100 Tips for the Secret Witch!
Use a shoe box to hide your more obvious items.
Keep herbs stored in ziploc bags to easily conceal them.
Take up “rock collecting”.
Candles and incense because they “smell good!”
Use an Altoids tin as an altar.
Essential oils can be used in place of most herbs and are less obvious.
Get into cooking, buying herbs is justified then. Plus, kitchen magic!
Use old makeup/perfume/mason jars for spell jars.
You can use almost any necklace as a pendulum.
Use spice jars for tiny spell bottles.
Put an altar in a spare drawer.
Playing cards can be used in place of tarot cards and are very common.
There are a lot of virtual apps geared towards witches that are easily hidden.
You can put sigils, tiny crystals, among other things in lockets to hide them but be able to wear them.
Farmer’s almanacs are just as good as the witch geared ones if you add some information to them, and they are more mundane.
Acorn caps make good biodegradable offering cups.
Get into crafts! You can make some really cool witch stuff that can also just be taken as “artsy”.
Taking a few pinches from your parent’s kitchen cabinets is never a bad idea . Unless caught.
Store things in big, boring looking books.
Seashells and rocks with natural holes make great windchime elements.
You can say your bos/grimoire is a dream journal, which are fairly common and not suspicious.
Draw sigils on with lotion or washable marker.
A tea bag in your clothing drawer can help imbue clothing with the attributes of the tea you use.
Draw sigils on the bottom of your shoes.
Make a virtual altar instead of a physical one.
Always remember to clear that browsing history!
Draw small sigils on your nails then cover them with nailpolish.
Pretty much everything at a craft store can be used for witchcraft. Except maybe the older people who shop there.
You can buy really really small jars online and make them traveling spell jars.
You can enchant jewelry to keep spells close to you.
You can make friendship bracelets/lanyards with colors corresponding to your intent.
Enchanting something you wear daily like glasses or shoes with a ward is something that could be done if one doesn’t wear jewelry.
If you’re into sewing/cross-stitching: incorporate secret sigils into the design.
You can grow plant ingredients under the guise of eating healthier.
Buy soap/shampoo etc with scents to match different intents.
Pencil cases are inconspicuous!
You can use birthday candles instead of actual candles.
Obtaining scented candles a covert way of having colored candles… and if you want scentless you can just say you like the aesthetic but not the smell.
Bath salts can have magical intent and be just as effective as a for bath.
Doodling is a great way to cover up sigils in a notebook.
Grow plants. Collect rainwater. Say rainwater is for plants. Cackle to self.
Make a private discord server for taking to deities.
Threads that hang off of clothing or coats are good for thread magic so long as you don’t have to do a ton with them.
Cleaning and cleansing go hand in hand.
Virtual or sketched altar.
Usually the isle that carries Ethnic food carries SUPER cheap herbs.
All astrology is just you getting really into horoscopes.
If you want a more accurate birth chart, ask your parents for your time of birth. Say it’s out of curiosity.
Weird witch stuff lying around? You like the aesthetic from Charmed.
Sigils don’t have to be considered witchcraft. Say they’re like a good luck charm.
Make your own jewelry, beads, gems,threads, color correlation, etc.
Pinterest boards are great for various things. Dedicating things to deities, saving spells, etc.
Stuffed animals as representations of deities.
Thread magic = sewing and crocheting.
Side blogs on Tumblr are similar to pinterest boards!
Sigils on the bottom of hair spray cans for glamours.
Nail Polish = color correlation.
Quote: “My room smells weird so that’s why I’m burning like 100 candles and some incense”. Works every time.
You can make your own tarot cards with inconspicuous symbols and photos on them, say they’re drawings.
Fairy lights in your room because they “look cool”.
Put your bos in something that looks like a school notebook.
Leave offerings outside if safe. Bury them! But don’t bury things that are bad for the enviroment!!!
If you want to use a ouija board, there are quite a few virtual ones.
Any herbs you can get be purely for tea and nothing else.
If someone catches you meditating, tell them it’s for relaxation.
Draw sigils on the top of your ceiling fan. The fan will charge them while on! - Not recommended you do with a permanent marker!
Draw a sigil on the charger base of your electronic devices.
Charge your makeup/hair products/perfume/cologne up with whatever you’d like.
Lemon water makes a great cleansing spray and is usually not suspicious.
Sigils inside your phone case!
Enchant your jewelry or watches.
Draw a sigil with a white crayon on paper.
Put a pouch of herbs in your clothing drawers, if someone finds them, say it’s to decrease bad smells.
Incorporate magic into art.
Write poetry to your deities.
Study herb pouch and gemstones in your backpack.
Oils and herb pillow for your glasses case to encourage clear vision.
Make your own paper and use flowers/seeds/etc to create a design.
Sticky notes for sigils inside a school locker.
Correlate your clothing to your intent that day.
Sigils on a hair ribbon or enchanted ribbon.
Put your intent into your food and drinks.
Learn to make your own tea.
Keep a penny in your pocket for luck.
Google drive vs physical bos if you’re worried about your parents seeing it
Slowly start buying candles and bam you wont be questioned because they are just candles!
Craft store stars painted with black-light paint placed on your ceiling in constellation arrangements.
Drink fruit infused water/tea.
Carry salt in old film bottles or similar cases to help cleanse your purse or bag.
Salt packets are free at fast food places.
Enchant your bank account/wallet/piggy bank/etc so that it charges your money!
Use travel size medicine bottles to hold random mini witch things: twig, pebbles, sand, salt, etc.
Draw elemental items to encourage their energies around you.
Leave sticky notes with magical symbols on your desk or in your locker to generate positive energy for the next school day overnight.
Terrariums and shadowboxes have always been popular, make it your altar or invitation to the fae.
Fairy gardens have been a thing for a long, long time. They’re not suspicious and very good for attracting the fae!
Enchant counter bowls of fruit or breads so that the food decays slower.
Remember that no matter what, whether you can openly practice or not, that you are just as valid of a witch!
