How to make a
dream catcher?
This woven object, originally from India, has become a way of life and exists in several variants, each as beautiful as the other. Initially, the dream catcher is a mystical object whose purpose is to ward off evil spirits and thoughts during sleep.
It is made of natural materials that form a circle at the base and hanging feathers. The circle is woven from a thread in the shape of a cobweb and a stone in the middle whose motive is to catch bad dreams. And the good dreams, they let themselves infiltrate to finally go to the feathers that will keep only the good dreams in the room. Traditionally, it is hung where the sun rises so that daylight erases bad images.
DIY, make your dream catcher!
The traditional "dreamcatcher" is mainly composed of a willow hoop in which a weave represents the spider web.
A large bead can be inserted in its center to symbolize the spider at the heart of its web, the beads strung during weaving materialize the morning dew on the web.
Then ribbons are then left to hang of different materials, ropes, pearls, jewels, feathers that bring softness and lightness.
The dream catcher hoop
If the circles making up the dream catcher were originally made of wood (very often willow), it is more common and easy to obtain circles made of metal that we will cover with ribbon, rope or wool, or in bamboo, we can also use embroidery hoops or circles for lampshades. There are also variations of the circle in the shape of hearts.
The thread of the dream catcher
or metallic for something stiffer, or even rope or paper cord
Dream catcher ribbon
In satin, silk, fabric, lace, organdy, spaghetti, fancy, velvet, braid, you can find them in all widths, all colors, plain or patterned, and even duct tape. They allow you to make very different dreamcatcher models depending on the ribbon chosen.
Dream catcher feathers
Synthetics commercially available in all colors or natural also in the forest, in the park, on the beach.
The beads of the dream catcher
The choice of pearls is endless, round, oval, triangle, wooden, glass, ceramic, mother-of-pearl, etc. You can find them on the internet, in shops, on the markets. For a dream catcher to be more authentic, you can get accessories in nature, the forest (wood, feathers) or the beach (shells, driftwood for example) but also by recovering old jewelry. with our entourage… We can then imagine that good energies will animate the dream catcher.
An activity full of sweetness, ideal to do with children and which can make a pretty decoration in their rooms. The dream catcher can also be an original and poetic gift idea for the birth of a baby!
Behind every dream catcher, there is often a big nightmare that had to be overcome! The legend says that bad dreams disappear at the first sunrise.
