Candy Cane Lane ~

*******WARNING*******
GIFT SPOILER ALERT

Family & friends, please avert your eyes.

Today, as I said, has been a snow day here in Utah.
Merry and I spent the early afternoon making gifts for our favorite ladies.

I have to give the credit to Merry here.
She came up with the idea and made the actual gifts.
I packaged and photographed them.

Candy Cane Bath Fizzies

2 cups baking soda
1 cup citric acid
4 tsp oil {use a light, fragrance free oil. I used grapeseed oil.}
1 tsp essential oil of your choice {we used peppermint.}
Very small amount of food coloring {totally optional.}
Small misting bottle of water
molds

Wisk the soda and citric acid together well. In a separate bowl mix the oils. Wisk the oils into the dry mix well. Then, mist a very small amount of water {one spray at a time} until the mixture forms well when you squeeze it in the palm of your hand. Too much water, and it will be a giant foamy mess, so do this slowly. We only needed 4 mists of water. Then firmly pack into your molds. The firmer you pack them, the better they hold shape. Turn them out onto waxed paper and let air dry for 3-4 hours. Then, package!

Merry did such a great job with these. They look {and smell} just like crushed candy canes.

Candy Cane Sugar Scrub:

4 cups white sugar
1 cup oil {grapeseed in our case}
1 tsp peppermint essential oil
A very small amount of food coloring

Mix everything in a bowl {I mix the oils together in a separate bowl, then add to the sugar.} then add a VERY small amount of food coloring, don't blend too much so the mixture looks like crushed candy cane. Spoon into cute little canning jars and decorate.

I painted the lids with chalkboard paint and used a chalk pen to write the contents. Tied a gift tag on with red & white string. And that's all!!

Our kitchen {and hands} smells so lovely. Christmas means peppermint and pine for me.