"Please" and "Thank You"

Those are the most powerful magic words. You knew that. Your own fairy godmother made sure you knew them before you were five.

We've been making magic wands today. We used the cardboard tubes from trouser hangers. We wrapped the tubes in foil gift wrap, then stuck curling ribbon and sparkly pipe cleaners in one end. Shot in some hot glue and poked in three craft feathers. Drizzled with messy glitter and spangles to "boot up the magic". The kids chose their personal magic words, then went around the room poofing and shazamming things. One five-year old boy told me, "My wand does inside magic. Things still look the same on the outside, but they are changed on the inside." Isn't that fantastic?