Make a Full-Sized, Decorative Witch Broom for Halloween

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Closeup photo of two handmade witches brooms in a corner in a spooky scene outside with cobwebs. The backdrop is dark gray brick with and there is an old wood crate with a sign on top.

Grab a tree branch from the yard, and let’s make a decorative witch broom for the spooky season!

The branches I’m using are knotty and approximately the length and width of a broomstick, about 5 to 5 1/2 feet long. I chose raffia for the broom part because it’s easy to find this time of year in craft stores or your local Dollar Tree.

These fun Halloween brooms took just minutes to make. Below are all the details!

Supplies used to make two witch brooms. These include two 5 foot tree branches, scissors, raffia, twine and zip ties.
Supplies

Supplies To Make One Broom

  • A tree branch
  • Raffia (I purchased this bundle on Amazon, and it made two brooms)
  • Jute twine
  • Scissors
  • Two 8-inch zip ties (for one broom)
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How To Make A Decorative Witch Broom – 3 Easy Steps

STEP 1:

Straighten your raffia and spread it upward toward the top part of your handle (the thicker part of the branch). Leave about two feet (the narrow part of the branch) showing. The narrow part of the stick will be hidden in the raffia of the broom, allowing you to stand it up in a corner. This will be clearer in step 2.

Note: In this step you will be flowing the raffia upward– the opposite way toward the handle part of the broom– so it can be secured underneath first. Use more or less raffia to get the fullness you like.

Secure the first zip tie to the top of the raffia. Lay the raffia out in the opposite direction that it will fall on on the broom. Secure tightly with a zip tie and leave about two feet of stick that will later be hidden by the broom whisk.

STEP 2:

Flip your broom so the raffia hangs downward toward the narrow end of the branch.

Flip the broom wisk over like flipping your hair after blow drying it upside down.
Flip the broom.

Smooth the raffia downward, gather it at the top, and add another zip tie to secure the top of the whisk as shown below.

Closeup securing a second zip tie to the outside upper part of the broom whisk to secure the raffia.
Secure with a second zip tie.

STEP 3:

Wrap twine around the top to cover the zip tie.

Closeup of the second zip tie wrapped with twine to cover.

Here’s another photo! To give my brooms a darker, more aged look, I painted the raffia with black and brown acrylic paint. Totally optional, but it looks great in my outdoor scene.

Photo of two handmade witches brooms in a corner in a spooky scene. The backdrop is dark gray and there is an old wood crate with a sign that says Ye Olde Broom Shoppe. The two brooms are in the corner with an eerie tree branch and faux cobwebs. Everything looks like it's been there for a while and the sign is worn and tattered in black with fluted edges top and bottom in off white with a broom illustration over top.

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