Homemade Gel Home Air Fresheners

What does your house smell like?!

After having our homes closed up during winter, things can get a little musty and not smell as fresh as they should. So what do we do? Grab that aerosol can of room spray and breath in some unhealthy chemicals?!  No thank you!

 Instead, make up a couple jars of nice smelling gel air fresheners and set them around the house. No harmful chemicals in these babies!

Yes in deed, homemade home air fresheners made with ingredients that are natural and easy to find. No funny stuff.....no junk..... no kidding!

           Homemade Gel Air Freshener Recipe
                                                            from Foodie With Family
                               
Ingredients:

• 1 ounce granulated or powdered gelatin
• 2 cups cold water, divided
• 20-30 drops of your choice of essential oil
• 1 Tablespoon salt
• optional, food coloring to tint the air freshener

Also needed:

• heat-proof jars to hold the hot gelatin liquid
• a disposable chopstick or skewer to use as a stir stick

Bring one cup of water to a boil in a small saucepan.  Sprinkle the gelatin over the boiling water and whisk until smooth and all the gelatin is dissolved.  Add the salt and the second cup of cold water and whisk.  Set aside.

Add the desired amount of essential oil and food coloring, if using, to the jar(s).  Quickly pour the hot liquid gelatin over the essential oil and food coloring.  Stir until evenly colored.

Allow to cool, uncovered on a heat-proof surface.  When it reaches room temperature, place wherever you want a lovely scent. Should last about four weeks if you used enough salt in the recipe to hold off the mold.


Please Note: If you are interested in gifting these it is recommended that you make them up and give them right away. Do not make, wrap and leave sitting for any length of time. The ingredients in the recipe are all natural with no chemical preservatives. The added salt will keep mold away for some time, but eventually turns. 

                            For our home fragrances we chose Rosemary and Lemon

                                                            And Orange and Lemon

We love the scent of Rosemary and Lemon alone and together and used those oils in our blue colored home fragrance. Fresh, clean, energetic and happy!

We used Orange and Lemon oil to fragrance our orange home fragrance freshener. The scent of fresh squeezed oranges just makes you feel good!

We reused our little canning jars that we used in March for our Irish Potato Soup. These are the perfect little size and shape. And the color of the gel shows through nicely. Keeping the ring on the jar just makes it look finished and when you want to turn the fragrance "off", just screw the lid on.

Are you thinking about all the different places you could use these home gel fragrances? Let's see, near the cat box, dog bed, oh yes the laundry basket, and than there is the......... 

Be inspired. Get creative!

Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains correction,
But he who regards a rebuke will be honored.

Proverbs 13:18

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