This weeks Unplugged theme is Balance. Molly immediately thought about making a balance scale and I immediately thought about finding balance in my life. Something I constantly struggle with.
I often use essential oils around our house. Adding tea tree oil to cleaning supplies, eucalyptus to a pot of hot water for a steam tent, lavender and chamomile to soothing baths. We also have a few aromatherapy spritzers. One is a “sleepy time” spray and the other is a “to get jazzed up” in the words of Ginger. We love to spray these, they smell so good. So when thinking of blance I thought it would be nice for the girls to each make their own spritzer made up of scents of their choice. So we went to Earth Elements
and began the daunting task of smelling and sniffing many different essential oils. I thought they should choose the scents that specifically are for balancing but realized that whatever they found appealing would act as a balance for them.
Molly ended up with a grapefruit, lemon, tangerine spray and Ginger with a grapefruit and peppermint mix.
It was great fun and fairly inexpensive-about $5 each. It was really empowering for them to choose what they liked best and couldn’t wait to share their spritzers with everyone in the family-dogs included!
how wonderful for them! both those scents sound great to me.
I love the way you went with this! (I too immediately thought about balance in life, must be a “grown-up thing.”)
I wish we had a store like that, but living in the middle of nowhere, I didn’t even know there was such a thing! How interesting that both your girls chose grapefruit.
As always, a wonderful idea. Thanks for joining in!
What a great thing to do!
When I heard about the fire in Grandview over the weekend, I panicked at the thought that Earth Elements might be among the damaged. That place is a treasure.
We don’t have that available to us but I sure love the idea.
I want to do that! We have a local herby shop which mixes my eczema cream to specification for only £4 (brill) but I don’t think she has all that stuff. Somehow don’t see my ds getting excited about hand cream! What a beautiful idea and fun form of self-expression.
Mmmm…sounds so yummy. Can’t wait to sniff them.
Maya-I meant to add to the post that if you have a health food store or Whole Foods near by, they too have essential oils and samples you can smell before purchasing. Only it would be more pricey as you would have to purchase the whole bottle of oil-or several!
oops my reply comment meant to go to you not Maya-
Maya-I meant to add to the post that if you have a health food store or Whole Foods near by, they too have essential oils and samples you can smell before purchasing. Only it would be more pricey as you would have to purchase the whole bottle of oil-or several!
Oops-I replied to the wrong commenter-but just some fyi!
Tracy
I too love Earth Elelments and sort of forgot about it. I haven’t been there in ages! Yours and Dans names came up at our Mother Artist Mtg last night-we are planning Kidz Arts and will be contacting you guys for some sound and stage help and some PR soon. Just a heads up. Thanks!!!
Christie-check out my replies to other comments. You could try a health food store or Whole Foods-but it will be more expensive.
Naomi—You could just have them mix up a few drops of the oils you choose in some distilled water in a little spray bottle you bring with you. Just an idea! I bet your son might like to spray it around more than lotion!
What is it about citrus smells that make them popular. They’re so fresh maybe? I love them!
Great idea for “balance”!
Yes indeed balance in life is essential to sanity. Having the kids make thier own sprtizer concoction looks like a fun activity. Teaching them life is full of balance and choices is important. Great technique.
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I have never seen such a shop.. not in Australia.. you are very lucky.. plus if you made something like that here it wouldnt be $5 more like $30 or something.. that is very cheap!! what a fun store
Hmmm…I need to find something like that near me! I Love smelly stuff and so does my family!