So Crafty Saturday: Mother's Day Crafts

  For the triplets' grandmothers we made presents for Mother's Day.  It was so much fun and pretty easy.  For Babushka we made lavender bath fizzies and for GeeGee we made a lavender (flame less) candle. The candle was the funnest for the kids to make; they just rolled an adhesive sprayed candle in lavender, but it didn't turn out as great as I was hoping.  The lavender kept falling off. For the fizzies, we left out the essential oils (Babushka likes settle, natural scents) and added the dried organic lavender.  Despite the problems with the candle, both grandmothers loved their gifts.  Here are the instructions:

Martha Stewart's Bath Fizzies-
Tools and Materials

• 1/2 cup citric acid
• 1 cup baking soda
• 3/4 cup cornstarch
• 1/4 cup organic cane sugar
• About 6 drops food coloring
• 10 to 15 drops essential oil(s)
• Special equipment: 2-ounce travel-size spray bottle, plastic pipette, silicone ice-cube tray, storage jars

Directions

1. Stir together citric acid, baking soda, and cornstarch in a glass measuring cup. 
2. Pass mixture through a fine sieve or a flour sifter into a mixing bowl. Stir in sugar. 
3. Fill spray bottle with water, and add food coloring. Spritz mixture lightly (it should become damp but not fizzy) until you can pack mixture with your hands. 
4. Using pipette, add oil, 1 drop at a time, until strength of scent is to your liking. Using a metal spoon or your hands, mix ingredients until color is even throughout (mixture will begin to dry out; when this happens, spritz until packable again). 
5. Spoon into ice-cube tray, pressing firmly. Let dry at room temperature overnight. Pop out of tray gently. Transfer to jars.

How to Make Lavender covered Candles

     An easy and decorative way to use dried Lavender flower buds is to cover the outside of large pillar candles with them.

     You will need a large three wick pillar candle in a color complimentary to that of your dried Lavender flower buds.

    You will also require 1-2 cups of dried Lavender flower buds or enough to cover the outside of your pillar candle. You will apply the dried flower buds using a spray adhesive available a most crafts stores and also in the craft department at Walmart.

    Cover the candle by spraying an outside section with adhesive and then patting on the dried flower buds pressing them on gently covering the entire outside as evenly as possible. Continue working your way around the entire outside until it is entirely covered.