Clash of Clans Party – Birthday Party Printables, Ideas, Favors, Tent Signs, Party Activites and More!!

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Printables, Ideas, Favors, Tent Signs, Party Activites and More!!

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Sign Tents

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor Topper Label Toppers

 

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So your child has asked you for a Clash of Clans Birthday Party. What’s a parent to do when there’s no clash of clans birthday party decorations or invitations available at a regular store?

You’ve come to the right place and your reading the right blog! 🙂

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Clash of Clans Birthday Party Barbarian King Favors & Tent Sign

It took me over three months to plan, create, design and put together my sons Clash Clans birthday party. It wasn’t that hard for us because I enjoy playing the game with my son. But being an artist, I revised and tweaked and changed and altered until I felt I got it right for the kids.

And they absolutely 100% loved it!!!!

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Minion Favors & Tent SIgn

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Minion Favors & Tent SIgn

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Minion Favors

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Minion Favors

 

 

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favors!

 

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Golem Favors & Tent Sign

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Golem Favors & Tent Sign

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Golem Tent Sign!

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Rolos for the Barbarian King’s Fists 🙂

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Barbarian King Favors & Tent Sign

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Barbarian King Favors & Tent Sign

 

Clash of Clans Birthday Party GEMS Favors & Tent Sign

 

Clash of Clans Birthday Party GEMS Favors & Tent Sign

Clash of Clans Birthday Party GEMS Favors & Tent Sign

 

Clash of Clans Birthday Party GEMS Favors & Tent Sign

Clash of Clans Birthday Party GEMS Favors & Tent Sign

 

Clash of Clans Favor Topper Labels 🙂
So I took my son’s favorite characters, heroes, weapons and items from the #clashofclans game and paired them with candy that would resemble each and this is what we came up with! 🙂

~ Elixir Drops
~ Balloons
~ Barbarian King Iron Fists
~ Archer Queen Royal Cloak
~ Gems
~ Goblin Loot
~ Witch Bones
~ Giant Strength
~ Healer Orbs
~ Healer Protection
~ Wizard Magical Fireballs
~ Golem Rocks
~ Bombs
~ Gem Dust
~ Dragon Fire Balls
~ Healer Protection
~ Dark Elixir
~ Minion Claws
~ Drops of Elixir
~ Barbarian Sword
~ Archer Arrows
~ P.E.K.K.A Crystal Spikes
~ Wall Breaker Bombs
~ Hog Rider Bacon
~ Valkyrie Axes
~ Purple X-Bow Bolts
~ Gold
~ Cannon Balls
~ Air Defense

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor Topper Labels

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor Topper Labels

 

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor Topper Labels

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor Topper Labels

 

You would be affixing the labels to the bags with a little double sided tape and filling them up with your goodies 🙂 No folding over and stapling needed.

The labels are approximately 2″x3.5″ and they will fit plastic bags that are 4″x6″ or 3″x5″. You can find the bags at craft stores.

 

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Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor P.E.K.K.A Crystal Spikes Topper Labels & Tent Signs

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor P.E.K.K.A Crystal Spikes Topper Labels & Tent Signs

 

 

 

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor Witch Topper Labels & Tent Signs CLASH OF CLANS PARTY! :) Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor Topper Labels! #clashofclans #clashofclansparty #clashofclansbirthday #clashofclanspartyideas #clashofclansfavors #clashofclanslabels

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor Witch Topper Labels & Tent Signs

This was our party list 🙂
Elixir Drops (purple candy)

Clash of Clans Party Elixir Drops Birthday Favors & Food Sign Tent

Clash of Clans Party Elixir Drops Birthday Favors & Food Sign Tent

Clash of Clans Party Elixir Drops Birthday Favors

Clash of Clans Party Elixir Drops Birthday Favors

 

Clash of Clans Party Elixir Drops Food Sign Tent

Clash of Clans Party Elixir Drops Food Sign Tent

Balloons (round red candy)

Clash of Clans Party Balloons Birthday Favors & Food Sign Tent

Clash of Clans Party Balloons Birthday Favors & Food Sign Tent

balloons tent sign
Barbarian King Iron Fists (Rolos)

