Some of us absolutely can not style our hair without some sort of hair gel. Especially those of us with curly and hard to manage hair. It adds up though, and can get quite expensive buying different hair care products. This natural hair gel recipe is also found (with many, many others) in the Bath & Body recipes ebook, which has over 250 different recipes you can try out at home. Homemade Scented Hair Gel 1 cup water 2 Tablespoons flax seed 2 drops scented oil — your choice of scent -Combine water and seeds in a small saucepan. -Bring to a boil then remove from heat. -Allow to set for a half an hour. -Strain through fine collander. -When completely cooled, add scented oil. -Transfer to a wide-mouthed jar with lid. Use as you would any hair gel product. Buying ingredients So where do you find flax seed? Mountain Rose Herbs and...
Gift jars can make a fun and unique Christmas present. While just about any recipe would work as a Christmas gift (it’s all about the preference of the one getting the gift anyway!), here are two we found especially nice. Both recipes come from our ebook, Gift Jar Recipes. GOURMET COOKIE MIX IN A JAR 1 cup all-purpose Flour 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda 1 1/4 cups Rolled Oats 1 Milk Chocolate Bar — (5.5 ounce) 1/2 cup White Sugar 1/2 cup Brown Sugar 1/2 cup chopped Nuts — your choice – (optional) 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips Here’s a great Christmas Gift Idea! The cookie ingredients are placed in a clear or ecorative jar, and the recipe is attached to the jar. Mix flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Pour into jar, pack down level with heavy object. Mix oatmeal in a blender. Grate chocolate...
While the calendar may say it’s still summer, it’s still officially fall to us. The kids are in school, the weather is getting cooler, and there’s even a few leaves falling already (in our yard anyway!). We need some kids fall crafts and fast! You can find a few kids fall crafts over at Idea Queen. My favorite of course being the Apple Art. This was one of my favorites as a kid. If you have an apple tree, this is even better. No worries about “wasting” apples since apple trees can produce a lot of apples. A new fall craft my kids have done in preschool includes painting with leaves. The idea is to paint with similar colors as the leaves to make a “fall” picture. They use real leaves too, picked up off the ground that have fallen. I always love seeing those paintings come home! (This is the 4th...
Kids love to cook, especially fun and unique recipes. On our easy recipes for kids page at Idea Queen, you’ll find several really cool and fun recipes for kids. Things such as “Jig-time Tarts”, “Baboon Butter”, and “Yogi Pear Pops”. Those fun recipes actually come from the ebook also listed on this page. You’ll find the ones above, plus a whole lot more. 120 recipes in all are included in the ebook, and it’s only $3! Some other fun recipes for kids you’ll find on this page (and in the ebook) include an edible play dough recipe, cakes, and even “real” food (not just snacks and sugar!). So if you are looking for fun recipes for kids, drop on by Idea Queen and take a peek! Read More →
Searching for inexpensive Christmas crafts? It’s never too early to start, especially if some of those crafts are to be gifts! The most inexpensive crafts are going to be those you do right at home without buying any “kits”. Idea Queen has several ideas if this is something you plan to be doing. If you are doing crafts with kids, we have a whole page on free Christmas crafts for kids. We’ve also got a page set aside just for ornament crafts (our Christmas tradition – we make these every year!). Now for those really spectacular crafts, you might be looking for a craft kit instead. If you’ve searched your Dollar stores and other local places, you may be now searching online. Amazon is a great place to look for inexpensive Christmas crafts. Other stores have great craft kits as well, so be sure you look around....
Does it seem a little early to be thinking of Halloween treats? It does to me, but I’m seeing discussion about it already! If you are planning a party in mid October, I suppose it’s good to think ahead. One of my favorite easy Halloween treats are what we like to call just “bugs”. We’ve gone so far as to have them for a complete supper in the fall months (and even other times of year when they just sounded really good!). All you need is a can of roll out biscuit dough, little smokies, shoe string fries (the crispy kind that come in a can), and ketchup/mustard for decoration. Take the biscuits and cut them to roll around the little smokies (sorta like “pigs in a blanket”). Bake them according to the directions on the biscuits. Let them cool a little, then stick the fries in to make them look like legs....
