Merry meet,
Thank you once again to all those who joined in for the previous Witch Challenge - Healing Magick 
Now that we’re feeling good and energized thanks to the handy work of the Witch Doctors, it’s time to bop around and put that energy to good use. A bit of thrifty magick is all we need to find magick in the small things 
The theme for this challenge is…
Trash into Treasure 
Close your purses and log out of your favorite online shopping stores - you don’t have to spend a dime for this challenge! Thrifty witchcraft is the art of making magick from what you already have or can easily find. Because being a witch doesn’t require having expensive crystals, a library of ancient tomes, or fancy wands and besoms. Magick exists within the witch and can be enjoyed without any tools at all.
Having said that, it is fun to use ingredients, isn’t it? 
For those who enjoy using magickal tools and ingredients to enhance their craft, you may be surprised at the sheer amount of fun and free things you can use - and they’re all right around you!
This challenge encourages you to use a sprinkle of creativity and think like a thrifty witch to forage materials for your practice. From discarded buttons to empty bottles in the basement, spare strands of thread or ribbon to sticks collected in the woods and more, when we give meaning and purpose to the little things, they can become amazingly powerful
Come join your coven for some thrifty witch fun as we make magick from the everyday things around us!
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
This challenge is about repurposing items by bringing them into your magick - how you choose to take on this theme is up to you. So are you ready? Because it’s…
CHALLENGE TIME! 
Onion Divination Picture from Spells8: Divination Methods
“Trash” into Treasure 
Not sure where to begin? To help you get started exploring this theme, here are a few suggested spells and other ways in which a witch might approach this challenge.
Please make sure you are logged into your Spells8 Account so you can view all of the resources shared!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Knot Magick: Bind, Release & Manifest with Thread
Marble Magick: Meaning & Scrying
Mirror Magick for Divination and Spells
Make a Spell Pouch from Scrap Fabric
Sand Magick for Messages and Spells
How to Use Regular Playing Cards for Divination
Related discussions and additional resources:
- Finding Beauty in Imperfection
- Crystal wrapping
- Wire wrapping crystal spoons for altars
- Hag stones
- Thrifty witch question: where can I get a variety of seeds?
- Foraging for Amber 🔎
- Making your own Incense
- Spirit of Geode
- Wild & Wicked Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫
- Harvesting wood for wands
- Rocks in my Pocket
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
…And More! 
The suggestions above are just a few ideas to help kickstart your creativity. If you feel called to explore the challenge theme in another way, you are welcome to do so.
How to Join the Challenge 
In order for your entry to be counted, all you have to do is write/share about your experience and label it as your challenge entry. There is a lot of chatting here (which is awesome- chatting and discussion are very welcome!) so please clearly write that it is your entry so I know to count it! 
Where Do I Share My Entry? 
Click here to learn where to share your challenge entry
You are welcome to post it right here- just click “reply” 
to this post and write your experience in the text box that pops up!
Alternatively, you could create a new post in the forum (this is good for when you have a lot to share and/or would like to discuss aspects of your entry not related to the current theme)
Note: If you do choose to create a new thread, please add the “challenge-entry” tag and/or add a hyperlink back to this post so that it can be easily found- thank you! 
Click here for a note for our lovely lurkers
Everyone is welcome to join the challenge. For those who would like the challenge prizes, please know that you will need to share your experience if you want to receive a prize and a public shout-out.
Don’t feel comfortable sharing? No fear! For lurkers and those who are shy, it is absolutely okay to follow along with the challenge on the sidelines. At the end of the day, these challenges are here to help you help yourself by expanding and enhancing your personal magickal practice. I hope they can be helpful for you!
Deadline 
This challenge will close in 13 DAYS
To join in, please share your experience by:
Tuesday, July 21 at 7:00 AM EDT (Eastern US Time)
2026-07-21T11:00:00Z
(Note that the time zone is ET- if you don’t see your time displayed above, you can use this time zone calculator to check for your time zone!)
Prizes 
For their efforts, all participants will receive a special shout-out and a small prize!
Acknowledgments will be given in a Props and Presents Post that will appear in the forums the day the challenge closes.
After the challenge closes, you are still very welcome to post but please be aware that no additional prizes will be given. This discussion will remain open for about a week after the challenge finishes.
A warm reminder that the challenges are designed to be very open - everyone is encouraged to participate in a way that honors and reflects their unique practice 
If you’re not sure whether or not something is acceptable to post, please double-check with the Forum FAQ and/or reach out to your friendly Moderator Team.
And for those new to challenges - welcome! 
Know that the goal of these activities is to help you further diversify and strengthen your abilities. The challenges hope to bring together the Spells8 forum family in ways that inspire and support one another. I hope you have fun with them!
Picture from Spells8: Finding Marbles in Odd Places, What Does it Mean?
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
Bits and baubles, things left behind
So many treasures that you can find
Give them purpose and life anew
They’ll make beautiful magick for you!
~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~
Blessed be 
Too funny. I just responded to a Threads post on the same topic!
while attempting to simplify: I went through my collected herbs and pulled out things I had no intention of using except to prove to myself that the area has an abundance of things which can be used. They half filled a cubic foot cubbie bin. Then I put them with a bit of Magick on paper.
