This DIY vanilla & fig non-greasy body butter recipe with hemp seed oil is perfect for DIY holiday gifts. Made using natural plant based ingredients, this homemade body butter recipe moisturizes & protects dry winter skin without ever feeling greasy! Keep reading to learn how to make your own homemade non-greasy body butter recipe scented in vanilla & fig – or any of your own seasonally favorite fragrances – for…
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Festive Holiday Homemade Cranberry Orange Soap Recipe
This easy to craft festive holiday homemade cranberry orange soap recipe is perfectly sized for homemade stocking stuffer gifts this Christmas! Made using a melt and pour soap base and fun additives like walnut shell powder, fine red glitter and orange zest, this cranberry orange scented homemade soap is a sure hit. Homemade Melt & Pour Cranberry Orange Soap Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 19.85 oz. white melt and pour soap…
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Starry DIY Snow Globe Ring & Homemade Christmas Gift Idea
This fun starry DIY snow globe ring not only makes a great conversation piece but it also makes for a brilliant homemade Christmas gift idea! You don’t need a lot of skill for this DIY jewelry project but you do need a little patience to set the star on the ring base and allow sufficient drying time before you try to “shake” things up. Starry DIY Snow Globe Ring ©…
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Homemade Holiday Peppermint Bath Bomb Recipe
This homemade holiday peppermint bath bomb recipe is sure to please and they make wonderful homemade Christmas gifts for anyone who’s a fan of bath and beauty products! Not a fan of peppermint? Substitute with your favorite fragrance or essential oil instead! Peppermint Bath Bomb Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 1.8 oz. Epsom salt 11.25 oz. baking soda 3.85 oz. citric acid 2.4 oz. arrowroot powder .75 oz. shea…
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Easy Marimo Moss Ball DIY Light Bulb Aquarium
Learn how to make your own easy Marimo moss ball DIY light bulb aquarium! These tiny aquariums make a great home for tiny Japanese Marimo moss balls! Not only is each DIY light bulb aquarium super cute, but they are perfectly sized to sit at your desk to keep you company! Customize your Marimo moss ball DIY light bulb aquarium to suit your personal style or make several for homemade gifts…
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Santa’s Lump of Coal Soap Recipe
Looking for a fun DIY gag gift for Christmas? Give this tutorial for Santa’s lump of coal soap recipe a try! It’s made with real charCOAL and combines both clear and white melt and pour soap bases for natural color changes that you don’t have to work hard to achieve. I also added a touch of 24K gold mica to mine for extra flair, however this is completely optional. Santa’s…
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DIY Holiday Gifts: Homemade Cranberry Body Butter Recipe for Dry Skin
Learn how to make this easy seasonally inspired, cranberry body butter recipe for DIY holiday gifts! Scented with a traditional winter scent, this homemade body butter moisturizes dry skin throughout the season with rich shea butter and cocoa butter. Not only does it moisturize dry winter skin, this cranberry body butter recipe also doubles as a fragrant perfume. So your skin doesn’t just look healthy, it smells amazing too! Keep…
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Witch Hazel Soap Recipe with Shea Butter
This skin soothing witch hazel soap recipe with shea butter contains witch hazel extract renowned for its astringent, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties. This makes it the perfect addition to your winter skin care routine. Package it with seasonal winter elements and you have beautiful DIY Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers for friends and family this holiday season. DIY Witch Hazel Soap Witch Hazel has been used as a home remedy…
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Pear Soap Recipe: A Unique Homemade Holiday Gift for Natural Skin Care
Learn how to use overripe pears to craft a homemade pear soap recipe for your natural skin care routine. This cold process pear soap recipe uses ripe pears combined with a seasonal fragrance oil to create unique homemade gifts for the holidays. Seasonal fruit can commonly be found at a great price and that sometimes makes it a little too easy to overbuy. Recently this was the case for me…
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Easy Homemade Bath Oil Recipe for the Holidays
