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"This makes an excellent gift. Make sure you make some for yourself too though because it really smells wonderful. Please note, you need to use whole cloves. Ground cloves are much stronger and will definitely overwhelm the other scents. If you aren't a fan of cloves, feel free to leave them out entirely. I do sometimes."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, cloves...

"My wonderful Auntie Karen(Chef Yogi) has been so generous and kind to me. She sent me over half a dozen awesome essential oils which is something I have been wanting for so many months!! She sent me this wonderful easy recipe that was listed on www.make-stuff.com I have just finished making this and using it in my horribly dirty sink and now, I have..."

Ingredients: essential oils, vinegar...

"This is my mom's playdough recipe that she originally got from an old friend. My mom is the one that started adding the different extracts to the playdough to make such wonderful smelling playdough. My kids and I both love this recipe! It makes a very smooth playdough that will last a very long time. Enjoy!"

Ingredients: cooking oil, extract...

"The baby oil gives this scrub a nice fragrance. If you want you can grind the oats in a coffee grinder."

Ingredients: vitamin E, oats, oil...

"I buy a transparant or white liquid soap for this, it shows the honey color when made. You could also use a neutral bubble bath as a base. I now sell this at craft fairs and for the packaging I bought old fashioned glass milk bottles. If you plan to give this as a gift, save up small salad dressing bottles, that is what I used to use. My favorite fragrances..."

Ingredients: fragrance oil, honey...

"This recipe makes the best bubbles!"

Ingredients: Joy dishwashing soap, light corn syrup...

"Treat yourself or your friends with this body scrub, it removes dead and flaky skin cells. Instead of the orange you can turn this into a lemon or lime scrub. The essential oil is optional but it does give it a nice smell. The salt will settle, shake the jar before use."

Ingredients: oranges, zest of, orange oil...

"This is a fun, sweet, fruity lip gloss that gives your lips a little color too! Fun for girl's parties! They can make it and take it home! Multiply the recipe to make as much as you like."

Ingredients: Kool-Aid, honey, hot water...

"This makes your skin feel very soft, it is gentle and not messy. For a dry or sensitive skin use cream or olive oil as a binder, for an oily skin the yogurt. I have a dry skin and I like the cream best, and as that usually comes out of the fridge it makes a nice cool facial. If you have any left, treat your hands as well!"

Ingredients: cream, oats, yogurt...

"This was always my favourite "toy" when I was growing up. You can make it into shapes of all sorts of things. I had so much fun, tint it whatever colour you like. I usually had pink as it was my favourite colour."

Ingredients: cooking oil, cream of tartar...

"An inexpensive way to make playdough. I have made this up and given it as birthday treats with a cookie cutter to go along with the playdough."

Ingredients: cream of tartar, food coloring...

"When I lived in Alberta, Canada, there was a lady who sold this play-dough at the local farmer's market. It smelled soooo good, that I decided to try making it myself."

Ingredients: cream of tartar, unsweetened flavored drink mix...

"The following is something the majority of us must learn and adapt to. I, like many, am not "perfect." As we grow older, we realize that there are many flaws within this world of ours and it is sometimes difficult dealing and accepting those flaws. The words in this verse certainly give us food for thought!... I found this on grouprecipes.This..."

Ingredients: paper, jars...

"This recipe will gently exfoliate your hands and/or feet and remove dead skin, leaving you refreshed, soft and silky. You can be pretty experimental with the quantities of each ingredient; it's forgiving and well-adapted to suit each user. Keeps 1-2 weeks in the refrigerator. Great gift in a tightly-capped jar!"

Ingredients: lemon juice, olive oil, salt...