Witch Krafting with Kat

  British Library Discovering Children's Books.  Printable activity pack: Once upon an adventure Print out our  Once upon an adventure  activity pack  and embark on an adventure with Little Red Riding Hood, the cheeky Wolf and your own wild imagination! Illustrated by Viviane Schwarz Please visit the link below. https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books/activities/activity-pack Imagines from British Library. Please visit The British Library for Fairy Tales and Folktales  https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books/themes/fairy-tales-and-folktale s Images from British Library.

  Wizard’s or witch’s broom  The last in my series of very old tutorials I made a million moons ago. But I hope you all enjoyed them and it's nice to be able to share them here on my blog site.  More new tutorials coming soon!  You will need Bamboo kebab stick  Tacky glue Brown florists tape Secateurs or wood clippers Old scissors Cotton thread  Thatching material  Instructions 1.  Cut the bamboo kebab stick in half and remove the point. You'll have two slightly different sized sticks, perfect for making two brooms. 2.  Wind the brown florist's tape down the stick, completely covering the stick and both ends. 3.  Cut a piece of the coconut fibre thatching material about 3in long by about 1/2in diameter. Then dip about 1/4in or 1cm of the handle into tacky glue. Lay the handle on the bristles and gently bring the bristles around the handle. Use cotton thread to wind around the bristles 10 times before knotting and trim...

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Vampy BookCase Tutorial by Kat Hazelton(me) Miniature mixed media project.  🧛🩸☠️🧛🩸☠️🧛🩸☠️🧛🩸☠️🧛🩸☠️ You will need. Coffin Kit from  https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/ . I used all the parts apart from the coffin shape with corner holes to create this Book Case.  Tim Holtz Etcetera Trims cut with scissors or thick pieces of trimmed cardboard. Wood glue/ super glue. Acrylic paints and paint brushes. Sculpting paste plus sculpting tool such as a pallet knife. Adornment such as a MDF shape, I used Calico Craft Parts Winged Devil MSF wood shape. You can use metal charms, buttons, moulded shapes. Now your miniature Book Shelf is ready to adorn with ghoulish relics, spell books and charms! Well I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, I hope it inspires you to have a go at creating. If you have any questions please get in touch via here or my Instagram page I am always happy to help if I can.  More 'Kat Makes' and spooky postings coming soon.👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃

  Cosmic! Handmade pendant welcoming back the sunlight 🌞 How to make your own Cosmic Pendant.  MDF round shape/bauble from Calico Craft Parts  https://www.calicocraftparts.co.uk/ decorated with sculpting paste and decorated with nuvo drops, metallic paint and glitter. Eye is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.  https://timholtz.com/ Glue eye into centre of bauble and using sculpting paste and cocktail stick add lines of paste from the eye to the edges. Leave to dry.  Paint with metallic paints. Leave to dry. Then using nuvo drops and glitter add lots of sparkle. Glitter added with pva glue. When dry add a coat of gloss varnish. Leave to dry. Then add ribbons or wool trimmings to hang up as an ornament or longer ribbon to wear!  ✨🌞✨🌞✨🌞✨🌞✨🌞✨🌞✨🌞✨ Well I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, I hope it inspires you to have a go at creating. If you have any questions please get in touch via here or my Instagram page I am always happy to help if I can.  More 'Kat Mak...

  Leather wizard’s hat  This is an old tutorial I did many many moons ago even though it's a bit basic I thought it would be nice to reshare. 😁 You will need Paper, ruler and pencil/ or pen to draw hat pattern Scrap of soft leather Old paintbrush or wooden stick  Sharp scissors Tacky glue Fluffy trim Charms, etc. to decorate. Instructions 1.  Firstly you need to make your hat paper pattern.  The measurements are 2-1/14in from point to base, and also 2-1/4in wide from side to side at the widest part. Draw this onto paper and cut out. Now use this paper pattern as a guide to cutting your leather. Keep your pattern piece as you can reuse it. Fold around your leather so the ends meet and glue together into a cone shape, leave to dry. Then, run a line of glue around the bottom and glue on the fluffy trimming. 2.  Dip the old paintbrush or stick into tacky glue and line the inside of the top of the hat. With your fingers, gently crumple the hat until y...

It's Witchy Wednesday again! That flew around as quick as a witch on a broom.  This week I thought the subject of Witches familiars seemed an interesting one to look into. Especially as even now we as Cat and Dog owners do tend to treat our furry friends as family and rightly so! So why wouldn't Witches do the same! Especially when disowned by family, friends and neighbours their furry friends were even more important for companionship. So this is in honour of all familiars both big and small fluffy or feathered!  In European folklore of the medieval and early modern periods, familiars (sometimes referred to as familiar spirits) were believed to be supernatural entities that would assist witches and cunning folk in their practice of magic. Here are some links to some interesting articles on Witches and their familiars  https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/familiar-spirits-and-devilish-imps https://www.britannica.com/topic/familiar   https://www.museumofcambrid...

