Sprites – Make Your Own Runes

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Materials:
4 cups flour
1 cup salt
1 teaspoon alum (in spice section of grocery store)
1 1/2 cups water
food coloring (optional)

Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. If it is too dry, add a tablespoon of water. Work into dough with your hands.

If you want to color the dough, divide into parts, and add food coloring to each section and knead.

Roll out dough with a rolling pin on a slightly floured surface. Cut dough into squares or rectangles. Use a toothpick to carve the rune into the tile. Place the rune tiles gently onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake for 30 minutes in 250 degree oven. Turn and bake another 1 1/2 hours until hard and dry.

Let cool completely. Sand lightly with fine sandpaper. Spray with clear shellac or acrylic spray.

Sprites – 3 Knot Goddess Bracelet

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This is to represent the Goddess’s three aspects; Maiden, Mother, Crone.

Take three lengths of cord/string, preferably of hemp or cotton, that will wrap around your wrist losely twice. Good colors for this are white, red and black – or – green, dark yellow, and black or dark grey.

Knot at one end to represent the maiden. Start to braid until you reach the center and then make a knot for the Mother. Continue braiding until you reach the end and then make a knot for the Crone. Tie this around your wrist or ankle to complete the bracelet (the cycle of life).

Sprites – Leaf Prints

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Leaf prints are so easy to make and the results can be stunning.

First, you will want to experiment with all the leaves available to you.

Gather both plant and tree leaves. Oak and maple are perfect for this project.Make sure there is no dirt on the leaves. Bring the leaves to your work area. Paint one side of the leaves and then press leaves onto paper or canvas.

You can use acrylics, tempera, block printing ink or a thick fabric paint. Watercolours never worked well for me.