Gifts: Homemade Sugar Scrubs

In December, my daughter and I worked on some handmade/homemade gifts for her teachers, Girl Scout leaders, and some friends. The classes were collecting money to give the teachers gift cards (it's three classes which are team taught) but she also wanted to give something from herself to make it a bit more personal.

 

We found some recipes for sugar scrubs online and tweaked them to fit what we had and could get. There are so many recipes online but here's a link to get you started: http://dearcrissy.com/homemade-sugar-scrub-recipes/

 

Here's what we used:

1 cup of brown sugar

1 cup of white sugar

1/4 cup of coconut oil (this is a solid oil)

1-2 tsp. of almond extract

1 tablespoon of Vitamin E oil
We also added a bit of grapeseed oil (just eyeballed it)

 

We found all of these ingredients at Target. You can substitute different oils though and tweak the ingredients to make it your own. The almond extract made it smell really nice but you could substitute with whichever fragrance you prefer.

I found these little glass jars at Walmart.

So we filled them up, cut out some tags with  the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge and stamped them  using the (B1399) Crafed with Love Stamp Set.

This was what our final creation looked like:

It was simple and fun. We each also kept a little jar for ourselves!

 

I put a little note on the back of the tag saying this was best for hands and feet. I keep a jar in the shower and use it on my arms and legs too (it's great for winter dryness). I would avoid the face unless you've used coconut oil on your face before without any problems.

 

Wouldn't these make a great little Valentine's Day gift?

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