How to Make Your Own Bath Salts. Sheryl explains how you can make colored bath salts. This is a fun and easy gift idea.Age Guideline: 8 Years and Up Time Required: 30 minutes (Does not include drying time) The above age and time guidelines are estimates. This project can be modified to suit other ages and may take more or less time depending on your circumstances. Materials: Bottle or Jar Epsom Salts Food Coloring Perfume or Essential Oil Instructions: Measure out enough Epsom salts to fit in your bottle or jar.
While the bath salts can be used right away, the perfume or essential oil will blend better with the salt if it is allowed to set in the jar for a few weeks. Check out a photo of some bath salts made by Kelsey. How to Make Cookies in a Jar. These cookie mixes in mason jars make fun and unique gifts. These cookie mixes, complete with recipe gift tag, were loved by everyone on our gift giving list and I hope everyone you give them too feels the same way. Be creative when you make your jars, and make sure you add your own personalized, finishing touches. Follow the steps below to make your own cookies in a jar. Start out by gathering the basic supplies you will need.
Then pick a recipe and gather together those ingredients. Gathering Supplies Start off by gathering these basic supplies. Filling the Jar Follow these simple instructions when you are ready to start filling your jars with the cookie ingredients.Thoroughly wash and dry the jars and lids. Choose a Recipe and Printable Tag Decorating the Jar Use your imagination and these suggestions to decorate your jars.Fabric: Cut a circle out of the fabric that is 6- to 8-inches across. Want to make even more gifts in jars? Jessica’s postage stamp coasters.
I’m getting ready to go running off to complete the zillion post-holiday errands I have on my plate, but I decided I simply must add the supplies for this project to my shopping list. Jessica is a graphic designer by trade, which is clear to see from her choice of prints for these adorable coasters that she whipped up in no time. Jessica found these images on the flickr site of Karen Horton. Karen has amassed a treasure trove of amazing images of old postage stamps and labels. With a few simple materials, Jessica fashioned these “jumbo stamp” fabric coasters, complete with perfectly pinked edges. This is the perfect project for a laid-back weekend, especially because Jessica and Karen have graciously made the stamp designs available for download. CLICK HERE for the full how-to after the jump! Materials: Instructions: 1. (note: images in PDF are reversed so they will transfer properly) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Tiny Polaroid Magnets | { Ambrosia Creative }
Hi there! It’s felt like forever since I’ve last blogged, and has felt like an eternity since I’ve done anything crafty and nifty. Since my morning sickness has gone into full speed (yes, we’re expecting our third this fall!) I haven’t felt like myself. But nothing like inspiration to wake one out of a reverie — or nightmare, in my constantly sick state. I came across these DIY Pantone chip magnets on How About Orange and wanted to do something similar.
The idea of mini Polaroids dotting my fridge sounded cute to me. You will need: Cardboard (mine was the backing of a sketchbook — much thicker than the back of a regular spiral bound notebook) or 2-3 sheets of white cardstock or poster board spray-mounted together to use as a sturdy backing to the magnetsOpaque white marker (necessary only if your cardboard is not white) Craft knife Metal straight edge/ruler Clear packing tape or frisk film. Step 1: Download a Photoshop file of the Polaroid frames below. 487 Comments. Dime Store Games - Martha Stewart Kids' Crafts. American children's playthings have grown in size, complexity, and number, but small, modest toys endure as a staple -- whether they are homemade puzzles, store bought games, or "surprises" in boxes of Cracker Jack. Although inexpensive, they always have been treasures to children, who know that as soon as you let yourself dream even a little, you gain free passage to the mysterious world inside a tiny box.
You might have to coax a child to sit still long enough to help you make one of these sweet, old-fashioned toys, but once the project is completed he may surprise you by playing with it much more persistently than you ever would. Winning -- as we usually think of it -- isn't necessarily the point. "Look, Mom," a 6-year-old will call out in triumph after focusing for quite a while on making three tiny candy canes hook onto a tiny Christmas tree. "I got one on! " Modest, homemade toys have a special place in American society. To make. Homemade sun jar. We made sun jars using these instructions by Cre8tor at Instructables: Home-made Sun Jar. It’s based on the Sun Jar design by Tobias Wong. These notes are what we learned along the way. The short version: – Ikea Slom jar, smallest size, about $3 – single Malibu brand solar garden light, about $10, from Lowes (see notes below for pictures of the specific one as there are a few variables) update: In the years since I wrote this tutorial it’s become easier to find individual garden lights that pop off their ground stake and are small enough to fit inside the lid of a jar.
See the update note at the end of this page for pictures. . – glass frosting spray – some Blue Tak or sticky stuff Disassemble the Ikea jar and spray the bottom half with glass frosting spray. The long version: The guts of the homemade sun jar are made using a solar garden light. At stores I also found solar lights for floating in pools, and ones made to sit on patio tables, a lantern and even, oh my gosh, a light-up squirrel. How To Turn A Beer Bottle Into A Glass. Pinhole Cameras: A DIY Guide: Chris Keeney: 9781568989891: Amazon.com.