DIY Fall Wards for Witches: Wind Chimes, Corn Husks, and Apple Skin Magic
As the veil begins to thin and autumn stirs the air with secrets, protection magic takes on a new rhythm. While many witches reach for salt or black tourmaline, there’s something beautifully eerie about crafting wards from the things already around us. Wind chimes swaying on a porch, a husk left from the harvest, the wrinkled skin of a drying apple.
This season, let’s reclaim the power of overlooked objects. These DIY fall wards for witches are not only protective, but also deeply aligned with the spirit of the season. They’re rustic, folkloric, and a little bit haunted, just the way we like it.
🍂 Why Craft Wards in Autumn?
Autumn brings a quickening of energies. The world darkens. The boundary between seen and unseen grows thin. Spirits stir. Dreams deepen. And your home becomes a hearth for both warmth and defense.
Wards are magical boundaries. They are spells in physical form, placed to repel negativity, absorb bad energy, or redirect harmful intent. Autumn is the ideal time to reinforce them, especially with seasonal elements that echo the old ways.
🔔 Wind Chimes: Echoes of Protection
Wind chimes do more than create sound. They disturb and disrupt lingering energy. In folklore, the gentle clatter of bells and chimes drives away wandering spirits, ill intent, and even gossip.
How to Use Them:
Hang wind chimes above your front door or near windows to guard entry points
Choose chimes made of iron or brass for added protective properties
Whisper a charm into the chimes as you hang them:
“With every sound, protection rings. Keep harm away, on wind-born wings.”
To personalize your chime, hang sigils, small bones, or dried herbs from the strands. Let it become an altar in motion.
🌽 Corn Husks: Harvest Wards
Corn husks carry the energy of harvest, fertility, and ancestral wisdom. They are humble, but powerful. Witches of the past wove them into dolls, wreaths, and household guardians.
DIY Corn Husk Warding Doll:
Gather several dry corn husks (soak briefly in water if too brittle)
Tie into a small doll or cross shape using twine or black thread
Stuff with herbs like mugwort, rosemary, or bay leaves for added protection
Place the doll above your door, near your bed, or buried at the property line
Speak your intention as you tie the final knot. This creates a magical boundary tied to the rhythms of the Earth.
🍎 Dried Apple Skins: Wards of Love and Rot
Apples are sacred in witchcraft. They hold both sweetness and mystery, the promise of life and the warning of decay. Drying apple skins and turning them into charm bundles creates protection with a touch of the uncanny.
How to Craft an Apple Skin Ward:
Peel an apple in one long spiral (for luck) and dry the skin completely
Wrap the dried peel with red thread, adding protective herbs if desired
Hang above thresholds or tie to fence posts with the charm:
“What is sour, leave behind. What is sweet, may it bind. Only kindness crosses here.”
This type of ward is especially potent against jealousy, envy, and ill will disguised as friendship.
🕯️ Final Touches: Empower Your Wards
Once your items are assembled, empower them under the moonlight or beside a seasonal altar. Add a drop of oil, a pinch of salt, or your own breath of intention. You can speak to them. Name them. Give them roles. These are not just crafts, they are living guardians.
🧹 Final Reflections
Wards do not have to be pristine or polished. They can be rustic, weird, and full of soul. This fall, as you sip your cider and gather your bones, look around your space. The tools of your magic may already be waiting. A whisper in the wind chime. A story in the husk. A spell curled in apple skin.
Let your wards be charming. Let them be creepy. Let them be yours.