Clash of Clans Party Barbarian King Birthday Favors & Tent Sign #clashofclans #clashofclansparty #clashofclansbirthday #clashofclanspartyideas #clashinvites #clashparty

Clash of Clans Party Barbarian King Birthday Favors & Tent Sign

barbarian

Archer Queen Royal Cloak (purple Hershey’s kisses)

Clash of Clans Party Archer Queen Birthday Favors & Tent Sign #clashofclans #clashofclansparty #clashofclansbirthday #clashofclanspartyideas #clashinvites #clashparty

Clash of Clans Party Archer Queen Birthday Favors & Tent Sign

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Gems (Green play gems)
Goblin Loot (green candy)
Witch Bones (bone shaped candy or pirate black & white candy bracelets)
Giant Strength (brown candy or Cheerios)
Healer Orbs (clear bouncy balls)
Wizard Magical Fireballs (blue foil wrapped candies)
Golem Rocks (set of magnets)
Bombs (round black candy)
Gem Dust (crushed green gems)
Dragon Fire Balls (red candy)
Healer Protection (yellow candy)
Dark Elixir (small black candy)
Minion Claws (blue glow sticks)
Drops of Elixir (your party drinks)
Barbarian Sword (yellow bubble wands)
Archer Arrows (long pink candy) or (pink bubble wands)
P.E.K.K.A Crystal Spikes (purple rock candy)
Wall Breaker Bombs (black round candy)
Hog Rider Bacon (bacon)
Valkyrie Axes (lollipops)
Purple X-Bow Bolts (purple sugar straws or purple glow sticks)
Gold (gold foil wrapped Coins)
Cannon Balls (black round candy)
Air Defense (round red candy with black pirate eye patches)

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The Clash of Clans Favor Topper labels match the Clash of Clans Food Tent Signs

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Clash of Clans Birthday Party Printables, Ideas, Favors, Tent Signs, Party Activites and More!!

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Sign Tents

Clash of Clans Birthday Party Favor Topper Label Toppers

Minecraft Birthday Party Food Ideas and More

 

Minecraft Crafting Table Poster

Minecraft Crafting Table Poster

Minecraft Crafting Table Poster

Here’s a suggestion on how to set up your Crafting Table activity at your party:
*Throw some tablecloths down, arrange your napkins, plates, cups and plastic cutlery.
* Place empty bowls on your tables. Then filled the bowls with your party snacks. Place a food tent near its corresponding snack (for example, place the Carrot food tent near the Cheetos Puffs and the Dirt Grass food tent near your rice crispy treats)
* wrap your water bottles or soda bottles with the potion labels and the creeper juice labels. Place your drinks in a separate area.
* On a separate table, place for empty bowls. Place 1 of the following 4 tent signs in front of the bowls: Creeper Marsssshmallows, TNT, Raw Fish, Bookmarks
* fill those four bowls with those 4 party treat favors
* line up your empty goodie bags behind the bowls
*Tape the Crafting Table Poster to the table, hanging off the front so the guests can see it.
*Your party guests will “craft” their own goody bags when they are leaving the party

 

Minecraft Party Creeper Birthday Package

Minecraft Party Creeper Birthday Package

 Minecraft Creeper inspired Party Package

For the craft your own goody bag table:
Creeper Marsssshmallows (mini marshmallows)
Raw Fish (swedish fish candy)
TNT (red licorice)
Bookmark (the Creeper bookmark party favors)

Creeper Juice (Creeper juice labels for water or gatorade bottles)
Potions (place near the potion bottles)

 

Minecraft Birthday Party Package

Minecraft Birthday Party Package

 

Food that may work for you at your party with the Minecraft Food Tents:
Cake (cupcakes frosted white with little red frosting dots)
Sticks (pretzel sticks)
Trapdoor (Cheez-Its)
Obsidian (Oreos) a party favorite
Carrot (Cheese Puffs)
Cookie (Chocolate Chip Cookies)
Gold (Rolos) – (Party city has these 15 for a $1)
Slime Balls (Grapes)
Torches (Pretzel rods dipped in melted vanilla candy then red sprinkles)
Mushrooms (marshmallows with melted red candy on top with white chocolate morsels)
Apples (apples)
Slime Balls (grapes)

 Minecraft inspired Party Birthday Tent Sign Cards

Minecraft Food Ideas

Minecraft Food Ideas

 Minecraft inspired Party Birthday Tent Sign Cards

Minecraft Food Sign Tent Cards

Minecraft Food Sign Tent Cards

Lava Buckets (red jello) and TNT (red licorice)

Minecraft TNT Labels

Minecraft TNT Twizzlers Labels and Instructions

Minecraft TNT Twizzlers Labels and Instructions

 

Minecraft Food Sign Tent Cards - Dirt Grass Rice Krispies Treats with Green Frosting!

