Jumping the broom!

You can probably find a broom at your local craft store and then DIY it or:

http://www.african-weddings.com/wedding_brooms_

http://www.african-weddings.com/wedding_brooms_

I'm doing this to, my mom found my broom at a thift store I just have to decorate it.

Around the time of the holidays... They usually sell the "cinnamon brooms"....

http://www.amazon.com/Azure-Green-Cinnamon-Broom-12/dp/B000WS8YDK

If you order it now you can get al lthe cinnamon smell out of it... And you can decorate it youself.

Ebay and Etsy might have some.

I did this I had a family friend make it. She runs a party supply place. Look at local stores that rent out party stuff like baby shower chairs most of the time they can make them there or may know someplace that can. Good luck. Also check ebay.

I got my broom on Etsy from Marayah's Creations

I bought my broom from Michael's and decorating it myself.

I would suggest a relative's broom, and then clean it up. That way it will be special to you and it could become a hand down from generation to generation. You can decorate it to make it look nice.

jmo

I bought our broom from Amazon! I love it. It's on sale for $11.26

http://www.amazon.com/Darice-VL3080-Wedding-Decorated-32-Inch/dp/B003TFDQZ4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305229996&sr=8-1

I had to explain to my family some pagan/alternative spirituality wedding customs (which broom jumping is one of many) because they thought that incorporating "heathen" traditions meant slaughtering goats. I wonder wtf people get their ideas from. Anyway, it's a practice shared by many different cultures and it's cool to see people incorporating it into their own traditions. Here's some information if anyone is curious (or ticked that I brought up paganism.) We're having a non-religious ceremony but I've always found different religious wedding customs really interesting.

http://anitaweds.blogspot.com/2009/05/pagan-wedding-customs.html

Did you check out etsy?

I'm doing that buthasn't started looking yet!

What about a small broom from the kids' toy dept. and then decorate it?

I found them on african weddings.com and ebay

Here are a few that I found.

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-White-Wedding-Tradition-Jumping-Broom-Ceremony-/180640639839?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0f056b5f

http://cgi.ebay.com/WEDDING-JUMPING-BROOM-CUSTOM-MADE-YOUR-COLORS-THEME-/160585330015?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2563a1ad5f

http://cgi.ebay.com/Wedding-Jumping-Broom-Decorative-Customized-Colors-/400202176709?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d2de898c5

Thank you so much ladies for all the great ideas!

@Vanilla and June your brooms are so pretty

I am allergic to DIY!LOL

@See-Rizzy Yeah Girl me too! I'm a BIY (Buy It Yourself) kinda girl.

Check out Marayah's Creation. She can customize it any way you like.

I also thought about encorporating this tradition as well but I might set against it b/c I'm not sure how I can do that since we will be having an outside wedding.

@ vanilla_nut beautiful broom!!!! Seriously, I'm keeping this in mind for the next time!

ShaTerra, I don't see any reason why you can't jump the broom outdoors.