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DIY Peppermint Gift Jar~

Gifts in a jar are perfect for giving homemade Christmas gifts. This Peppermint Pampering Jar is filled with items like body butter, foot soak and sugar scrub.

Giving homemade Christmas gifts is so affordable! This Christmas I will be giving out gifts in a jar with a Peppermint Pampering theme. It is filled with homemade peppermint spa products and peppermint treats.

If you want to make your own spa products, the recipes are below. If not, you can buy small sized bottles of similar spa products to put in the jars. Or buy large bottles and divide it into small containers.

I started with lots of these small containers from  Dollar tree and spray painted the lids red. Be sure to use spray paint that is specially formulated for plastics. I used Krylon Fusion brand that i found at lowes .   Be sure it can be used on plastic. I am using the color Pepper Red Gloss to paint these lids. 

To make the peppermint body butter, I used I used one Net Wt 7.5 oz jar of Vaseline Cocoa Butter petroleum jelly, three 8 fl. oz bottles of  Bath and Body Works Twisted Peppermint body lotion (bought them on sale) and two Net Wt. 4 oz jars of Studio 35 Vitamin E cream cream.

Put all of the ingredients into the mixer bowl and add 2 drops red food coloring, 5 teaspoons peppermint extract and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Whip everything together.

Fill up as many small containers as you need and put the rest into large containers. This recipe makes 48 oz of lotion. If you don’t need that much, cut the recipe in half.

Peppermint Body Butter

Ingredients

• (1) 7.5 oz (Net Wt) jar of Vaseline Cocoa Butter petroleum jelly
• (3) 8 fl. oz bottles of Twisted Peppermint body lotion
• (2) 4 oz (Net Wt) jars of Studio 35 Vitamin E cream
• 2 drops red food coloring
• 5 teaspoons peppermint extract
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Put all of the ingredients into a mixer and whipped them together.
2. Fill containers with the body butter. This recipe makes 48 oz of lotion.
3. Attach a label to the front.
4. Add a strip of  tape/ribbon across the top.

To make the peppermint sugar scrub, soften 1/2 cup of coconut oil in the microwave for 15 seconds. Add 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar, 2 teaspoons peppermint extract and 2 drops of red food coloring.

Mix everything until the color is evenly distributed.

Fill containers with the sugar scrub.

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Peppermint Sugar Scrub

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of coconut oil
• 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
• 4 teaspoons peppermint extract
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 drops of red food coloring

Instructions

1. Put coconut oil into a bowl and soften in the microwave for 15 seconds.
2. Mix in sugar, peppermint extract, vanilla extract and red food coloring.
3. Fill containers with the sugar scrub. Recipe makes 16 oz of sugar scrub.
4. Attach a label to the front.
5. Add a strip of  tape across the top.

Next, I made some peppermint foot soak by mixing together 1 cup baking soda, 1/2 cup Epsom salt, 2 teaspoons peppermint extract and 2 drops red food coloring. Use a whisk to mix well. The extract made the mix a little wet so I poured it onto a piece of parchment paper and let it dry for 1/2 an hour.

Put 2 tablespoons of peppermint foot soak into each container. When ready to the foot soak, pour the entire contents of the small foot soak container into a basin of warm water.

Peppermint Foot Soak

Ingredients

• 1 cup baking soda
• 1/2 cup Epsom salt
• 2 teaspoons peppermint extract
• 2 drops red food coloring

Instructions

1. Mix together baking soda, Epsom salt, peppermint extract and red food coloring with a whisk.
2. Allow the mixture to dry out before adding to the containers. I poured it onto a piece of parchment paper and let it dry for 1/2 an hour.
3. Put 2 tablespoons of peppermint foot soak into each container. Recipe makes enough that you can put 2 tablespoons into 10 containers.
4. Add a strip of  tape across the top.
5. When ready to the foot soak, pour the entire contents of the small foot soak container into a basin of warm water.

Print, cut out and glue the labels onto the containers.  Avery has an assortment of ready made labels . Put a piece of candy cane stripped tape  or ribbon hot glued across the top of the containers.

Here is everything I put into my peppermint pampering mason jar: 1 Mint Chocolate, peppermint hot cocoa packet, a red manicure set, candy cane lip baum and peppermint candy. I used a  one quart (32 oz) wide mouth mason jar.

Carefully add everything to the jar so that it all fits.Put a piece of candy cane stripped  tape or ribbon around the lid and add a snowflake to the top. Great gift for teachers, baby sitters, or any gal in your life~!