Take a Break: Celebrate Earth Month Make your own art supplies/cosmetics/body care products

In keeping with April being Earth Month, and this Wednesday is in the middle of Earth week, today’s take a break is about making your own art supplies, cosmetics and body care products. If you missed last week, it covered making your own bread,Nutella and cleaning supplies. 

• Art supplies

-       Watercolors 

-       Modelingclay 

-       Crayons 

-       Fingerpaints

-       Chalk board paint: 1 T unsanded grout to 1/2 acrylic paint-mix until there are no lumps. Mix paint as needed, since it will harden. After it dries, lightly sand.

-       PuffyPaints 

-       ModelMagic 

-       35Homemade Art Materials Kids Can Make 

• Cosmetics/Body Care

-       Natural body lotion 

-       Bubblebath 

-       Mouthwash 

-       BodyWash 

-       EyeCream 

-       Soap 

-       Sugar Scrub: Combine sugar and oil (safflouer, olive or whatever you have on hand) until it makes a good paste. I find that it definitely cuts down on the smell of cholrine after I’ve been swimming.

-       SimpleHand craftted Body Care eBooklet 

-       BathFizzies 

-       Lipstick 

-       Blush 

-       Mascara