6. Apothecary Spell Bottles and Potion Vials
Turn your bookshelves or kitchen counters into an ancient witch’s apothecary with custom spell bottles and potion vials. This highly detailed craft allows you to unleash your inner alchemist by designing vintage-looking labels and filling bottles with colorful, mysterious liquids, glitter, and creepy specimens. It is a fantastic way to recycle old wine, sauce, or perfume bottles while creating a sophisticated, scholarly Halloween display that guests will love to inspect up close.
Start by collecting glass bottles of different shapes, sizes, and colors. Print out vintage apothecary labels from the internet, or design your own, and age them by soaking them in black tea and tearing the edges. Glue the labels to the bottles, and fill them with water dyed with food coloring, adding metallic glitter for a swirling, magical effect. Seal the bottles with corks and run hot wax over the tops to give them an authentic, centuries-old look.