Easter (or Resurrection Day) is almost upon us! There are plenty of ways to dye Easter eggs or even decorate them. You can use temporary tattoos, modge podge tissue paper on, use store bought dyes, or even make your own dyes with things around your kitchen. If you have smaller kids like we do, less…
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Easy DIY Gifts for Moms (Crunchy or Not!)
Moms, whether your own or a friend, can be difficult to buy for. These easy DIY gifts for crunchy moms are toxin free (just pay attention to the ingredients and what fabric you buy) and will show moms how much you love them with the extra attention you put into these gifts. pin these crunchy…
5 Handmade Christmas Soap Bars (Natural Gift Ideas)
Are you in need of a new bar of soap? If so, today is a post for you! I wanted to share with ya’ll how to make an easy handmade bar soap to give to your family or your best friends as a Christmas present. These don’t require any fancy equipment or skills as you…
Homemade Sugar Scrub Recipe
This homemade sugar scrub recipe helps to pamper tired feet, scrub scaly elbows, or just provide all around exfoliation. You only need three ingredients to whip this up and there are ideas for essential oils to add to this sugar scrub. Give yourself a spa day by using this sugar scrub recipe and go make…
How to Can Oranges
We’ve been finding oranges on sale here and I wanted to preserve them for later. The girls love to snack on mandarin oranges and I enjoy them on my salads, so I wanted to share how to can oranges with ya’ll! You don’t need fancy canning equipment for water bath canning – canning bands and…
DIY Dishwasher Pods (without citric acid)
These DIY dishwasher pods are a greener and cleaner alternative that work surprisingly well! These homemade dishwasher pods are fairly cheap to make as they only have washing soda, epsom salt, borax, lemon essential oil, and vinegar. Your water hardness matters When we lived in Arizona we had hard water and these didn’t work well…
Shower Melts Recipe DIY
When relaxing in the bathtub isn’t an option, shower melts can be another good option. This shower melts recipe is super simple and only involves 3 ingredients. I’m a bath person. I love to take my book and a clay mask into the bathtub where I can read while I deep condition my hair. But,…
Homemade Anti-Aging Cream
Making your own skincare products can be intimidating, but with only 5 ingredients you can easily whip this face cream up. Homemade anti-aging cream helps with fine lines and skin spots. From my experience, creating your own toxin free skincare products is the most inexpensive way to go. This anti-aging cream has rosehip oil, shea…
Homemade Shea Butter Lotion
I love making natural beauty products to use in our home or to gift to someone. Shea butter lotion is one homemade product that can have it’s scent changed and still get the job done. Today I’m sharing how to make homemade shea butter lotion. I’ve been trying to get some thing added to my…
How to Make Sugar Scrub For Face
As a mom, I love to unwind with a face mask. This mask has the added bonus of being a sugar scrub for your face too. I also love the simplicity of this mask and it’s ingredients. Ingredients for Mask & Sugar Scrub for Face 1/2 tsp Honey 1 tsp Argan Oil 1/2 tsp Brown…