  Firstly Springtime greetings to you all. It is so lovely to see the return of lighter evenings and spring flowers. Also for me the thoughts of places I would like to visit either for the first time or as a returning visitor.  One of the places I would love to revisit again is Long Meg and her Daughters. Local legend claims that Long Meg was a witch who with her daughters, was turned to stone for profaning the Sabbath, as they danced wildly on the moor. The circle is supposedly endowed with magic, so that it is impossible to count the same number of stones twice, but if you do then the magic is broken. Long Meg and Her Daughters is a Neolithic stone circle situated north-east of Penrith near Little Salkeld in Cumbria.

Firstly Happy St Patrick's Day to you all. I hope you all have a joyous and lucky day🍀 Ireland being an ancient country has a huge history of myths and legends passed down for thousands of years from generation to generation. There are a myriad of wonderful tales of fairies, witches, magical creatures such as the very famous Leprechauns and haunted lands. Many of these stories have deep meanings and give cautionary advice. Though some folk stories have sadly become lost over time the Irish Myths and Legends, like those of Celtic throughout the UK, a lot have become woven into modern day traditions and even been used for inspiration for movies, theatre productions, books, songs, and the arts and crafts.  Here are a few links on Irish myths and legends🍀 https://www.connollycove.com/irish-mythology/ https://www.wildernessireland.com/folklore-of-ireland/ http://www.irelandsmythsandlegends.com/ https://emeraldisle.ie/the-pooka https://irelandwalkhikebike.com/irish-folklore-and-le...

  A fab new four- part series called Jonathan Ross Myth & Legends has started on Monday on More 4. The series follows presenter Jonathan Ross as he travels around the UK on the hunt for incredible tales as old as time including vampires , fairy folk and strange creatures. Please visit the link to see the first episode and upcoming series or tune in next Monday 9pm on MORE4 or MORE4+1 at 10pm. Episode two sees Jonathan explore Wales's fantastic fables and local legends, from Rhita Gawr and the Welsh Dragon, to the Greenman and the Lady of Llyn Y Fan Fach.  https://www.channel4.com/programmes/jonathan-ross-myths-and-legends

  Wizard’s spell book  Very old tutorial I did many moons ago but I thought it would be nice to reshare.  You will need Ready-made blank books Tacky glue Gold pen Soft leather Sharp scissors Old brush or a cocktail stick Instructions            1.  Carefully remove the existing cover from the book. Lay this cover onto a piece of leather and cut around. Glue the new leather cover to the blank book and leave to dry.   2.  Neatly trim the leather around the book and apply gold marker pen to the edges of the pages, leave to dry. Mark the book spines with the gold marker pen too. To age the books, fan the corners with your fingers. Magical wizard’s wand  You will need Cocktail stick Secateurs or wood shears Brown acrylic paint Paintbrush  Selection of beads Tacky glue Instructions  Cut the stick in half - this will make two wands. Paint with slightly watered-down brown acrylic paint. Slide on your chosen beads, g...

My collection of Hag Stones which I have collected over the years.  My collection of Hag Stones, also known as an adder stone, is a stone that has a naturally occurring hole through it. Such stones were, and still are, believed to have magical properties they have been used for healing, protection, wishing spells and generally kept for good luck. Hanging over and on doors and windows bring protection from witchcraft, over your bed will protect you from nightmares and by looking through one you might see into the fairy realm or see through the disguise of a witch! A handy tool indeed! Plus they look beautiful!

  Many many moons ago I made some tutorials on making dolls house hats and Witchy accessories for various dolls house magazines. So I thought it would be nice to reshare them here on my blog page  They are a bit basic but I hope you enjoy them   Making a simple Witches Crystal Ball You will need Two metal filigree bead caps Pretty Marbles Tacky glue/or super glue gel Instructions 1.  Glue the two metal filigree bead caps back-to-back, so you glue the rounded sides together. Leave to dry. 2.  Place your marble on the stand. Top tip! Try using different bead caps and sizes of marble to create different looks. This simple stand is also great for displaying precious stones and Skulls!    Well I hope you enjoyed my tutorial, I hope it inspires you to have a go at creating. If you have any questions please get in touch via here or my Instagram page I am always happy to help if I can.  More 'Kat Makes' and spooky postings coming soon.👻🎃👻🎃👻🎃👻?...

My Witchy avatar. My Instagram link    https://instagram.com/witchkraftingwithkat Hi everyone, firstly thank you to all of you who take the time to visit and read my blog page. Secondly I do apologise that I don't post as often as I planned. With my health issues, life and well we all know what it's like time does seem to fly like a Witch on a broom! Even though I have been a bit absent here on blogger I have quietly beavering away researching fabulous tales and witchcraft stories and locations and designing witchy craft tutorials which I am going to share here this year. To make things a little more regular I am going to try to post something here a least a couple of Wednesday's a month with the long term aim to eventually post every Witchy Wednesday! Those of you who follow my Instagram page will already know of my tendancy to post witchy things on a Wednesday as well as Monday, Tuesday......😂  https://youtube.com/shorts/vSolZ3rraXw?feature=share