As I promised earlier, here are the Halloween DIY potions and wands I made with my kids. They are very easy to make and the process is fun for both kids and adults. I bought most of the bottles at Michaels superstore but you can also try your luck at local thrift stores and community garage sales.
Also look around in your cupboards. You might find awesome ingredients for cool potions.
Don't forget to share your pictures with us.
So let's get down to business.
WATER BASED POTIONS
MERMAID HAIR
mix in a cup:
water
light-blue metallic paint
pour the mixture into a bottle and one-by-one put dry Chinese rice noodles in the potion.
MERMAID HAIR
mix in a cup:
water
light-blue metallic paint
pour the mixture into a bottle and one-by-one put dry Chinese rice noodles in the potion.
GILLYWATER AND GILLYWEED
mix in a cup:
water
green water paint
drop fake green plant pieces into a bottle
pour the mixture over it.
ACROMANTULA VENOM
mix in a cup:
water
green metallic paint
pour the mixture into a bottle
CORN SYRUP BASED POTIONS
AMORTENTIA - LOVE POTION
mix in a cup:
corn syrup with pink metallic paint
stir in golden fine glitter
pour the mixture into a bottle.
USE THE SAME TECHNIQUE TO CREATE POTIONS
VERITASERUM
WOLFSBANE
CORN SYRUP BASED BUT NO GLITTER POTIONS
DRAUGHT OF LIVING DEATH
corn syrup+green metallic paint+black glitter glue drops lightly mixed
DRAGON BLOOD
corn syrup+red food coloring+dark brown food coloring for deepening the color
FELIX FELICIS - LIQUID LUCK
corn syrup+silver metallic paint
TRY THE SAME RECIPE WITH DIFFERENT COLORS FOR POLYJUICE POTION AND MORE
DRY POTIONS
BEZOAR
small pebbles and dirt pieces
FLOO POWDER
green sugar crystals+corn starch+green fine glitter
MY FAVORITE POTIONS
MERMAID TEARS
mix in a cup:
corn syrup+blue metallic paint+blue fine glitter
fill up a bottle with water jewels
pour the mixture into the bottle
hold it against light and watch the magic. :)
PEARLS OF WISDOM
mix in a cup:
corn syrup+silver fine glitter
fill up a bottle with water jewels and tiny pearls
pour the mixture into the bottle
shake it up
hold it against light and watch the magic. :)
MAGIC WANDS
You will need glue gun and glue sticks, shades of brown acrylic paints and metallic gold paint.
For the wand I used wooden rods. I bought a pack of 12 dowels at Michaels superstore but you can also use chopsticks.
How to make a wand?
paint the rods to a desired base color
use the glue gun to create a handle and design
once the glue cooled off paint it as you like
The potions make unique and cool shelf decorations in your bathroom or on your bookshelf.
The wands will provide hours of fun for your children.
Enjoy and don't forget to share your recipes.
these are awesome!!! I like how you're giving multiple suggestions. do you have to stir the potions to get the effects shown in the pictures or do they stay like that? And do they stay like that over time (yellowing, changes in consistency?)
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DeleteYes, you do have to shake them to see the sparkles and water beads move. I'll upload a new picture to this post today. After five years, they still look great. Most of them. :)
I have taken regular granulated sugar and dyed it with food coloring-black dye makes gray sugar for floo powder, red makes pink sugar for love potions, etc. My wands are rolled parchment paper so if little kids duel with them they break. But they look great-same idea-glue stick, etc., dried then painted.
Deleteare they actaully magic
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DeleteThey look magical. Still pretty after five years.
Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful ideas.
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DeleteDid you make any? Mine are over five years old and they still look great. The sparkles settled to the bottom in some, and the water vaporized from the gillyweed, but most, especially the ones I mixed corn syrup with paint, look great.
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ReplyDeleteWhen you mention water jewels, what are you referring to exactly? I have scoured the jewelry section but can't seem to find anything like that in the craft stores. Are you referring to water beads? I'd love to make these.
ReplyDeleteDid you ever get an answer?
DeleteI'm sorry for the late reply. I never received notifications from Blogger about these comments. :(
DeleteYes, they are water beads, but on the bottle I used, it said water jewels. My potions are over five years old now and all the beads disappeared, but they looked amazing for years.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteHow much of each ingredient do you normally use. For example, how much corn syrup and how much water?
I'm sorry for the late reply. I never received notifications from Blogger about these comments. I didn't mix corn syrup with water. If it's a corn syrup based potion, I filled the bottle up to the top. I did the same with water base potions. I have these potions for five years now and the water vaporized from the bottle, but the corn syrup based potions still look the same. I did seal the caps with hot glue though.
DeleteEverything is awesome. Do you have a program for the labels?
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry for the late reply. I never received notifications from Blogger about these comments. Yes, I do have labels. I can email them to you if you want. Send me an email to andreabizderiwhelan@gmail.com.
DeleteHow do you keep the water from mildewing over time?
ReplyDeleteHow do you keep the water from mildewing over time?
ReplyDeleteI sealed the caps with hot glue. I have these potions on the shelf in my son's 'boycave' for five years now and none of them got mildew.
DeleteI love this!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat are water jewels?
ReplyDeleteDo you have a download PDF file for the labels?
ReplyDeleteInstead of paint, do u think mica powders will work?
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