If you’re looking for homemade Christmas gifts that anyone can make then you’ll definitely want to consider this easy homemade bath oil recipe! With as few as two ingredients you’ll have a homemade Christmas gift that anyone who covets baths is sure to appreciate. Easy Homemade Bath Oil Recipe © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen Ingredients: 1 oz. carrier oil 12 drops essential oil Instructions: I used an upcycled bourbon bottle for…
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Easy Melt and Pour Polar Bear Soap Recipe + Tutorial for Beginners
Learn how to make DIY polar bear soaps for winter fun with this easy melt and pour soap recipe for beginners! This cute soap making tutorial is a great project to make with kids as a winter family craft project. Made using glycerin melt and pour soap, this homemade soap is a great way to get started in soap crafting if you want to learn how to make soap without…
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Pumpkin Soap Recipe with Real Pumpkin Puree for Fall Skin Care
Learn how to make a homemade pumpkin soap recipe using canned pumpkin puree to craft a homemade soap for your natural skin care routine this fall. This cold process homemade pumpkin soap recipe is handmade using real organic pumpkin making it a perfect soap for the fall season! Pumpkin isn’t just cool because it’s autumn, though. It’s also great for your skin too! Pumpkin is packed with fruit enzymes and alpha…
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Men’s Homemade Tobacco Caramel & Whiskey Soap Recipe
I’ve had a homemade whiskey soap recipe on my to do list for quite some time but it took me a while to decided how to execute it. In the end I settled on using real whiskey in a hand milled soap recipe rather than attempting mixing lye with a high percentage of alcohol for safety reasons. Combined with a tobacco caramel fragrance oil, this men’s whiskey soap recipe creates…
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Snowflake Hard Lotion Bar Recipe: Dry Skin Remedy for Winter Skin Care
Naturally care for your dry or chapped skin this winter with this seasonal snowflake shaped hard lotion bar recipe. The perfect dry skin remedy, this easy hard lotion bar moisturizes skin to soothe away irritation and dryness. It also makes a wonderful DIY holiday gift idea or stocking stuffer for friends, family, coworkers and teachers! Naturally Care for Skin This Winter with Hard Lotion Bars Show your skin some love…
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DIY Holiday Washi Tape Mason Jar Gift Tags
Whether you made homemade preserves or pumpkin butter for the holidays or purchased it from your local farmer’s market like I did, you can easily dress up your mason jars with a simple diy washi tape gift tag making it perfect for last minute holiday gift giving. To create these gift tags you’ll need a full size white blank sticker label sheet – World Label has these at a great…
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DIY Soy Candlemaking Kit for Teens & Tweens
Still trying to find a homemade Christmas gift idea for those tough to shop for teens and tweens? If you have a young DIY-er in the family she’ll love this simple to assemble – and craft! – DIY Soy Candlemaking Kit! Keep reading to learn how to assemble your own. DIY Soy Candlemaking Kit © Rebecca’s Soap Delicatessen What you’ll need: 10 oz. of natural soy wax 1 oz. candle…
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Madagascar Black Pepper Soap Recipe for Men
Looking for a homemade gift idea for men? This homemade black pepper soap recipe is just your ticket! Created using both cold process soap and melt & pour glycerin soap, these homemade black pepper soaps are scented with a Madagascar black pepper fragrance oil. The top and bottom layers are made from a cold process black pepper soap recipe that contains flecks of ground black pepper while the center layer is…
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DIY Soy & Beeswax Candles
I’ve been playing around a lot with candles lately. I’ve made numerous hand poured candles with soy wax as well as beeswax, so I figured why not combine the two? I love how simple and easy the soy wax candles are to make – especially since I’ve hear paraffin can be a nightmare – as well as the long burn time of all beeswax candles. However, because the beeswax is…
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DIY Homemade Stocking Stuffer Gifts
Looking for a few more great homemade stocking stuffer ideas for the holiday season? One of my favorite small handmade gift ideas this year is wax melts. With the increasingly popularity of Scentsy as well as Glade’s new Wax Melt Electric Warmer that was recently brought into the spotlight, more and more people have wax melt warmers in their home. We use one at work and many of my co-workers…
