Scented Crafts Capture The Season
of the season to make the experience more
immersive for everyone involved. These
projects showcase inviting aromas.
Stovetop potpourri
Set a simmering pot of warming scents to
give your home an inviting aroma. Dried
orange or lemon slices, cinnamon sticks,
whole cloves, and star anise will smell
wonderful together. Turn this into a gift by
packaging the ingredients inside of a mason
jar with a festive ribbon attached to it.
Cocoa-scented soaps
Crafters need only visit their local craft
stores to find inspiration for various projects.
Many retailers have an entire aisle
dedicated to soap-making. Kits often have
reusable molds, colorants and essential oils.
Look for add-ins that can mimic the inviting
scent of a warm mug of hot cocoa with
cinnamon. Every time the soap is used it
can elicit memories of sipping hot chocolate
while snow falls outside.
Evergreen candles
Making candles is another fun craft project,
with soy wax, paraffin wax or beeswax
widely available. Crafters can customize
the scents as they desire, but for the holidays,
the fresh scent of pine can trigger fond
memories of the season. Line the mold or
fill a vessel with a few sprigs of evergreen
branches collected for a decorative effect,
and use drops of pine-scented essential oil
to mix into the wax. When lit, the candles
will make it seem like a fir tree is inside your
home.
Peppermint bath bombs
Candy canes are displayed and enjoyed
during the holiday season. Mimic the effect
of candy canes with peppermint bath
bombs that can revitalize and sooth whenever
a spa experience is needed. Bath bombs
can be made with a few simple ingredients
pressed into a mold. They can be tossed
into the bath water or allowed to dissolve
during a shower to release a rich aroma into
the steamy environment.
DIY reed diffusers
Reed diffusers are a flame and heat-free
way to fragrance a space, which is perfect
for those with pets or small children. They
are easy to make and can be great gifts. One
will need a glass or glazed ceramic container
with a narrow opening at the top. Then
add a solvent or oil to the container as the
base. Some people use sweet almond oil
or even vodka and water. Then add a fragrance
of choice. Vanilla-scented essential
oils can create a “Christmas cookie” scent.
Then fill the container with a few reed diffuser
sticks or bamboo skewers and wait for
the scent to permeate the room.ä
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The holiday season is a glorious
time of year when many people are
itching to transform their homes
and businesses into winter wonderlands.
Decorations certainly catch the eye and
do much to establish that festive holiday
feeling. Savvy individuals know that scents
also can convey messages and elicit strong
memories.
Scents can bring back memories and have
a stronger link to emotions than the other
senses, according to Discovery. Neuroscientists
say scents bypass the thalamus, which
acts as the relay station in the brain, and go
directly to the olfactory bulb. The olfactory
bulb is directly connected to the amygdala
and the hippocampus, which is why aromas
can trigger intense emotion and detailed
memory, as these components are vital to
processing memories and emotions.
This holiday season, crafters can explore
the various ways to capitalize on the scents
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