DIY for Witches: Make 22 Objects for Daily Magical Practice

by Marine Nina Denis, Flora Denis

Witches and wizards begin your magical journey! Welcome to the world of witchcraft! When you practice magic, you must surround yourself with essential objects that will accompany you in everyday life, as well as in your work and rituals. The most effective tools will be those that you take the time to lovingly craft and truly bond with, right from the start. Create 22 magical objects to make for ritual, divination, at home, and on the go. These are easy-to-make tools you'll turn to again and again in your magic works and your rituals from magic candles and fumigation sticks to runes and oracles and much more.

Genres: Ebooks, Witchcraft

160 pages, Paperback

Published August 25, 2022

Reviews

[Maria Kalorkoti · Rating 1 out of 5]

Genuinely homicidal - the first problematic part of this book was when it told me to make a candle in a glass jar, without any caveats about thickness of glass (too thin, and the glass might explode). Then it told me to make a resin pendant in a glass vial. Glass and resin expand at different rates from heat, so wearing this around your neck and going from an air conditioned building to an outdoor heatwave is definitely a bad idea. I don't know how violently the glass would crack, but I definitely wouldn't want to be wearing it as jewellery.

I honestly thought I'd got past the parts where the book was trying to kill me once I got to the resource section at the back. Turns out I was wrong. Underneath the heading 'List of the Magical Powers of Plants' was written 'Note: poisonous plants were not included in this list'. ***It then went on to list wormwood and mistletoe, both definitely poisons.***

It also listed valerian and St John's wort with zero caveats, when they can interact with commonly prescribed medications like antidepressants. But I guess if I'm already vomiting up mistletoe, that's the least of my problems??

Aside from the 'wants to murder me' issues, the projects in this book were pretty dull. I didn't really need a book to tell me how to paint a premade wooden box, or draw a single symbol on a rock. One or two ok projects, like the woollen poppet, but overall the projects were deathly dull.

The information about magical dates of significance was decent enough, and I liked the lists of symbols and runes, but overall this book left me with the sense that the authors hadn't done nearly enough research about PLANTS THAT COULD KILL ME or projects that could maim me.

For a much better witchcraft-themed craft book, I recommend Art Magick, by Molly Roberts. The projects are all batshit crazy, really creative with stuff you have lying around the house, and actually make me want to try them. 10/10, non-lethal.

[Erin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Edit: Oh no, actually I've changed my mind as I looked back at a few of the crafts.
The candles, it mentioned that the dried herbs might continue to burn after the candle is fully consumed, completely neglecting that herbs will burn regardless, and can spark.
There were absolutely NO warnings about working with epoxy resin. Which that stuff is really dangerous.

Original review:
Well, this wasn't bad. I don't know what I was expecting or not expecting.
It was a bit beige aesthetic witchy.
I didn't really learn anything new, and I didn't necessarily find myself drawn to make any of the crafts. I certainly didn't need to be taught how to paint a premade box.

But it was well presented, well photographed, and well written (I believe the original is in French?), and it didn't go into preachy rhetoric other than one craft (making dolls), and specifically just reminding you that dolls should only be made with consent of the intended person.

[Araminta Matthews · Rating 2 out of 5]

More market Research. This would be a great book for a child, so anyone raising a pagan family, this book will be a very useful tool in your kit. For adults, though, only about 3 of the craft ideas were unique or clever. All else was the same old, same old. Bland, basic, everyday stuff that I was making as a teen a hundred years ago (and a wee bit better, with all due and esteemed respect for the author as I DO know the work it takes to make such a work and I DO respect your craft). Again, very good for kids. If this were marketed to tweens, I'd give it 4 stars. As it was for adults, sadly just 2. Better to borrow a copy than buy it. Or better yet, start a Pinterest board.

[Gillian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful. Got it at my local library & then ordered a copy after I found myself taking multiple pictures of the pages while reading

[Juli Anna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hit-and-miss.

[katie bennett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very basic

I was hoping for more than the basics DIY projects. I gave the book 4 stars because I like the crafts in the book & all easy to follow.