Brooms.

For the premiere of the last Harry Potter film, my sisters and I are going dressed up at the Holyhead Harpies (a Quidditch team that is all girls). I've already drafted a pattern for the robes and ordered the fabric, so now there's some dead time before I can start making the robes, and I'm thinking about the other props. Those could get expensive--more expensive than the 30 or so yards of fabric I had to buy.

So I started considering making broomsticks from all the dead branches laying around in my backyard. But more important than figuring out how to make these broomsticks, I need to figure out what to call my brand of broomsticks. In Harry Potter there's the Comet 360, Nimbus 2000, Firebolt, etc.

Here's the possible names Kristan and I have come up with:

Delta Meteor (The delta is in honor of Daedalus; I, for some reason, wanted to throw some Percy Jackson into the mix)
Edison's Epiphany
Tesla Twigs
Racing Ras
Galaxy Rider

I like Delta Meteor the most. On the broomstick it would be an actual delta, not the word. Assuming I even go so far as to paint the broom name on the brooms.

We don't all need broomsticks, just enough so that people get the point. Think they have straw-type stuff at craft stores? Other props we need: goggles, helmets, balls, bats, other protective gear. I don't know about any of these at this point. It'll probably be mix and match with whatever anyone can find or afford.