Children are magical, and they are much closer to spells and true wisdom than we give them credit for. Great thinking and imagination are powerful for their development, but in real ways they create magic on their own.
Whether it’s naming their stuffed animals or making friendship bracelets with their friends, almost everyone made cute things like this as a child, not realizing they were conjuring and making real manifestations.
Cute things that everyone did as a kid without realizing they were casting spells
1. Talking to stuffed animals
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Children intuitively choose their favorite toys and figures based on what aligns with their own inner qualities. Talking loudly to them and treating them like real pets or people only strengthens this adaptation, which is believed to give powers and magical qualities.
Even the little nicknames and nicknames we gave our stuffed animals were a spell that gave souls and spirits to the inanimate objects that guided us. This is why so many adults are still associated with the ratty blankets and stuffed animals from childhood.
They are real spirits. Not in a creepy way, but in a comforting, shared way. They hold the dreams we speak out loud and manifest the deep desires that we only have in our minds without any way to verbalize them.
2. Looking and playing in rain puddles
Using mirror reflections is a traditionally powerful magical practice intended to protect people from negativity and enhance personal power. The reflections are portals to a deeper, more magical world which we cannot see. Obviously, children may not have the words to verbalize this kind of formal practice, but they cast spells through reflections anyway.
Whether it was looking in a mirror or looking into a puddle on the street from the rain, they made magic. The water reflected their thoughts and dreams and became a portal between their real life and this magical world.
3. Making friendship bracelets
Just as wedding rings are symbols of commitment to marriage, friendship bracelets provide the same kind of protection for platonic relationships. That is, every time little kids made a bracelet for their friend or a ring made of string for their parents, they strengthened a bond.
We forget that kids with intentionality and heart who go into these projects are powerful just because kids are “stupid” or “imaginative.” As adults, we have the same kinds of powers, even in our relationships, to protect and strengthen.
4. Hiding under blankets
When children covered their heads with blankets during scary movies or snuggled deep into a mountain of pillows after having a nightmare, they cast a spell for protection. It’s obvious when you consider it with an open mind.
Rugs are comforting protectors that, with the right intentions, can protect our body and our spirit. They are emotionally protective and comforting, but they are also grounding and safe for our bodies. As children, we intuitively used them to comfort us, and somewhere along the way we enchanted them to protect ourselves from harm.
5. Collection of natural objects and stones
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For most parents and adults, these things were an annoyance. At best a superstition that they didn’t want to track mud or bugs into the house. But for children it was magical to collect flowers and stones that stuck out to us. It cast spells even when we weren’t aware of it.
Not only do these objects serve as a connection with the power of the Earth, but they cast spells even when we are not actively saying them. For children, the wishes and ideas we had in our brains were molded into these lucky trinkets when we held them in our hands. Especially the ones that we refused to let go of and kept near our beds or in our pockets at all times.
6. Wish for an eyelash
Because who would want a shooting star anyway? Every time we lost an eyelash or flicked one off a parent’s face, we wished for something. It didn’t matter how many of them came true. In fact, most of the dreams and wishes we prayed for in those moments were instantly forgotten.
But the magical energy of those moments was powerful to us as children. They really cast some kind of spell over us, bringing joy and whimsy that our parents lost. If we could speak to the universe with just an ounce of this childlike trust and faith, we could have very powerful manifestations.
7. Making promises
As adults, we are often wary of promises and more aware of our commitments. But as children, promises were a daily practice with all kinds of good spiritual energy. When we made a vow, we created a bond between us and another. We strengthened relations.
While it may seem like a stretch in our world that pushes whimsy so carelessly, many ancient spiritual leaders and faiths return to this idea of the spoken word. Even the roots of the word “magic” go back to the idea of oath and promise.
8. Drawing stars and moons
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Stars and moons can be protective symbols even when they are the product of lazy doodling and scribbling. We all went through a phase of drawing stars as kids, and even when we didn’t realize it, we were investing in ourselves.
With small micro-spells and protective sigils, we blessed ourselves and our environments in a genuine way.
Zayda Slabbekoorn is a senior editorial strategist with a bachelor’s degree in social relations & politics and gender studies, focusing on psychology, relationships, self-help and human interest stories.
