Wing Making Toolkit

$22.00

A Compassionate, Hands-on Creativity for Loss, Love & Letting Go

JOIN US OCT 8th, 2026 for a Virtual Open House (FREE) to learn more about the toolkit and talk to the Death Wings creator, Bess Welden. Bring your curiosity and questions. REGISTER HERE.

Included in Your Toolkit to Make One Set of Mini-wings:

  • Step-by-step instructions

  • Mesh Material

  • Clear Feather Template

  • Colored Paper (Qty 2)

  • Double-sided Sticky Tabs

Suggestions for Items To Collect for Your Feathers:

(Use a photocopy of original materials you don’t want to cut.)

  • Photos / drawings / letters / journal-diary pages

  • Maps / postcards / travel brochures

  • Legal documents

  • Newspaper articles

  • Greeting cards

  • Sheet music of favorite songs

  • Clothing

  • Recipes

  • Poems / pages from favorite books

  • Handwritten intentions (written by you or others)

A Compassionate, Hands-on Creativity for Loss, Love & Letting Go

JOIN US OCT 8th, 2026 for a Virtual Open House (FREE) to learn more about the toolkit and talk to the Death Wings creator, Bess Welden. Bring your curiosity and questions. REGISTER HERE.

Included in Your Toolkit to Make One Set of Mini-wings:

  • Step-by-step instructions

  • Mesh Material

  • Clear Feather Template

  • Colored Paper (Qty 2)

  • Double-sided Sticky Tabs

Suggestions for Items To Collect for Your Feathers:

(Use a photocopy of original materials you don’t want to cut.)

  • Photos / drawings / letters / journal-diary pages

  • Maps / postcards / travel brochures

  • Legal documents

  • Newspaper articles

  • Greeting cards

  • Sheet music of favorite songs

  • Clothing

  • Recipes

  • Poems / pages from favorite books

  • Handwritten intentions (written by you or others)

A collaboration with the Death Wings Project

We believe in the power of creative expression about death and loss through the hands-on ritual of wing-making, whether you create solo or in community with friends, family or others.

This wing making toolkit was designed to explore what compassionate, hands-on creativity can offer as you navigate a death—be it a person, animal or something else.

“Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.” ~Carl Jung

To hear more about the Death Wings Project and the Toolkit - listen or watch our interview with Dr. Karen Wyatt on the End-of-Life University Podcast.

Creating mini-wings can support you to:   

  • Honor & Memorialize a person or animal that has died or is dying.

  • Process & Mourn a significant change in your life.

  • Remember & Let Go of things that feel heavy or keep you stuck.