Hello my darlings and welcome. In this video I create a portable travel altar with items
that represent the four elements. I also have some fun with a little bit of air dry clay.
Let’s do some Magical crafting.
Thank you for joining me for this magical craft.
I am creating a small, portable altar in a plain metal tin.
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This tin measures 4.5 by 3.3 inches. It is just under an inch deep. And
I will leave links to all of the materials I use in this project below.
I want to add some decorative paper inside the tin, but leave the outside completely blank.
This way it is not obvious what is inside. However, if you would like
to decorate the outside of your tin feel free to embellish the whole container.
There are several reasons you may want to create a portable altar.
Sometimes you may want to create some sacred space when you are not home.
You may be traveling and want to create an altar in a hotel room or guest room.
Another reason to make a portable altar is if you live in a shared space
or a small space, where you can’t keep a permanent altar.
Or if you have not shared your magical practices with your friends, family or housemates.
I use a travel altar any time I want to do a ritual with friends in nature,
such as meeting at the beach or the forest,
or even if I decide to create a small sacred space out of doors in a backyard.
With a travel altar, It is possible to create a small altar in an
office or even a car if you feel like you want or need to.
You can personalize the contents of your travel altar to fit your traditions and practices,
I have decided to include items that represent the elements.
The first element is fire. ~ Fire is represented by matches and candles
After gluing the decorative paper inside the tin
I decided to add some matching paper to the top of a small box of matches.
Then I took a long beeswax candle and cut it in half to create two smaller candles
that would fit inside the tin.
The next element is Earth. Earth is represented by salt.
I have included a small corked, glass vial, filled with coarse sea salt.
Use the salt to create a sacred circle, or for protection or purification.
Earth is also represented by two stones; A clear quartz crystal and a small amethyst heart.
The next elements are Air and water. Air is represented with a black rooster feather.
And Water is represented by a mini abalone shell.
included a stick of palo santo wood to burn for purifying and cleansing the sacred space. The
abalone shell can also be used as a fire safe dish for placing the smoking end of the palo santo on.
Please never leave a burning candle, incense or
smoke cleansing stick burning unattended and maintain fire safety at all times.
I am Also adding a mini stick of incense to represent air and to be used as an offering.
When I am setting up the sacred space, I may decide to empty the vial of salt
and create a salt circle and then fill the empty glass vial with an
offering of water and another representation of that element.
The final step is to craft two small candle holders and an incense holder out of air dry clay.
These candle holders are designed to work with the beeswax candles
also with a standard pack of birthday candles.
The tiny incense holder will work with a mini stick of incense.
I am sure that a traditional tall stick would cause it to tip over,
so I will make sure to trim my stick incense to fit inside the tin
Once the air dry clay was completely dry, I painted the items with a purple metallic
acrylic paint to match the purple decorative paper inside the tin.
And here is a look at the completed travel altar in action. I will put a limited number
of these portable altars on my Etsy shop and I will leave a link to them below.
I hope this video has inspired you to create a travel altar of your own and given you some
ideas of items to put in it. And If you enjoy my Witchy DIYs and crafting content,
kindly leave a like on this video.