Minecraft Food Sign Tent Cards – Dirt Grass Rice Krispies Treats with Green Frosting!

 

Minecraft Food Party Signs to decorate your Minecraft Birthday Party Tables

 

Minecraft Food Party Signs to decorate your Minecraft Birthday Party Tables

Minecraft Food Party Signs to decorate your Minecraft Birthday Party Tables

 

Look at these STICKS!!!

Minecraft Party Ideas #minecraft

Minecraft Party Ideas #minecraft

More Ideas & Signs HERE

 

You can click any of the pictures and it will bring you to the site where you can purchase.

 

PIZZA!  Did someone say PIZZA?  Bagel Bites, Chocolate Milk, Mozzarella Cheese Sticks!  It’s a Kids’s Italian Feast!

 

Minecraft Pizza

Minecraft Pizza

MINECRAFT PARTY PACKAGE KIT, ULTIMATE ITALIAN

Minecraft Pizza, Grilled Cheese, Mozzarella Sticks, Bagel Bites

Minecraft Pizza, Grilled Cheese, Mozzarella Sticks, Bagel Bites

bagel bites pizza combo grilled cheese

 

This is the BEST high quality tent sign set available out there. See my reviews please. I made these cards with love, for my son, after searching everywhere for Minecraft items. The result was amazing! The kids LOVE them 🙂

dirt grass brownies minecraft party food ideas

dirt grass brownies minecraft party food ideas

 

Minecraft Birthday Party Favor Snack Topper Labels

 

Minecraft Birthday Party Favor Snack Topper Labels

Minecraft Birthday Party Favor Snack Topper Labels

MINECRAFT PARTY CREEPER LABEL (DRINK BOTTLES) PRINTABLE

minecraft creeper juice labels

minecraft creeper juice labels

 

minecraft creeper juice tent sign

minecraft creeper juice tent sign

 

Set up your table and WOW your party guests and birthday child 🙂

minecraft party table set up

minecraft party table set up

 

Minecraft Birthday Food Tent Signs

Minecraft Birthday Food Tent Signs

 

Minecraft Food Party Ideas

Minecraft Food Party Ideas

 

MINECRAFT FOOD SIGN TENT CARDS

 

Minecraft Party Birthday Food Tent Signs and Party Ideas

Minecraft Party Birthday Food Tent Signs and Party Ideas

 

THANK your guests for coming!!!

MINECRAFT PARTY THANK YOU FAVOR BAG TOPPER LABELS (ENDERMAN, STEVE, CREEPER, SKELETON AND BLAZE)

Minecraft Thank you Goody Bag Topper Labels,

Minecraft Thank you Goody Bag Topper Labels

 

Minecraft Thank you Labels and TNT Birthday Party Food Ideas and More

Minecraft Thank you Labels and TNT Birthday Party Food Ideas and More

 

Set up your labels any way you want!  On plastic bags, goody bags, party boxes, as gift tags!

MINECRAFT PARTY THANK YOU FAVOR BAG TOPPER LABELS (ENDERMAN, STEVE, CREEPER, SKELETON AND BLAZE)

 

Minecraft Party Thank You Favor Bag Topper Labels (Enderman, Steve, Creeper, Skeleton and Blaze)

Minecraft Party Thank You Favor Bag Topper Labels (Enderman, Steve, Creeper, Skeleton and Blaze)

 

Minecraft Party ACTIVITIES!!!

MINECRAFT PARTY POTION BREWING STATION KIT

Minecraft Party POTION BREWING Station Kit

Minecraft Party POTION BREWING Station Kit

Printable Minecraft Party Potion Brewing Station! WOW your child and his/her party guests.

