"Witch" Crafts

Yule Crafts

Herbal Yule Trees | Yule Decorations | Kissing Ball | Twelve-Herb Yule Sachet

HERBAL YULE TREES

You will need:

A small 8" to 12" artificial Christmas tree.
Pieces of german statice, dried purple, pink, blue statice. Pieces of baby's breath, love-in-the-mist, cock's comb, and other dried floral materials.
Hot glue gun.
Mauve or blue or any other favorite color ribbon-about 1/4-1/2 inch in  width.

Start tucking in pieces of dried floral material into the branches of your  tree, hot glueing them in place. Fill in all the branches until tree is  full, and you almost see the green of the tree. Top the tree with a tied ribbon, adding 1 star anise to the top!
 
 

1 Cup Cinnamon, 3/4 Cup applesauce
Mix the applesauce with the cinnamon until it is doughy. (optional, add one tbsp. tacky glue and one tbsp. orris root )Wear rubber gloves and mix with your hands if necessary.  Use a rolling pin to roll out dough to about 1/4" thickness.  Cut out shapes with a cookie cutter and place them on a heavy piece of cardboard.  If you are going to hang them, use a nail to poke a hole in them at the top.  Set in a sunny location to dry, turn occasionally.  They will dry within one or two days. For faster drying, dry in dehydrator, or on cookie sheet in oven for one hour at 150 degrees.
Makes 100 small ornaments.

Items needed:
red velvet ribbon, 1/2 inch and 1 inch
6 or 8 inch wooden embrodery hoop
mistletoe
florist wire
hot glue

Directions:
1.separate the two pieces of the embrodery hoops and fit them together, one inside the other, at a 90 degree angle. Secure in this position with florist wire or hot glue
2.Secure a piece of the 1/2 ribbon to the bottom of the hoop. Wind the ribbon around the edges of the hoop, wrapping each "arm" in a spiral motion until the wood is covered completely.Secure with hot glue.
3.Form two bows with the 1 inch ribbons, leaving the ends dangling. Secure one to the bottom of the joined hoops, the other to the top.
4.Gather the mistletoe into a ball, secure the ends with florist wire.Insert inside the globe and twist the florirst wire to the top of  the ball.
5.Hang the ball somewhere you are sure to get kissed!

7 parts Juniper                 2 parts Rosemary
4 parts Cinnamon             2 parts Lemon peel
4 parts Allspice                 2 parts Orange peel
4 parts Ginger                   1 part Clove
4 parts Caraway                1 part Bay
2 parts Nutmeg                  2 pinches Orris root

Tie up in green or red cloth and give as gifts on Yule or Samhain.