Crafting Your Own Brooms, Gear, and Games
How to Build the Tools and Toys of a Magical Society
By Harry Potter
A magical settlement isn't truly alive until its people begin crafting their own magical gear and inventing new games. Whether it's the smooth handle of a hand-carved broom or the sparkle of a newly enchanted Snitch, magical equipment brings imagination to life.
The most enduring magical cultures are the ones that create, not just consume. In this chapter, we'll explore how to build your own brooms, design magical sports gear, and even invent brand-new games for witches, wizards, and magical beings of all ages.
Step 1: Building a Broom from Scratch
A broom is more than transportation—it's a reflection of the rider. Whether it's built for speed, stability, or stunts, crafting your own broom gives it personality and purpose.
Basic Parts of a Broom
✔ Shaft (Handle): Traditionally carved from woods like ash, willow, or birch, depending on desired flight style.
✔ Tail Twigs: Usually bundled bristles of birch, hazel, or even enchanted thistle.
✔ Core Enchantments: Laid into the shaft using runes and spell inscriptions to enhance lift, speed, and control.
✔ Stabilization Charms: Keeps the broom steady and responsive to rider thought.
✔ Safety Charms: Protects the rider from falls, spins, or weather magic.
Optional Additions:
Wind charm boostersLightning-proof wardsPersonalized grip runesPaintwork with family crests or team symbols
Pro Tip: Brooms should be balanced magically and physically—an unbalanced broom can cause spiraling or broomspin!
Step 2: Crafting Magical Sports Equipment
Just like Muggles craft footballs and baseball gloves, magical communities create their own gear—for Quidditch, dueling, broom racing, and more.
Custom Quaffles, Bludgers, and Snitches
✔ Quaffle – Enchanted to hover slightly and be easier to grip mid-flight.
✔ Bludgers – Crafted from lightweight ironwood or hardened leather, then enchanted with motion spells.
✔ Golden Snitch – Small enchanted orb with flutter charms, autonomous flight patterns, and disguise runes to prevent early spotting.
Local Variant Ideas:
Glowing Bludgers for night gamesChameleon Snitches that blend with surroundingsQuaffles enchanted to release team colors when scoredProtective Sports Gear
✔ Enchanted pads and gloves that absorb magical impact
✔ Helmets with deflection charms and air-current adjusters
✔ Boots with flight stabilizers or bounce charms
Fun Fact: Some communities enchant gear to emit team chants, fight songs, or good-luck jingles when a goal is scored!
Step 3: Inventing Your Own Magical Game
Creating a new magical game is an act of creativity, magic, and community spirit. Some of the best games start as simple spells among friends and grow into full-blown traditions.
Steps to Invent Your Own Game
Pick the style – Is it physical? Mental? Spell-based? Puzzle-oriented?
Define the goal – What must a player do to win?
Add magical twists – Enchanted objects? Floating platforms? Elemental hazards?
Create roles or positions – Do players take turns? Are there teams?
Set the rules – What spells are allowed? What earns points? What ends the game?
Test it! – Try it out with friends or students. Adjust for fun, fairness, and safety.
Example Game Ideas
Sky Loop Chase
Riders fly through a course of floating magical rings, scoring points for each successful loop in a timed flight.
Spell Sprint
A race through obstacle-filled terrain, where players can use one charm per challenge to overcome hurdles like levitating vines, riddle-locked doors, or shifting bridges.
Hexball
Like dodgeball, but players use safe hexes to temporarily disarm or delay each other. Magical barriers keep spectators safe.
Glow-tag
Played at night with wands charmed to emit a color-coded aura. One player is "it" and must tag others with a flick of glowing light.
Wand & Word
A magical memory game where teams must cast and complete increasingly complex spell chains, testing both skill and mental recall.
Step 4: Hosting a Maker's Fair or Games Festival
Let your community showcase their creations! Host a seasonal festival where broomcrafters, spell-inventors, potion-makers, and game designers present their work.
✔ Build flying arenas, game zones, and enchanting booths.
✔ Include competitions for "Best Broom," "Most Inventive Game," or "Most Creative Gear."
✔ Invite young inventors to test their skills and showcase their magical imagination.
Ron Weasley's Comment:
"Honestly, it's amazing what people come up with. George once made a Bludger that plays bagpipe music when it hits someone. Slightly cursed, but still brilliant."
Final Thoughts: The Magic of Creation
A magical settlement that builds its own gear and games doesn't just rely on old traditions—it forges new ones.
When witches and wizards take their creativity and enchantment into their own hands, they do more than craft—they ignite joy, spark innovation, and build culture.
So gather your wood, your spells, and your wildest ideas—and let your imagination take flight.
— Harry Potter