Doubles as a party activity 🙂

This is an inexpensive, easy to make (simply print & cut) and perfect touch for your Minecraft themed party.

This is a HUGE party hit!! Read my suggestions below on how to set this up. Your birthday child and party guests will have a blast and make wonderful memories!!

PS – my son has the potion poster in his room 🙂

***The guests create their potions by adding their potion ingredients to the base liquid at the potion brewing station***

Choose a base. Then add the flavors.

Bases (suggestions):
Water
Sprite
Seltzer
Lemonade

Potion Ingredients (suggestions):
Water beverage mix packets
Kool-Aid packets
Snowcone liquid flavoring
Sugar-free water flavoring packets
Water Flavor Drops (like Dasani or Mio or Koolaid, etc.)

Instructions on how to print, fold, tape included! You can print off as many as you’d like.

If you are willing to “craft” your own Minecraft decorations, then this party kit is perfect for you!

You can set this kit up any way you choose.

I suggest two options for this package of displaying your potion ingredients.

With either option, throw a tablecloth down on your area. Tape your sign to the table or to the wall behind it.

Suggestion One: Put some water bottles with potion labels on one side and some small bowls on the other. Set up the sign tents near the bowls. Fill your bowls with your potion ingredients. Then put the straws with flags in a separate cup (optional). Sprinkle little diamond play gems on the table and ta-da! You have a Minecraft Potion Brewing Station! (You can find little play diamond gems at Michael’s craft store for around three dollars)

Suggestion Two: Pick three or four of the Favor Bag Toppers/Labels, affix them to small plastic bags with a little bit of double-sided tape, fill them with potion ingredients! Put the water bottle labels on your drink bottles for the party: use as party beverages. Place the tent signs around the party near the food. Place a few cups around the party and drop in the straws with flags inside.

minecraft potion brewing station set up

minecraft potion brewing station set up

 

Minecraft Party Redstone Food Sign Tent and Topper Labels for Birthday Party Favors

 

minecraft redstone birthday party food ideas

minecraft redstone birthday party food ideas

 

WATER BUCKETS!!! Blue raspberry jello 🙂 Cut into squares or put into little plastic clear tubs

 

Minecraft Birthday Party Water Bucket snacks treats food

Minecraft Birthday Party Water Bucket snacks treats food

minecraft water party food idea

 

More Minecraft Food Tent Cards!!!

Popcorn! Hamburger!
Hot Dogs! Baked Potato!
Summertime Minecraft Fun!!

You will receive an instant download of the following Tent Signs:

Cooked Pork
Coked Beef
Cooked Chicken
Beetroot
Hamburger
Hot Dogs
Baked Potato
Bread
Strawberries
Watermelon
Apples
Lava
TNT
Iron Bars
Clay Balls
Veggies
Butter
Torch
Enchanted Apples
Pizza
Creeper Juice
Dynamite
Redstone
Chicken
Dirt
Lapis Lazuli
Cow
Pig
Diamond Ore
Popcorn
Corn
Gems
Bread
Steak
Rubies
Blaze Rods
Creeper Marshmallows
Potions
Fruit Salad
Snowballs

minecraft popcorn hot dogs cupcakes food tent signs party ideas

minecraft popcorn hot dogs cupcakes food tent signs party ideas

 

If you need anything or have any questions, visit my store and send me a message 🙂

Thank you & Happy Crafting!!!!!

Vanessa

 

 

 

 

 

Minecraft Party Solved, Successful Minecraft Parties!

On the off chance that you haven’t read my other Minecraft Party blog posts, I will recap quickly 🙂

Minecraft Party Snacks

Minecraft Party Snacks

Your Party Solved     http://www.yourpartysolved.com

 

My 10 year old LOVES Minecraft and wanted a Minecraft Party. WHAT’S A MOM TO DO? Nothing was available to me in a easy or regular way through stores, etc.  So us parents put our creative hats on and GET BUSY 🙂

I planned and designed my son’s party for two months.  Taking my sons favorite Minecraft mobs and Minecraft items from the game and pairing them up with party food that would match those items and mobs was exciting and FUN!!!

