If your stick has bark, make sure it's tightly attached. If it starts to flake off after you make your wand, it'll take the decorations with it. You can always smooth it down with a little sand paper.

The 11-year-old Lake Country, B.C., entrepreneur has been whittling wands and walking sticks for over a year now and what started as a fun way to make a ... from decorations to music note pointers ...