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Tissue Flowers and Bath Salts

April 27, 2008 By Spoonful of Sugar - 12 Comments

On Thursday my friend came over for a sleep over. We made some bath salts together – Here is the recipe:

1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup Epsom Salts
1/2 cup of Rock Salt
10-12 drops of essential essence
food colouring

Mix all the ingredients together for a few minutes. Then pour the Salts into a jar.

Hint: Bath Salts are great presents.

On Friday morning we made some tissue paper flowers. 
This is how we made them:

Tissue Paper in many colours
Florists Wire
Florists Tape
Beads

First cut out flower shapes. You need about 6 for each flower. Then thread them on the florist wire, put on a bead and bend the wire around so the bead won’t come off. Then tightly wrap the florists tape around the wire to make the stem.

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Comments

  1. Alison Boon says

    April 27, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    I made bath bombs with my Rangers and spent ages looking for a recipe, yours would have been perfect.
    I am going to get the girls to make some of the flowers for Mother’s day which is in two weeks time.

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  2. Karin says

    April 28, 2008 at 5:46 pm

    Your tissue flowers are very pretty! I think it’s about time I made more bath salts, it’s been a long time. Thanks for the recipe 🙂

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  3. Jacquie says

    April 28, 2008 at 9:21 am

    Beautiful flowers Sarah. Amazing how you can transform something so ordinary like tissue paper into something so extraordinary!

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  4. Leanne says

    April 28, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    What a crafty time you have had with you friend. Your flowers are very cheerful.

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  5. Melissa says

    April 29, 2008 at 7:35 am

    I can’t live without my bath salts!

    The flowers are pretty!

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  6. Rach says

    April 28, 2008 at 11:06 pm

    What a lovely blog that you and your mum have. And how clever is your oven mitt idea! Congrats and keep up the great work.

    Reply
  7. Tracy says

    April 29, 2008 at 3:46 am

    Hi! My first visit here–you have a lovely, happy place here! Thanks for the great bath salts recipe. I’ve not made such in a while, so this inspires! Tissue paper flowers…My sister and I used to make those when we were younger. Seeing these brought back a flood of memories. I live far from my sister, and miss her every day. She’s having her first child this fall. I hope she’ll be making tissue paper flowers…Anyway, you offer so much here. I look forward to coming back. Happy Day :o)

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  8. melissa s. says

    April 29, 2008 at 8:56 am

    At first I thought Lisa was posting and I was thinking, how cool that she still has sleepovers with her friends! Silly me. Really love the flowers, I think I’ll try them with the kiddos!

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  9. Philigry says

    April 29, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    beautiful flowers! i love the idea for bath salts too! another great homemade idea!

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  10. Selina says

    April 29, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    I will keep that recipe, thanks!

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  11. Jelly Wares says

    April 29, 2008 at 6:43 pm

    Thanks for the great bath salts recipe Sarah… Very Clever…

    Jodie 🙂

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  12. Jodie says

    April 30, 2008 at 1:05 am

    Wow – You have been busy. We can’t use the bath because of water restrictions (its massive and takes too much water to even half fill).

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