Budder. It all began with the word Budder. LOL!! (Minecraft slang for gold and everything awesome)

Minecraft Birthday Party Budder snacks treats from Minecraft Party Solved on Etsy

Minecraft Birthday Party Budder snacks treats

 

On my other blog post I go into detail regarding my step-by-step process of creating, designing and throwing my sons Minecraft party.  Check it out – for more pictures and Minecraft Party ideas and activities…

Minecraft Goody Bag Crafting Table

Minecraft Goody Bag Crafting Table

Add some “Wow” to your party! Instead of making the goody bags yourself, let the party guests “craft” their own! It DOUBLES as a party activity 🙂

Probably the best party in a box for Minecraft fans!

Your party guests get to put together their own goody bags by selecting items from the game Minecraft that they love!

Minecraft Creeper Bookmarks

Minecraft Creeper Bookmarks

After the party I had so many requests for the decorations and about where I got the ideas from.

Then I realized that I could help so many other parents! I had the ability to assist others in bringing SMILES to the children’s faces just like my son!!

Minecraft Party Potion Labels and Tent Signs in action from Minecraft Party Solved on Etsy

Minecraft Party Potion Labels and Tent Signs in action

Minecraft Party Potion Drink Labels

Minecraft Party Potion Drink Labels

I opened my party store called Your Party Solved, because I solved it!  http://www.yourpartysolved.com

Minecraft Birthday Party Dirt Grass snacks treats food

Minecraft Birthday Party Dirt Grass snacks treats

 

Minecraft Party Sign Tent Cards from Minecraft Party Solved on Etsy

Minecraft Party Sign Tent Cards /caption]It’s not a job; it’s dream come true!!!

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Minecraft Birthday Party this picture sums up how it all went...happiness (Minecraft Party Success)

Minecraft Birthday Party this picture sums up how it all went…happiness
(Minecraft Party Success)

 

Over time my store has expanded, as I worked with parents to design parties for their children based on their favorite Minecraft items and other characters.

Your Party Solved ~ Party in Action

Your Party Solved ~ Party in Action

 

This blog post shares pictures from my customer’s (parents) Minecraft birthday parties in which they purchased my creations and used them in their parties for their children. Some were aunts and uncles, throwing Minecraft birthday parties for their nieces and nephews. Two so far have been grandparents!! Awesome 🙂

Minecraft Party Favors

Minecraft Party Favors

Minecraft TNT Labels and Red Licorice Instruction

Minecraft TNT Labels and Red Licorice Instruction

 

Minecraft TNT party favor

Minecraft TNT Party favors and Tent Signs

I am here to help you make your child’s Minecraft party a party no one will ever forget! You would be making great memories for your child, as well.

Send me a message 🙂

In happiness, 
Vanessa
Your Party Solved
 
Spread the word on Pinterest!
 

Minecraft Birthday Party

I will try my best not to write too much 🙂 If I were in your shoes, trying to throw a Minecraft birthday party for your child when no stores carry the Minecraft theme your child wants, I would just want ideas and results…FAST!  Let’s get creative!

Almost all of the party items are available in my online store, including a full party package.  Go here to view and purchase:

Store

 

Birthday Party Theme: Minecraft

Below I share the following: Enderman Cake, Minecraft Dirt Grass, Minecraft Goody Bag Crafting Table, Minecraft Enderman Birthday Party Goody Bags, Minecraft “Keep Calm and Creep On” Bookmark party favor, Minecraft TNT party favor, Minecraft Emerald party favor, Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy party favor, Minecraft Birthday Party Signs for snacks/treats, Minecraft Birthday Party Creeper Plates, Minecraft Birthday Party Potion Drinks LabelsMinecraft Enderman Pinata, Minecraft Creeper, Blaze Mob and Diamond Ore Birthday Party decorations/supplies, Minecraft Scavenger Hunt, Minecraft Happy Birthday Banner with Creeper

Enderman Cake

minecraft enderman cake

minecraft enderman cake

How I did it: One box cake mix, three tubs frosting (two chocolate frosting tubs for black and one vanilla frosting tub split evenly between dark purple and light purple), three icing colors (two black and one purple).  Wilton’s black icing color into the chocolate frosting tub and Wilton’s purple icing color into the vanilla frosting tub.  Take half of the frosting out of the vanilla frosting tub with a spatula and put it into another similar container.  Put a lot of purple icing color into one tub and less into the other tub to achieve the light and dark purple colors. Then mix with one wand carefully over your sink.  Wear gloves at all times.  Why?  The icing colors stain skin and while mixing the frosting, it tends to go everywhere 🙂

