Do It Yourself Gift Ideas Using Essential Oils

   Christmas is coming soon and if you are anything like me there is not enough money to buy gifts for everyone.  Fun useful gifts can be made for a fraction of the cost of buying them.  All of these ideas can be packaged in a canning jar or decorative bag and cost pennies to make.  I love using the Garden Essence Oils as the fragrance and the added medicinal qualities make them an even better reason to use them! Most people enjoy receiving a gift made with love.

Sinking Fizzy Bath Bomb

1/2  cup citric acid
1  cup baking soda
3/4  cup cornstarch
1/4  cup sugar
1  tablespoon olive oil
10 to 15 drops essential oil of choice

Mix citric acid, baking soda, cornstarch, and sugar in a bowl.  Add olive oil, it clumps but just keep mixing with your hand.

LIGHTLY mist with a spray bottle filled with water, don't let it fizz or your batch is ruined. If it starts to fizz, just quickly mix in with the rest. Now keep mixing, spray, mix until you can squeeze the mixture and a ball forms.

Form into 1 inch balls or put into a mold packed tightly and then release onto wax paper.  Add 2 or 3 drops of essential oil to each bomb and let dry overnight.  This bomb sinks to the bottom of the tub and slowly releases bubbles and aroma from the essential oil. Store in an airtight container.

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Floating Fizzy Bath Bomb

2  cups baking soda
1  cup citric acid
4  tablespoons olive oil
10 to 15 drops essential oil of choice
spay bottle

Mix citric acid and baking soda in a bowl. Add olive oil, it clumps but just keep mixing with your hand.

LIGHTLY mist with a spray bottle filled with water, don't let it fizz or your batch is ruined. If it starts to fizz, just quickly mix in with the rest. Now keep mixing, spray, mix until you can squeeze the mixture and a ball forms.

Form into 1 inch balls or put into a mold packed tightly and then release onto wax paper.   Add 2 or 3 drops of Essential oil to each bomb and let dry overnight.  This bomb floats on the surface of the water and releases its fizz quickly. Store in an airtight container.

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Sugar Scrub

8 ounces Sugar
1 ounce Fractionated Coconut Oil
1 ounce Vegetable Glycerin
1 ounce Liquid Castille Soap
1/2 tsp. Jojoba Oil
1/4 tsp. Essential Oil

Add the sugar to a small-medium mixing bowl. Add the oils, glycerin and castile soap to the sugar and mix well with a fork. Add the essential oil and mix well.

Patchouli essential oil helps cracked and dry skin, loose skin, enlarged pores, simple water retention, aids scars, wrinkles, wounds and tissue re-generator. Its aroma marries well with the aroma of the sugar.  Orange would blend nicely with Patchouli for a wonderful holiday scent.

Jojoba oil helps to nourish the skin and also helps to extend the shelf life of the scrub. Vitamin E capsules can be used in place of Jojoba oil. To use capsules in the recipe, carefully cut the tips off 2-3 capsules and squeeze the capsule contents into the sugar scrub and mix well.

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Bath Salts

3  cups Epsom salt
2  cups course Sea Salt
Essential oil of choice
Food coloring

Mix the salts together and then separate into several bowls, add food coloring and several drops of essential oil and mix well.  Let dry and then mix the colors together for a rainbow, or package separately as single colors.


I hope you enjoy making these as much as I do!
Kathryn