On the rare occasion I am cajoled into doing something "for the kids", I use a breakaway wand, it's instant success. Although I would have liked a wooden one, even the ones marketed as "heavy duty" are plastic... some day I'll get round to making my own!
But for normal stuff, no, it doesn't fit really, although cards and coins I will use a sharpie, a match or a chapstick as a "wand", the latter being the most useful as the original ones are black with white ends, and can be used for various card-to-chapstick tube effects.
I do however use a fantastic line of John Archer's regarding wands as often as I can... I'm not going to share it, sorry
