Broom Making Kit: Handbrooms!

Learn to make Appalachian-style hand brooms with guidance from Cynthia Main, author of The Handmade Broom. This kit gives you everything you need to weave four beautiful, functional brooms — a hands-on introduction to a traditional craft that's as practical as it is satisfying.

Accessible for all skill levels and recommended for ages 10 and up. Some manual dexterity and pulling strength required.

What's Included

• Enough organic broomcorn to make four hand brooms
• Colored nylon thread for weaving — choose up to 4 colors at checkout (see color options below)
• A 20-page instruction booklet, printed on 100% recycled paper with a sewn spine, made by Lickety Split Press in Northern Kentucky — with photos by Christina Stallard Photography
  
• A small dowel to use as a thread spool, held with your feet as you weave
• Packaging made from 100% recycled materials (made in Colorado and Tennessee)

Thread Colors

• Warm palette: Cream, Neon Pink, Grey, Black
• Cool palette: Navy Blue, Grey, Black, Green

Kit Options

• With Weaving Stalks — Includes decorative stalks for weaving ornamental tops on your brooms

Good to Know

• Scissors are needed but not included
• Kits ship within one week of ordering
• More broom styles and techniques on our YouTube channel