 

Minecraft Dirt Grass Recipe

Minecraft Dirt Grass Recipe, Minecraft Birthday, Minecraft Party, Minecraft Party Idea, Minecraft Food

Minecraft Dirt Grass Recipe

Minecraft Birthday Party | Minecraft Dirt Grass Recipe

INGREDIENTS
3 tbsp butter
1 10 oz pckg large Marshmallows
OR
4 cups Mini Marshmallows
6 cups Rice Krispies cereal
1 leaf green Wilton icing coloring
1 Wilton grass frosting tip #233
1 Wilton icing bag
1 White frosting tub
DIRECTIONS
1. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.
2. Add Rice Krispies cereal. Stir until well coated.
3. Using spatula or wax paper, evenly press mixture into 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan coated with cooking spray. Cool. Cut into 2-inch squares.
4. Mix green color into white frosting tub (I used a blender – one wand). Using spatula, take frosting from tube into plastic bag. Secure tip. Squeeze bag to form grass. Pull up and away when icing strand is long enough (about 1/2 inch) stop pressure and pull tip away. Grass will be neatly formed only if you stop squeezing before you pull tip away.

 

Minecraft Crafting Table Goody Bag Experience

Minecraft Goody Bag Crafting Table

Minecraft Goody Bag Crafting Table

At the party, the kids “crafted” their own goody bags when their parents arrived to pick them up.  Tape three signs to the table; front and both sides of the table (the table was surrounded at times on all sides by the boys checking it out 🙂

Place the open and empty Enderman Minecraft Goody Bags (black treat bags with Enderman eyes) and four bowls for the Crafting Table filled with Bookmarks “Keep Calm and Creep On”, TNT created by wrapping red licorice (cut in half) with a Minecraft TNT font paper label (the label ends double taped together), Minecraft Emeralds (the label is white cardstock affixed to small jewelry ziploc bags and I gave two choices of Emeralds: green Sixlets candy or Green jewel stones) and last but not least..Minecraft Diamonds (the label is white cardstock affixed to small jewelry ziploc bags and inside the bags are homemade rock candy that tastes like Cotton Candy, Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy party favor recipe and instructions available here:  Minecraft Crafting Table Goody Bag Experience

 

Minecraft Enderman Birthday Party Goody Bags

Minecraft Enderman Party Goody Bags

Minecraft Enderman Party Goody Bags

 

Minecraft Creeper “Keep Calm and Creep On” Bookmark party favor

 

Minecraft "Keep Calm and Creep On" Bookmark party favor

Minecraft “Keep Calm and Creep On” Bookmark party favor

Note that mini white Diamonds and Lapis Lazuli stones are scattered on top of all party tables

Minecraft TNT party favor

Minecraft TNT party favor

Minecraft TNT party favor

 

Minecraft Emerald party favor

 

Minecraft Emerald party favor

Minecraft Emerald party favor

 

Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy party favor

 

Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy party favor

Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy party favor

Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy party favor photo

Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy party favor photo

 

How To Make Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy

 

How To Make Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy

How To Make Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy

How To Make Minecraft Diamonds Rock Candy Recipe and Instructions

 

 

Minecraft Sign Tents for snacks/treats and Minecraft Labels

Food that may work for you at your party with the Minecraft Food Tents:

Cake (your cake or cupcakes frosted white with little red frosting dots)
Sticks (pretzel sticks)
Trapdoor (Cheez-Its)
Obsidian (Oreos) a party FAVORITE
Carrot (Cheese Puffs)
Cookie (Chocolate Chip Cookies or Cookie Crisp cereal)
Gold or Budder (Rolos) – (Party city has these 15 for a $1)
Raw Fish (swedish fish candy)
TNT (Twizzlers)
Bookmark (the Creeper bookmark party favors)
Dirt Grass (Rice Krispie Treats with green grass frosting)
Cake (cupcakes with white frosting and red frosting dots)
Water (Blue Raspberry Jello squares)
Swiftness Potion, Fire Resistance Potion, Invisibility Potion, Regeneration Potion, Water Breathing Potion, Healing Potion, Strength Potion (water bottles with Word created labels – I removed the water bottle labels and replaced them with our Minecraft Potion labels using double sided tape and a glue stick)

