Homemade Scrubs

As it is Christmas, and a Season for giving, I have decided to put together some really easy and affordable gifts that you can give to some of the special people in your children's lives.  This year was my daughter Isabelle's first year of school, which meant I needed to find a gift for her teacher.  I chose to try out my ability to make a homemade scrub.  I tried several but the one I liked the best was a Peppermint Sugar Scrub that I named "Candy Cane Scrub" in spirit of the season.  This project was inexpensive, but had a really great turnout and was so simple anyone can do.  I chose a jar that had a latch closure as I thought this would keep the scrub the freshest and intact within the jar.

These are the supplies that I used to create all of the scrubs that I attempted (minus the Starbucks... that one was for me)

Here is the recipe that I used for the Candy Cane Scrub:

4 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons of Granulated Sugar

2 teaspoons of Olive Oil

1 teaspoon of Flax Oil

3-5 drops of Peppermint Oil

Now, I used all Olive Oil and did not use the Flax Oil, but you can add any mixture of oils that you would like in addition to the Olive Oil.  

Here is my finished product!

I used my trusty Cricut to make a cute label for my jar and a ribbon and you have a cute affordable gift for anyone!  This particular jar of scrub cost me about $2.80 and $1.99 of that was the cost of my jar!  Thanks Tip Junkie!