A
Planet Voodoo tutorial of step by step instructions for
creating your own Hoodoo Doll baby or Conjure Doll!
How to Make a Voodoo Doll Out of Anything:
Episode
1: Barnyard Ju Ju
This is the first in a series of videos by Planet Voodoo on how to
make a Voodoo doll out of absolutely anything. In this episode,
Voodoo Mama takes you on a hunt for junk in some barns and show you
how to make a guardian Ju Ju using all salvaged items. It's Voodoo
Gone Green, y'all. Music courtesy of
Studio Voodoo.
How to Make a Voodoo Doll
Trippy little movie conjured up by Planet Voodoo
showing how to make your very own New Orleans-style Voodoo Hoodoo
doll. Featuring music by
Studio Voodoo.
Red
– power, domination, passion, love, good health,
strength, vigor
Purple – spirituality, spiritual healing, psychic
ability and manifestation,psychic
healing, power, wisdom, Spirit contact, effective against
black magic,demonic possession,
can be used to throw up a cloak of Spiritual protection,ambition, business progress
Green – money, wealth, prosperity, nature, material
gain, fertility, abundance,good
fortune, cooperation, generosity, good health, renewal
Blue
– love, commanding, color to honor Marie Laveau
Pin the pattern to the leather with your
straight pins.
Step Four
Cut out the pattern, leaving about 1/4 inch
seam allowance.
Step Five
Repeat step four, so you have two sides.
Step Six
Unpin the paper patterns.
Cut the leather down the middle of each side
(optional).
Artist hint: Leather tends to have two different looks. One side is smooth and the
other side is rough. Also, one side is typically lighter than the other. I
decided to make one half dark and the other half light. This is purely aesthetic
and not necessary, but I think it makes him look cool. It is also a sort of take
on the traditional New Orleans harlequin dolls that are made using half black
and half white material (but that's another tutorial).
Step Seven
Place the patterns together and sew around
the entire edge of the voodoo doll. On one side of the doll sew all the way up
the middle.
Step Eight
On the other side, starting from the head,
sew halfway down. from the bottom, sew halfway up. You should have an opening on
one side of the doll where you will put the stuffing. you can leave the feet and
arms open if you want. I sewed the hands on mine, and left the feet open.
Step Nine
Take the Spanish moss and stuff your poppet
with it. If you want, you can turn the pattern inside out first. This is
entirely optional and depends on how you want him to look.
I turned mine inside out. When you are done
stuffing, it should look something like this:
Mojo magick hint: If you intend to use this
voodoo poppet in ritual, now is the time to place herbs and other items inside
to make him magickal and powerful. Because I want mine to bring business success
to his ultimate possessor, I placed some sage inside and infused it with sage
essential oil, about 15 drops. You could also place a piece of fool's gold or a
coin inside him. He smells awesome!
Step Ten
Sew the opening closed. Tie the feet closed
with the hemp cord. If you left the hands open, now is the time to tie them
closed also. Artist hint: It looks cool to leave a little Spanish moss coming
out of the feet and hands.
Here's the other side.
Step Eleven
Decide which side you want to use as the
front and sew the two buttons on for eyes.
Now you have your basic hoodoo doll baby!
How to Make a Hoodoo Doll Baby
Copyright 2011 Denise Alvarado, All rights reserved.
Here are some more examples of how to make a Voodoo doll:
The Voodoo
Doll Spellbook: A
Compendium of Ancient and Contemporary Spells &Rituals
by Denise Alvarado
There are few complete sources for the
history and use of the magickal poppet, or in the Hoodoo and
Voodoo traditions - the Voodoo doll. The book provides the
reader with a straight-forward historical backdrop to doll
use in magick. There are black-and-white photographs of
dolls from the African Diaspora, including some interesting
ones from the author's private collection, which should
inspire the reader. The latter half of the book focuses on
how to make dolls, use them in ritual (including some common
Hoodoo spells and hexes), common divinities associated with
doll use and some oil recipes. I also like that there is a
bibliography for additional references and a source page for
supplies. This book is a worthy addition to any witch's or
practitioner's library.
How would you like to
open Marie Laveau's trick bag of Voodoo Doll spells? The Great and
Powerful Voodoo Queen of New Orleans, Marie Laveau, was known to create
little dolls and place them on the doorsteps of enemies, or use them to
win court cases, or to unite lovers. She had a veritable goldmine of
brilliant methods for gaining the knowledge she needed for her spells to
be effective. One ploy was to surreptitiously place a Voodoo doll near
the front door of her victims, more often than not the house-servants of
well-known New Orleans families. When the Voodoo doll was discovered,
the victim was convinced they had been hexed by someone other than
Marie, and would run to Mam'zelle for help. Marie would render the doll
harmless if the victim agreed to act as her spy and provide her with
information about the affairs of the prominent family where the victim
worked. Now that is one hell of a magickal manipulation!
Doktor Snake, author of
the cult classic the Voodoo Spellbook, tells how to make money with a
Voodoo doll and how to protect yourself with a Voodoo doll.
Sharon
Marino, the Voodoo Domme of hoodoo, tell how to make a fith fath for
domination and binding and how to make a couple of mud dollies inspired
by Native American traditions. Finally, pagan author
Carolina Dean
provides a nifty spell for tripping up a thief.
Inside this book you
will find countless secret spells that help you to bind your enemies,
banish naysayers, bend people to do your will, and win court cases. For
the first time anywhere, you will learn the secret for how to make a Get
Even Gris Gris Doll to even the score. Learn how to break up a couple,
destroy all of your problems, get a job, cure sickness, call forth
spirits, win in games of chance and attain success. Inside, you will
find spells to make yourself irresistible, find a lover, make your lover
faithful, and spice up your sex life. And that is just the tip of the
iceberg.
How would you like to
know how to make your wishes come true? Or find true love? Catch a
thief? Keep your dog or cat from wandering off? Break a curse? Or drive
someone crazy?
Many of the spells in
this book are based on ancient recipes and rituals that are found in the
anthropological literature and archeological records, such as spells
from ancient Egypt, Chaldea, Greece, Africa, and Europe. Other spells
are based on spells found in ancient sacred texts, and many are from the
grimoires of the author herself, shared for the first time in the Voodoo
Doll Spellbook. A logical follow up to the author’s previous work,
Voodoo Dolls in Magick and Ritual, the Voodoo Doll Spellbook picks up
where the former leaves off, providing you with information never before
revealed for improving any area of your life using one of the oldest
tools of humankind - the Voodoo doll.
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