Freezing Eggs!

I am a Costco kind of shopper! I love to buy in bulk to save $$. Unfortunately, my refrigerator doesn't always have room for everything! Since we have an extra freezer, I have had to teach myself how to easily freeze many items for later use. One thing I learned is how to freeze eggs. Freezing eggs can be a great help! It is so easy and great to use for last minute baking projects! The easiest way I have found is this:

 To freeze the whole egg, crack the egg and whisk until blended. I like to freeze mine individually, but you can do many at once. For one at a time eggs, I place the blended egg in a muffin tin  and freeze. Once frozen, pop out of the muffin tin and place in a Ziploc bag. When ready to use, take out one egg at a time and thaw in a bowl in the refrigerator. If you freeze them all together, measure out 2 Tablespoons of egg mixture to equal 1 egg.

 Quick, easy and fun for the kids to help with! 

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DIY Homemade Febreze For Pennies!

I LOVE Febreze! It makes your rooms smell lovely, what is not to love about that? The only thing about Febreze that I do not love is the price tag... Why pay that much when I can make it myself?

 Here's what you do:

 4-5 Tablespoons Downey Fabric Softener(For best results I use Downey with Febreze, but feel free to try another fabric softener. I buy the Downey when it is on sale and I have a coupon to use! Plus I can use the remainder of the bottle for actual fabric softener. To make that last longer I have a trick for that too! But that is for another time!)

 Spray bottle (Make sure it is nice and clean!)

 Simply add the fabric softener to the bottle and fill almost all the way to the top with warm water.

 Shake to mix well and start spraying! 

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DIY Homemade Play Dough

Who doesn't have fond memories of playing with playdough as a child?  I know I loved playdough then (and maybe now too)!  Be creative when storing your playdough....empty and clean baby food jars work wonders for storing it!!

 Ingredients:
1 Cup Cold Water
1 Cup Salt
2 tsp. veg. oil
food coloring  (Use how many drops you want, pictured is 20 red drops)
2 Tablespoons cornstarch
2 Cups Flour

 (For some reason the salt did not make it into the picture....maybe a certain 2 year old had something to do with that?)

In a bowl, mix everything except the flour.

Gradually add the flour...I add mine a 1/2 cup at a time.  Mix well.  Little hands make great mixers!

 

If dough is too moist, add more flour.  Store in an airtight container.

DIY Homemade Silly Putty

So easy!  I love it (and the kids do to)!  This was shared with me by a friend a few years back.  Works wonders!

Ingredients:
1 Cup Elmers Glue
1 Cup Laundry Starch
Food Coloring

 Mix everything together, and enjoy!

We like to store ours in empty glass baby food jars that have been thoroughly cleaned.  Gotta love the recycling lifestyle!  ;)

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DIY Homemade Lavender Baby Powder

This simple baby powder is great for the skin and sweet smelling!

 Ingredients:
1 Pound Cornstarch
1/2 tsp. Lavender essential oil (optional)

 Add the cornstarch to a Ziplock type bag and add the essential oils slowly.  Close the bag tightly and shake until there are no more clumps.  Let sit for a few days for best results.  Salt shakers work well to evenly distribute the powder, but feel free to be creative and come up with your own containers!

And remember, this is just as good for the rest of the family as it is for baby!  :)

DIY Refill Foaming Soap Dispenser

This is such a super quick and easy project and over time the savings really add up!

For some reason the pictures are sideways and it won't let me change it.  I hope you can still see the step by step process without turning your head sideways too much!  Sorry for the pictures!!

First take an empty foaming hand soap dispenser and get a bottle of soap refill.  Any kind you want, it doesn't really matter.

 

 

Next fill up the foaming dispenser half way with your soap refill.

 

 

Fill the other half with water.  Remember to leave enough room for the dispenser top!

 

 

Put the top back on...

Gently mix the foaming soap bottle back and forth without shaking to gently mix the soap and water.  Continue to do so until it is all mixed together...

And you have instant foaming soap!  Wasn't that easy?!  No more expensive refills!