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Homemade Tea Gifts for the Holidays with Printable Chalkboard Labels
Make simple homemade tea gifts for Christmas with this easy, homemade holiday tea gift idea. All you need are a few metal tins, some tea and the free printable labels. These are perfect for last minute gifts as well as an element in homemade tea gift baskets! Homemade Tea Gifts Looking for a simple homemade Christmas gifts for tea lovers? Then this simple tea gift idea is a must. These…
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Printable Christmas Tree Ornament Holiday Gift Tags
Looking for printable holiday gift tags to label your handmade Christmas gifts once they’re wrapped and ready? Download these super cute ornament gift tags that feature illustrations by Swiejko For Print! Or purchase some of her amazing clip art and create your own! Then simply print onto full page sticker label sheets or cardstock, cut out and attach to your packages. Swiejko For Print offers watercolor designs and hand drawn illustrations as well…
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Foaming Peppermint Sugar Scrub Recipe for DIY Holiday Gifts & Natural Winter Skin Care
This rich & thick foaming peppermint sugar scrub recipe lathers like a soap when massage onto skin. So there’s no need to wash with soap beforehand. Just slather it on to cleanse, exfoliate and moisturize skin all in one easy step. A must have natural skin care product for your winter skin care routine, this homemade foaming peppermint sugar scrub recipe is also well suited for DIY holiday gifts. Keep…
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DIY Christmas Wax Melts for the Holidays: An Easy DIY Holiday Gift Idea
Learn how to make seasonal holiday scented DIY Christmas wax melts to scent your home with your favorite holiday fragrances. This easy holiday project also makes lovely DIY gift for coworkers, friends and family. And the kids can help color in the free printable labels for the DIY Christmas wax melts you create! Keep reading to learn how to make your own DIY Christmas wax melts. Plus learn where to…
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Electric Guitar Candied Orange Soap Recipe
Looking for a great homemade holiday gift idea for the guys? Try this fun candied orange scented soap stamped with an electric bass guitar! For this recipe I combined the Crisp and Candied fragrance oil from Nature’s Garden with a bit of dark patchouli essential oil to cut down on the sweetness of the scent. I then stamped my final bars with a hand carved rubber stamp I purchased from…
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Gingerbread Man DIY Snow Globe Soaps: DIY Holiday Gifts for Kids
Need a unique holiday gift idea for the kids or grandkids? These adorable DIY gingerbread man snow globes soaps make the perfect gift. And they’re small enough to tuck inside a Christmas stocking to gift as stocking stuffers! Not only will your recipients actually get excited about bath time, they get to play with the the gingerbread man toy inside once all the soap is gone. Keep reading to learn…
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Men’s Soap Recipe & Holiday Gift Idea with Free Printable Gift Labels
It’s often hard coming up with great holiday gift ideas for men. However, this homemade ferocious & fantastic men’s soap recipe is sure to be a hit! To tackle the tough challenge of coming up with unique homemade men’s Christmas gift ideas I enlisted some help from an artist I found through Etsy, Anna Dance. Anna Dance of Hello Pants is graphic artist and illustrator from Australia who creates fun and…
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DIY Homemade Cherry Bomb Soap Recipe with Printable Labels
With the holidays right around the corner I’ve been trying a few new seasonal fragrances, one of which is called Santa’s Pipe. This fragrance oil smells rather like a cherry cigar with more emphasis on the cherry than the cigar smoke, and is a pretty interesting fragrance. However, calling it Santa’s Pipe Soap made it seem like you’d only want to enjoy this homemade soap during the Christmas season, so…
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How to Make Pumpkin Spice Massage Candles for Fall
Learn how to make unique DIY pumpkin spice candles. Formulated for both aromatherapy as well as fall skin care, these homemade massage candles don’t just scent the room. They also doubles as a massage lotion for skin. Scented with a fabulous pumpkin pie spice fragrance oil, this easy DIY craft is a great way to start enjoying those fall vibes. Easy Massage Pumpkin Spice Candles for Fall Create the perfect…
