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Crafts

Colored Sand for Crafts

  • Jar
  • White sand
  • Food coloring or vegetable dyes, or powdered tempera paint
  • Spice bottles with plastic shaker tops and lids

1) Fill jar with sand, and pour in the dye to saturate the sand. Spread sand on a cookie sheet, and let dry. (You can put it in the oven at about 200 degrees for a couple of hours if you like.) When completely dry, rub the sand to separate the grains. This will get color on your hands.
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2) Stir powdered paint into the sand until you achieve the color you want.

Fill spice bottles and replace plastic shaker top and lid. Using spice bottles will really help control spills.

Mugwort Dream Pillows

  • 6 inch square of white or undyed soft cotton cloth (a piece of old sheet is excellent)
  • Marking pens
  • Sprig or pinch of mugwort
  • Sprig or pinch of rosemary
  • Sprig or pinch of lavender
  • Raffia, thin ribbon or string to tie

Decorate the cloth with drawings of the things you want to dream about. Crunch herbs and put in center of cloth. Bring corners of cloth together and tie herbs into the center as tight as possible, making a pouch. You can hang it near your bed, or put it under your pillow.

The mugwort brings dreams, the rosemary makes them colorful and the lavender keeps them sweet.

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