M. May says
Perfect, That broom is too cute! I love the colors! just what I was looking for. Thanks so much!
Tom Bradly says
These are fantastic home decor idea especially on Halloween! Good thinking!
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Perry Olsen says
These are really great. The sign was the best part.