How to Make a DIY Witch's Broom • Sage to Silver

DIY witch’s broom that is easy to make and with materials from your own backyard. Add these DIY witch’s brooms to your Halloween decor for a simple, fun look.

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White chicken coop with two witch's brooms leaning against the door and pumpkins on the stairs

When thinking of Halloween, a few things come to mind. Pumpkins, of course, spiderwebs, candy, and witches! Witch’s brooms are a fun and easy way to add the spooky into your Halloween decor and guess what!? They are really easy to make yourself. The even better thing, you can likely gather most of the materials from your backyard.

Materials you’ll need

5′ – 6′ cut or fallen branch (about an inch/inch and a half thick)
Large bunches of tall cut grass, straw, dried weeds, and/or thin branches
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
Twine
Scissors

A bunch of dried grass, two sticks, hot glue gun and twine

Cut and prepare grass and straw

Cut some of the grass, straw, and/or branches to similar lengths. How long to keep your materials is up to you and depends on how long you would like your broom to be. I used lengths of about a foot to a foot and a half.

Attach grass materials to the branch

Apply hot glue starting from about 6 inches up from the bottom of the branch, down in a zig zag motion. Press small bundles of grass into the glue (wear work gloves as hot glue can burn your skin if touched). Some pieces of grass may fall off, but that’s okay. Add a little more glue and add pieces that have fallen off.

A sticks with dried grass hot glued to a medium sized stick

Once you have finished one layer around the entire stick, apply another layer of grass with the hot glue and add twine to secure.

A sticks with dried grass hot glued to a medium sized stick with twine around it

Glue another two layers of grass materials over the first two layers and the twine (or until it is full to your liking).

Add twine

Wrap twine around the top of the glued grass materials and tie it off in the back of the broom and hot glue the knot.

Add another bunch of twine about 2-3 inches below the first bunch. This is optional, but it will hold the broom together better and it looks nice.

Cut the top of the grass material

Use scissors to cut the top of the grass to all one length. This will give it a clean-cut look, but you can leave it different lengths if you would like.

Done! Add the broom to your front porch decor with lights, a cauldron, or a floating witch’s hat. Use it for a costume and store it to use for years to come. Happy Halloween!

Tips and tricks for the best witch’s broom

Find a branch that has a bend or notches in it for more character and a creepy look.
Think outside the brush! Dried grass and straw are the easiest for fine, but dried flowers or weeds are great additions or small branches like birch twigs or curly willow.
Use scissors instead of garden shears to make any cuts. Garden shears can get stuck on the straw and will not cut cleanly.
Use them to decorate outside, but be aware that rain may make them soggy, pull them in if there is a big rain storm, or put them under cover.