Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas
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Beeswax Food Wraps
Beeswax food wraps make great gifts, the perfect size to post, give as a secret santa gift, stocking filler or to add to another gift. It's a great way to get friends or family away from plastic food wrap!
You can either buy a kit that has the main ingredients, as it can be difficult to find resins and/or propolis you require for the beeswax mix, or find your own ingredients and follow a recipe such as this one in Life & Leisure magazine. You can purchase Sweetree plain beeswax to make your own mix.
If you've run out of time or just not into the mess it might create you can always purchase pre-made honeywrap food wraps.
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Solid Perfume
If you want to give someone a fragrance but don't want to pay hundreds of dollars for a tiny bottle of celebrity-endorsed fragrance, these solid perfumes allow you to create your own brand of fragrance, that also moisturises and protects skin with beeswax and natural oils. The other bonus is that solid perfumes don’t spill, nor do they contain alcohol or synthetic chemicals. Check out a great recipe for solid perfume.
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Lip Balm
Everyone needs lip balm from time to time, especially if you're in the elements. It's a great gift to make! Try this honey lip balm or Wendyl Nissen's lip balm.
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Candles
Try this simple recipe for making candles and purchase beeswax from our store, or if you don't have the time or inclination to make candles you can always purchase them already made up.
Check out this other recipes as well:
