Things You’ll Need
- 2 bowls
- Epsom salts
- Peppermint essential oil
- Kitchen mixing tools
- Glycerin
- Red food coloring
- Funnel
- Glass jar
- Ribbon
- Candy cane
- Tag
- 2 resealable plastic bags (optional)
Steps
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Assemble the items needed to complete the project. These are listed below under “Things You’ll Need”.
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Add the Epsom salts into the bowls. Pour 1/2 cup (4 oz) of Epsom salts into each bowl.
- If you’re concerned about mess, use resealable plastic bags instead of bowls.
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Add 2 drops of the peppermint oil and 2 drops of the glycerin to each bowl. Stir thoroughly to ensure an even distribution of the ingredients.
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Pour in 2 drops of red food coloring into one of the bowls. Stir through to achieve a uniform color.
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Start creating the “candy cane” effect in the jar. Using a funnel, pour in alternate layers of red and white bath salts into the glass jar. Doing this will create the visual appearance of candy cane stripes.
- As you’re pouring, it helps to tap the jar, as this settles the salts being added.
- For a different look, tilt the jar a little while adding the salts. This gives an effect of diagonal candy stripes.
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Fill the jar right to the top.
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Finish the look of the jar. Tie a red or red and white striped ribbon around the jar of bath salts.
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Tie a candy cane onto the jar instead of a bow. It’s now ready to enjoy during your home spa-evening-away-from-holiday-stress.
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Add an instruction tag to the jar. This should include instructions on using the bath salts, saying something similar to this:
- “Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of these candy cane bath salts to running bathwater as you fill the bath. Hop in and expect a stimulating, peppermint flavored candy cane bath experience to brighten your holiday season.”