Minecraft Party Potion Water Drink Labels

 

Minecraft Gold Butter Sign Tent

Minecraft Gold Butter Sign Tent

Minecraft Dirt Grass Sign Tent

Minecraft Dirt Grass Sign Tent

Minecraft Birthday Party Cake snacks treats food

Minecraft Birthday Party Cake snacks treats food

Minecraft Birthday Party Cake snacks treats food

Minecraft Birthday Party Cake snacks treats food

Minecraft Stick Sign Tent for snacks treats food

Minecraft Stick Sign Tent for snacks treats food

Minecraft Trapdoor Sign Tent for snacks treats food

Minecraft Trapdoor Sign Tent for snacks treats food

Minecraft Obsidian Sign Tent for snacks treats food

Minecraft Obsidian Sign Tent for snacks treats food

Minecraft Carrot Sign Tent for snacks treats food Birthday Party

Minecraft Carrot Sign Tent for snacks treats food Birthday Party

Minecraft Water Bucket Sign Tent for snacks treats food Birthday Party

Minecraft Water Bucket Sign Tent for snacks treats food Birthday Party

Minecraft Birthday Party Cookie snacks treats food

Minecraft Birthday Party Cookie snacks treats food

 

Minecraft Party Potion Water Drink Labels

You will receive an instant download of:
Minecraft themed Water Bottle Labels:
Potion of Fire Resistance
Potion of Healing
Potion of Regeneration
Potion of Strength
Potion of Poison
Potion of Harming
Potion of Swiftness
Potion of Slowness
Potion of Water Breathing
Potion of Invisibility
Potion of Weakness

Swiftness Potion, Fire Resistance Poltion, Invisibility Potion, Regeneration Potion, Water Breathing Potion, Healing Potion, Strength Potion (I removed the water bottle labels and replaced them with our Minecraft Potion labels using double sided tape and a glue stick)

Minecraft Birthday Party Potion drinks snacks treats food

Minecraft Birthday Party Potion drinks snacks treats food

Here are some shots of the tables before the kids arrived.  I absolutely did not take pictures of the destruction after they left LOL!!!

Minecraft Birthday Party

Minecraft Birthday Party

Note that mini white Diamonds and Lapis Lazuli stones are scattered on top of all party tables

Minecraft Birthday Party Pic
Minecraft Birthday Party Pic
Minecraft Birthday Party Pics

Minecraft Birthday Party Pics

Minecraft Birthday Party Picture

Minecraft Birthday Party Picture

Minecraft Birthday Party Enderman Pinata

The Pinata.  OMG.  Enough said 🙂 I bought a square pinata on clearance when I-Party was turning into Party City (70% off!!).  I wrapped the pinata with black crepe party streamers and glued it, strip by strip.  Yes, strip by strip.  Get ready to rock your body with this painstaking chore ahead of you.  The eyes are Purple and Lavender crepe party streamers glued on.  It was ALL WORTH IT when my son saw his Enderman Pinata completed.  I would do it again in a heartbeat. Maybe with wine next time… LOL

Minecraft Enderman Pinata

Minecraft Enderman Pinata

Minecraft Birthday Party Enderman Pinata

My son’s flying leap attack at the Minecraft Birthday Party Enderman Pinata
Minecraft Enderman Pinata

Minecraft Enderman Pinata

Minecraft Birthday Party Enderman Pinata

Minecraft Birthday Party Enderman Pinata my son broke out in a fit of giggles

Minecraft Birthday Party Enderman Pinata

The “after” picture of our Minecraft Birthday Party Enderman Pinata

Minecraft Creeper, Blaze Mob and Diamond Ore Birthday Party decorations and supplies

Minecraft Creeper, Blaze Mob and Diamond Ore Birthday Party decorations and supplies

Minecraft Creeper, Blaze Mob and Diamond Ore Birthday Party decorations and supplies

In the picture above, I push pinned two rolls of crepe paper party streamer into each of the four corners of my living room.  Take two rolls of crepe paper party streamer, hold them together evenly, push pin the two strips into one corner of the ceiling then roll them out while turing the two rolls together in a circle to achieve the twirled look.  Roll them all the way to the other corner of the ceiling, rip the two streamers off and push pin that end into the ceiling.  See below – roll A to D and B to C.  It’s a giant “X” on your ceiling.