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Frosted Cranberry Coconut Milk Soap Recipe for Homemade Christmas Gifts
Learn how to make a coconut milk soap recipe for homemade Christmas gifts for friends and family this holiday season. Made using the cold process soap making method, this coconut milk soap is scented with a seasonal, holiday frosted cranberry fragrance oil. This frosted cranberry coconut milk soap recipe looks beautiful stamped with mica reindeer shapes. Keep reading to discover how to create these unique, homemade Christmas gifts for friends…
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How to Make Homemade Massage Candles
Learn how to make homemade massage candles to nourish dry skin while also enjoying the traditional, aromatherapeutic scents they emit. These products are easy to make and are also lovely for seasonal holiday gift giving! Keep reading to learn how to craft your own DIY massage oil candles at home. What Are Homemade Massage Candles? Since around 2006 massage candles, also known as lotion candles, have risen in popularity. A…
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DIY Skully Shot Glass Candle
One of my New Year’s resolutions this year was to try new craft projects that I’d been wanting to try, but never got around to. Candlemaking was one of those craft projects. So what better way to get started making hand poured candles, than to create a homemade Father’s Day gift. I was really excited by how easy this project actually was – by far easier than making cold process…
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DIY Edible Birdhouse Winter Craft Project and Gift Idea for Bird Lovers
Learn how to make a DIY edible birdhouse to feed the birds in your yard throughout the cold, winter season. This easy to make DIY edible birdhouse makes a great DIY winter craft project for bird lovers as well as unique homemade gift idea for nature lovers! It’s filled with edible dried fruits, nuts and seeds that birds love. My friend, Brian, who sells his pottery and photos down on…
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DIY Mulling Spices – Homemade Christmas Gift Idea with Printable Labels
Make your own mulling spices in a jar to give as homemade Christmas gifts to co-workers, friends and family. These also make lovely hostess gifts and favors as you can make up several jars at one time. To get started you’ll need a clean empty spice jar or a small mason jar, paint chip samples or decorative papers, washi tape, bakers twine or ribbon, mulling spice ingredients (below), markers (optional),…
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Chai Tea Mix Recipe: Easy Winter DIY Holiday Gifts
Learn how to make an organic chai tea mix to give as DIY holiday gifts this winter. Don’t forget to make extras though! This easy DIY chai tea mix recipe is so delicious, you’ll want to keep a few extra bags of this spicy, homemade chai tea mix for yourself. Package this recipe for chai tea mix in a jar or in a bag – for personalized gifting and storage.…
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How to Make DIY Perfume Oils for Gifts or Wedding Favors
Learn how to make scented perfume oils to give as DIY holiday gifts, stocking stuffers or adorable wedding favors for friends and family. Scented with a red velvet cake fragrance oil, these easy DIY perfumes are incredibly quick to make! Enjoy lasting fragrances when you create your own scents at home! DIY Perfume Oils Ever wondered how to make your own perfumes at home? Perfume oils are extremely simple to…
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DIY Fall Spice Sugar Scrub with Natural Ingredients
With fall here what better way to celebrate the season than with a scent inspiring sugar scrub? This DIY Fall Spice Sugar Scrub is easy to make and can be customized based on your scent preference. Plus it’s made with mostly natural ingredients! You won’t need a scale for my DIY fall spice sugar scrub. I’ve designed this recipe so that you can you basic measuring cups and spoons! I…
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Last Minute Handmade Gift Ideas: Craft up these DIY Bath and Beauty crafts for holiday or winter birthday gifts!
Only a week left until Christmas! It’s hard to believe. But if you’re not ready yet, it’s time to get crackin’! Here are a few handmade DIY bath and beauty gift ideas that you can craft yourself in under a day and still make a big impression under the ‘ole Christmas tree! 1. DIY Handmade Snowflake Soaps from Torie Jayne Blog – This melt and pour soap recipe makes for…
