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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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  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.

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  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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