Recipes- Homemaking: Home Remedies, Play Dough and More
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tick repelant:
Vodka
10 drops lavender
Peppermint around tick
All-Purpose Cleaner
2T vinegar
1 t Borax
Hot water
a few drops of a mild dish detergent
10 drops of essential oil, optional
In a 16-spray bottle put vinegar, borax, and hot water. Swish around until borax has dissolved. Add the drops of dish detergent and fill the rest of the bottle with water. Add the essential oil (I like using orange or lavender).
Best Glass Cleaner!!!
1/4 c. rubbing alcohol
1/4 c. white vinegar
1 Tbsp cornstarch
2 c. warm water
Combine everything in a spray bottle and shake well. Shake well before using, too, as the cornstarch might settle at the bottom (and subsequently plug the spray mechanism if it’s not mixed in well).
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Anti-Streak Window Cleaner
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup isopropyl alcohol
Mix in a clean spray bottle, shake, apply, and rinse. This mixture is great for windows that have accumulated build-up. If the glass is greasy, you can add a drop or two of natural liquid soap. This cleaner should do the trick after one or two applications, and I recommend you return to a vinegar cleaner as soon as possible (due to the rubbing alcohol).
Natural Stain Remover (this makes 8x recipe)
4 cups water
½ cup natural dish soap
½ cup vegetable glycerin
Mix together, shake and store in a clean spray bottle. Rub well into the stain (the sooner the better!) and wash clothes as usual.
Homemade “soft scrub” Type Cleaner
There are no measurements necessary for this one. Simply put a small amount of baking soda in a bowl and add liquid dish detergent until you have smooth paste or frosting like substance. This very well on sinks and counters and won’t scratch the surface.
Non-Toxic Heavy Duty Cleaner
1/4 cup vinegar
1 cup water
1 tsp borax
10 drops orange essential oil
5 drops lemon essential oil
Mix the water and the borax. Combine the rest of the ingredients to the mixture and put into a clean spray bottle. Shake. Wipe surface clean and rinse. Ideal for grimy surfaces.
Goat milk formula: into ½ gallon jar or the like container:
32 oz. goat milk (pasteurized ok), Trader Joe’s, PCC, Whole foods, QFC
10 drops B complex CWS or equivalent
¼ tsp. flax for girls, for boys, ¼ tsp. udos, DHA etc.
400 mcg vitamin E (one opened gel cap, squirt into jar)
Vit d: 800 IU’s. There is a child formula of vitamin d that has 400 IU’s per drop.
Before putting into bottle, shake and pour. Once in bottle, add a fingertip of probiotics to each bottle before feeding.
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Personal’s:
Toothpaste:
Homemade Coconut Oil Toothpaste
3 Tbsp coconut oil
3 Tbsp baking soda
25 drops peppermint essential oil
1 packet stevia
2 tsp vegetable glycerin (optional)
Put the coconut oil and baking soda in a bowl and mash up with a fork until blended. Add the peppermint essential oil, stevia and optional vegetable glycerin and continue to mash and stir until you’ve reached toothpaste consistency.
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​ Hand soaps
1.5 cups Castille liquid (we used citrus orange)
10 cups water
2 TBS honey
2 tsp glycerin
Mix all together and put in bottles
*Ideas to make it into dish soap = add orange essence and/or tea tree
Bug Repellent:
4 oz purified water
15 drops lemongrass essential oil
15 drops eucalyptus essential oil
15 drops lemon essential oil
15 drops citronella essential oil
15 drops catnip essential oils
Bug Rep Recipe #2:
4 oz purified water
60 drops lemon essential oil
Bug Repellent Recipe #3:
4 oz purified water
45 drops of peppermint oil –
15 drops lemon oil
Method:
Mix ingredients in a spray bottle and apply liberally
Deodorant:
What You Need
1/4 c. baking soda
1/4 c. cornstarch or arrowroot powder
5 Tbsp. coconut oil
Essential oils (optional – I used 3 drops of ylang-ylang, 4 drops of sweet orange, and 2 drops Tea Tree
Lotion
1 cup apricot oil
2 – 6 Tb bees wax (depending on consistency, 2 Tb is runny, 6 Tb more like a paste)
2/3 cup coconut oil
4 T vit E oil
1 1/3 cup almond oil
Melt on double boiler
Cool
Emulsify ¼ cup water into it
Add 4 drops balancing essential oil
Makes 5 ½ pints
Play dough:
Need:
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 cup salt
1 1/2 - 2 cups boiling water
3 - 4 Tablespoons vegetable oil
Food coloring
Essential oils
Mix dry ingredients. Add oil and food coloring to boiling water. Mix dry into wet. Mix well. As you knead it, the dough will get smoother. Store in airtight container.
Bakeable "Salt Clay"
Stir together:
2 cups plain flour
1 cup salt
1 to 1 1/2 cups cold water
2 tablespoons cooking oil
Knead well until it forms a soft ball. Line a baking tray with aluminum foil, make the shapes you want, and bake in the oven at 300 degrees or until hard (about one hour). You can use food coloring to color dough before you bake it or paint it afterwards. A finishing coat of shellac or clear acrylic will make your salt clay products last longer.
Use cookie cutters or mold Salt Clay by hand, then bake in a 300-degree oven for use in creating refrigerator magnets, jewelry, ornaments, key chains, neck