BATH SALTS  
 
          3 cups epsom salts    
          1 /4 tsp. glycerin.    
          1 or 2 drops of food  
          coloring of choice    
          1 or 2 drops of   
          cologne or perfume   

      Mix all ingredients in a metal pan. Mix well and place in decorative  
      containers.    
      Tie ribbon around top of jar and decorate top of jar if desired with 
      a silk  flower, rosebuds or a creative idea of your own. 

    

 Cinnamon Pomanders

Mix the cinnamon with 1 cup of applesauce. The mixture will be dry and crumbly. Knead in more applesauce, a little at a time, until the mixture turns into a very firm sort of "clay". It should not be sticky. Dust your cookie mold with cinnamon, and press in an egg-shaped piece of your cinnamon "clay". You will have to press firmly and level the back well. You may want to use a small, sharp knife to trim off extra "clay". If the mixture starts sticking to your hands, dust them with cinnamon. Hold the filled cookie mold perpendicular to a wooden board. (I use a plastic cutting board or a piece of scrap wood from a lumber yard so as not to put dents into my good cutting board) and rap it quite hard several times, just as you would if you were making cookies. The edge of the cinnamon pomander should start to come away from the mold. Carefully peel the pomander out of the mold and place it on a baking sheet. Using the plastic drinking straw, cut out a neat hole at the top of the pomander. Bake your pomanders for about 2 hours in a 150 degree oven. After the first hour, remove them from the baking sheet and lay them directly on the oven racks. This will help the pomanders dry out evenly. Remove the pomanders from the oven to a cooling rack when they feel dry and hard. When cool, tie ribbons through the holes and glue on the tiny dried flowers. If the scent of your cinnamon pomander starts to fade after some time, you can refresh it by rubbing the back with a piece of sandpaper or an emery board. This recipe makes 8 or 9 pomanders, depending on the size of the cookie mold you are using.

Chocolate Dipped Spoons--for gift-giving

 DECORATIVE DRIED HERBS IN OIL 

     Place dried or silk flowers, leaves and herbs into a decorative clear  
     glass bottle or jar of your choice. Gently pour light weight  
     mineral, safflower,oil into bottle over dried or silk flowers and herbs. 
     Add a few drops of a fragrance of your choice--almond, vanilla,  
     perfumes and etc. 
 

Fragrant Soap Balls

Use water to moisten Ivory Snow Flakes to the consistency of a very stiff dough. Divide the dough into several bowls. Add a different perfume and food coloring to each bowl for variety. 

Have children shape large spoonfulls of the soap into balls. Have them make about three balls each. Place the balls on trays (labeled with their modeler's name!) to harden for several days. 

Have each child wrap their three saop balls in colored cellophane paper and tie the package with a pretty ribbon. 

 

Simple Picture Frame Magnet

Beverage Mixes