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...