Hello Friends and welcome to our Make and Take Craft!!
This week we are making MAGICAL VIALS!! We’ll be writing secret messages, rolling logs, and coloring in whimsical woodland critters to make an amazing bottle of happiness!!
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What’s the most important part of a Message in a Bottle? The message of course!
First, let’s look at the opening of your vial. How wide is it? How tall will the message need to be to fit?
Let’s cut our paper to fit nicely inside!
Now, what will you write? Is this a letter to a friend or loved one? How about a letter to your future self?
You can write anything!!
There are SO MANY things you could add to create a mystical aesthetic!! Here are just a few ideas:
~Roll a small amount of WoodGrain paper to create a ‘log’
~Snip small amounts of ribbon to create ‘moss’ and ‘leaf bits’
~Take a small amount of Mica Fragments to add golden ‘tree bark’ flakes!
Anything that inspires you is a good ingredient for a magical vial!
What’s something you see all the time that could be a magical ingredient?
Time to choose a friend for our vial!!
You can choose a mushroom, beetle, plant, or snail! Any piece of art that you love is perfect to embellish your vial with.
I fell in love with this little snail and decided to paint them green!
I think this snail will be a wonderful messenger for our bottle.
Once you have all of the elements you’d like in your vial- it’s time to seal it up!!
I love using sealing wax to seal a potion bottle!! It adds so much drippy goodness!! You could also use hot glue if you wanted to paint it something special!
Using a wax seal can add some extra detail that really makes it look Together! I love this heart seal- the top of these vials look so Cool!
Once your seal is dried you can add a metal loop to create a necklace, add ribbons, or leave it perfectly as is!!
Gift this to a friend or leave it mysteriously in the forest- either way it is sure to put a smile on someone’s face!!
Thanks for creating with us today!!
We’ll have magical ingredients and vials available for you here All Week!! And as always, we are always happy to help brain storm for your own crafting!!
Have a Magical day, my creative friends!!
See you soon for our next Demo!!
Art and Happiness
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Bellingham WA 98225
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