Q&A for How to Make a Dreamcatcher

You can simply follow the same steps using a bigger hoop, like an embroidery hoop.

The placement of a peacock feather is not a bad thing because if it is of the earth and it is special to you. An odd superstition surrounds the peacock feather due to its looking like an eye (the evil eye), a superstition that arose in earlier times without any basis and of no relevance to dreamcatchers. Moreover, the dreamcatcher is a personal thing to you and what you choose to add to it reflects your meaning, not a bunch of superstitions created by others.

You can add different types of feathers from craft store, such as duck, goose, or peacock.

Sea shells are fine to use, as long as you have made sure there are no little animals living inside them. You can drill a small hole in the spot you want in the shell and thread it through with the string you used to make the dream catcher. You can use them instead of feathers.

Yes, you can. It brings the same effect of chi air and also catches bad dreams and thoughts.

The best places to hang it up are above your bed (to catch the bad dreams straight from your mind) and on a window.

No, you can decorate your dreamcatcher with whatever you like!

You can use any color of beads that you want. The best colors to use are earth tones, including different shades of brown, orange, and dark yellow.

Bad dreams would be caught in the web. As the first rays of the morning light hit the dream catcher, the bad dreams would disappear. Children sleeping under a dream catcher would thus be protected from nightmares.

If you believe that a dreamcatcher protects you from bad dreams, then one from the Ojibwa tribe is most suited to you. It should catch any and all bad dreams that you may have.

Yes! You can use other materials such as string with attached beads, ribbons, or thin strips of fabric.

Blue Jay feathers aren't necessarily 'bad,' but they are legal to the USA. They are native to North America/Canada area, so they are okay to use on your dreamcatcher.

Not if there is a hole in the middle of your dream catcher.

Yes, you can incorporate it into your dreamcatcher.

No, you do not. You could simply use string and wind it tightly around the hoop. Just make sure you have enough.

I think you should use grapevines because they are really long so you can make a big hoop.

Dreamcatchers originated with the Ojibwe people and were gradually adopted by some neighboring nations through intermarriage and trade.

Yes, is has to be infinite! Circles never end.

No. The good dreams have to go through the hole and slide down the feathers, and the bad dreams stay in the web until the sun shines on them and destroys them.

It catches the bad dreams in the web and lets the good dreams go through the hole in the middle.

It's up to you.

Yes, a blunt needle can make it easier to thread the string. Either way works fine.

I have made a few with sticks in a triangle, I'm not sure if it affects any of the superstitions, but I think it looks nice. Another hoop you could use are embroidery hoops, or I've used metal bracelets before.

Sure. Legally, it is OK because turkeys are game birds.

It doesn't have to be a metal hoop; it can be wood, vines etc.

Use thin knitting thread.

Yes, but if you run out, you can always add more. Just tie the leftover to the new piece.

Yes. You can use anything you want. Bottle charms would be a great idea.

Yes, I am using yarn, and you can also use ribbon and lace and anything else that works.

No, they don't. Your feathers can be whatever length you prefer for your dreamcatcher.