Anyone who has watched the Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit trilogies has at some point wanted Gandalf's staff. It is a scientifically proven fact. There is nothing like a good, solid Wizard staff to defend against Balrogs, challenge dark lords, fight other Wizards, decimate Orcs, or even illuminate giant Dwarven caverns. The uses are endless, and it has become apparent to myself that I just had to have one.

The difficulty is that I have looked all over the web, and searched everywhere for how to make one that is not only sturdy, realistic, insanely cool, but also easy to make, and the best I have found is how to make them out of paper. Paper!!! Gandalf would be so disappointed.

'FOOL OF A TOOK!!!'

I wanted one out of wood, that would be sturdy enough to use a walking stick, has a big gemstone at the top, and looked really cool.

The solution? Obviously, a big stick. When looking at pictures of the Wizard staffs on the internet, I noticed something. The staff was always thicker toward the top. Why is that important? Because everyone knows that a sapling is always thick at the bottom, and gets thinner as it goes up. That meant the staffs were made from a large sapling, turned upside down, with the roots as the top part. (the business end, if you know what I mean) That was the solution.

I am entering this in the Halloween props contest, so please Vote!!

Disclaimer: This is NOT meant to be an exact reproduction or even a bad replica of one of Gandalf's staffs. Don't get mad if you don't like the way it looks.