How to make Altoid Tin Traveling Altars

One Project me and  Vadora love to do is   Building Altars together

as We love to travel and we want to take a bit of our Altars with us on the Road

So today I will Show you and Give you Ideas how to make your own Traveling Altar

Pagans and Wiccans honor  Different Deities so make one that best fits you and your Deity

What you want to do is come up with an idea of  what you want your  Tin Altar to look like

Yes They do Sell Blank Altoid Tins  you find them in craft stores  usually 10 pack for 5 bucks

Some people have asked me that the Altoid tins  have an Embossed   Lettering

This is Simple to Fix

What you need is  Blank Index Cards  This is to Cover up the Embossed Lettering

on the inside and out

That is just an Example to give you an idea 

Once you Figure out what Style and Theme of a Traveling Altar you are going for

you will need 

Altoid Tins

Mod Podge

For the People who do not know what Mod Podge is

its Decoupage Glue   for Crafts  

Decorations  such as  Crystals , Glassbeads , Plastic Beads , Glitter, Paint

Gemstones , Sand , Ribbon , 

Mini Tools make them out of Salt Dough and paint them

Candles

Incense

 Vials 

Goddess / God Symbols

Runes

Voodoo Symbols 

Sigil Symbols 

I can not Tell you how to Decorate an Altar for you

All I can do is Share some Tin Altars to Inspire you to make one that best suits you

  If you Buy the Blank Altoid Tins you can Emboss the Tins with a Stamp  like this one

Steampunk version 

I like to make Baron Samedi Altars and Voodoo Themed ones

to make Mini Day of the dead skulls simply use 

Skulls beads usually sold in costume shops at halloween time

and Paint them and enjoy 

Have fun making your own

How to Make a Clay Pot Lighthouse

Easy to do and makes a Great Gift and you can also put a solar powered light  on the top for a nice effect
and these are not expensive to make and takes about an hour of time 

You will need:

6" clay saucer
8" tall clay pot
10" tall clay pot
Adhesive glue  for ceramics and terracotta Epoxy Glue works great 
Black exterior enamel paint spray
Red pinstripe tape (to help paint the stripes)
LED Candle or solar powered light found at hardware or retail stores
Assorted acrylic paints of your choice

Directions

1. First clean your pots so the paint will stick first then paint your pots first. Set the 8" pot on top of the 10" pot.

 2. Paint it with red and white stripes. Add in rocks and trees. Spray paint saucer black. Allow them all to dry.

3. Glue the pots together. Glue the saucer to the top of the pots. 

4. Glue the solar light or candle holder to the top of the saucer. Allow to dry before moving.

now sit back and enjoy,you can even decorate them to be fairy or Gnome houses .

Tip Paint the main windows at the top of the tower under the black roof. The windows can have a yellow light for nighttime or light blue highlighting for daytime.

Note you can do this to plastic pots too  just  glue stones to the inside of the pot to help weigh it down so it does not  fall over 

       Keep on being a Crafty Witch