A long soak in a warm bath is one of my favorite ways to relax and unwind. I make a regular bath even better by using homemade bath salts. My basic unscented diy bath salts recipe calls for simple pantry ingredients: epsom salt and baking soda. Adding essential oils is a nice and easy way to put scent into your bath salts, but it's totally optional. Taking an epsom salt bath is highly beneficial for your body! In water, epsom salt breaks down ...
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How To Make a Heart Shaped Bath Bomb Recipe
A heart shaped bath bomb is the perfect gift for people close to your heart! Plus, DIY bath bombs are easy to make for special occasions or Valentines day gifts. Give this pink strawberry bath bomb recipe a try. I originally got into making DIY bath bombs for myself, and now it seems like I mostly make them for my kids! Oh well, such is #MomLife. But honestly, anything that gets my kids to take a good bath is worth it. Fizzy baths are ...
Chinese New Year Red Envelopes Craft For Kids
A fun way to teach kids about the Chinese New Year red envelopes tradition is to let them make their own lucky red envelopes. In Chinese culture, the color red is associated with good luck. A popular Chinese New Year tradition is to give red envelopes filled with "lucky money" to family and friends. Lucky for us in the United States, the Chinese New Year is celebrated close to Valentine's Day so it was easy for me to find red envelopes at ...
How To Make Confetti Balloons (Perfect For Popping at New Year’s Eve Party)
Confetti balloons are a must for your next party! They are perfect for popping on New Year's Eve, or use as balloon decorations for birthday parties and other celebrations. Thanks to our friends at Oriental Trading for providing us with everything we needed to make diy confetti balloons. Kids love confetti balloons for obvious reasons. Tissue paper confetti makes for a colorful explosion of fun when the balloon gets popped. It never gets ...
Painted Mason Jar Decor You Can Make in Minutes
Chalk painted mason jars can be one of the most useful rustic home decor items. Create a mason jar farmhouse centerpiece in minutes! Switch out the greenery to match any season, holiday, or color scheme. [bctt tweet="DIY Rustic Mason Jar - Make a mason jar farmhouse centerpiece in minutes! Switch out the greenery to match any season, holiday, or color scheme. " username="momfindsout"] For convenience, I have added my clickable Amazon ...
Thanksgiving Crafts | Handprint Turkey Pumpkin Keepsake
Thanksgiving crafts are something my kids look forward to every year. Spending time crafting together is a fun way to get everyone into the Thanksgiving spirit. This year, we made a handprint turkey pumpkin keepsake. It was easy to do, and now I have a lovely pumpkin decoration to display every year at Thanksgiving time. I know I'll love to remember how we painted their hands to make a turkey print. The kids will have fun seeing how much ...
Advent Calendar Ideas | DIY Magnetic Matchboxes Christmas Calendar
The Advent Calendar is a popular holiday tradition to help you celebrate the days leading up to Christmas. This DIY advent calendar uses numbered matchboxes, which can be filled with small candies, notes, pictures or trinkets. I made a chocolate Advent calendar by putting a mini candy bar inside each one of the boxes. Making your own Advent Calendar like this one is really easy to do, and doesn't take much time at all. I spray ...
Free Halloween Printable Candy Bar Wrappers
Remember my niece, Brooklyn? She and her little sister love any excuse to wear a costume - especially Halloween! Last year, they were Katniss and Maleficent (you can probably guess which one is which from the photo.) As of yesterday, they were still deciding what to wear this October 31st, but they were tossing around ideas like Pokemon Go characters, witches and Disney princesses. I can't wait to see what they decide to be. These girls are so ...
DIY Owl Costume | Easy To Make Halloween Costumes
My 5-year-old loves to pretend he's an owl. So it was not a big surprise when he announced a couple weeks ago that he wanted to dress up like an owl for Halloween. Not just any owl - an owl with blue feathers. (Blue is his favorite color.) I knew I was going to have to make an owl costume for him if it was going to have blue feathers. I looked around at different DIY Owl Costume ideas and came up with a no sew version that is actually pretty ...