A        B

C        D

Minecraft Diamond Ore Block

Minecraft Diamond Ore Block

Diamond Ore is gray, light blue/aqua and white so choose two of those colors for your streamers.  I hung two Minecraft Diamond Ore Blocks from the center.   Here is the pattern for Diamond Ore:  http://pixelpapercraft.com/search?q=diamond+ore

For Minecraft Blaze, use yellow and black and following the instructions above.  Here is the Blaze pattern: http://pixelpapercraft.com/search?q=Blaze

Minecraft Blocks Birthday Party decorations and supplies

Minecraft Blocks Birthday Party decorations and supplies

You can make almost all of the blocks and items in Minecraft into paper blocks.  Go to http://pixelpapercraft.com/ Using their search engine, type in what you are looking for.  For example: I typed in Diamond Ore.

Make sure you use Cardstock in lieu of regular printer paper and have glue sticks handy. Cardstock is heavier and a little thicker than regular printer paper.  Have fun!!!  I decorated the party tables with random blocks, mini diamonds and Lapis Lazuli gems for flair.  The boys loved them!

Minecraft Happy Birthday Banner with Creeper

Minecraft Happy Birthday Banner with Creeper

Minecraft Happy Birthday Banner with Creeper

You can easily print this banner here in this package:

http://www.yourpartysolved.com/store/p59/Minecraft_Birthday_Party_Ultimate_Decoration_Package.html

Minecraft Creeper Plates Birthday Party decorations and supplies

Minecraft Creeper Plates Birthday Party decorations and supplies

Minecraft Birthday Party Creeper Plates

You will need square, green party paper plates, a roll of black duct tape, scissors, wax paper (NOT parchment paper) and a Minecraft Creeper face printed off the web to use as your stencil.  There are three parts to the face on the plate; the eyes, the nose connector and the mouth.

Print the Minecraft Creeper face off.  After you cut the duct tape shapes, you will use the creeper face as a guide for each plate so that your Creeper faces don’t turn out creepy and embarassing (too wide eyes, crooked mouth, etc.)

To cut the eye and nose connector duct tape shapes, roll out a strip of black duct tape and adhere it to the wax paper.  Use your cut out Creeper eye stencil to measure width and cut an entire strip for the eyes.  Now use the stencil again and cut each perfect little square. Multi tasking is what Moms do best! The long thin strip that remains will be used to cut the pieces for under the eyes that connects the eyes to the mouth.

To cut the duct tape mouth shapes, again roll out a strip of black duct tape and adhere it to the wax paper.  You will have to do this step a few times depending on the number of plates you are using.  What I did was only make a handful of Creeper plates and place them on top of the plate ppiles for the party.  Making these plates is a time consuming task.  With all of the other party preparations, I was pooped by the time the plate making rolled around…

You are using the wax paper for a number of reasons.  Duct tape is sticky.  Enough said.  And cutting the duct tape while it’s on the wax paper leaves no white tape rips and gives you clean, finished, straight lines.  Perfect little creeper face shapes is the goal.

You can use this picture if you want as your stencil:

Minecraft Creeper Stencil

Minecraft Creeper Stencil

 

Minecraft Birthday Party Scavenger Hunt

Enlist the help of your birthday child for ideas for the Minecraft Scavenger Hunt.  They know the game best and what their favorite Minecraft items are.  Together you can come up with great ideas and make great memories!

Minecraft Birthday Party Scavenger Hunt

Minecraft Birthday Party Scavenger Hunt

I set an hour time limit for the children.  They used their pockets to collect, but had lime green Creeper collection bags available to use. Whoever had the most items at the end of the time limit was the winner of the giant Diamond.  They paired up, so think ahead on the prize.  I had one prize and two children that won together.  Suprise, Mom! What fun! Another trip to the store after the party for the second giant Diamond…

Minecraft Birthday Party Scavenger Hunt

Minecraft Birthday Party Scavenger Hunt search for a brown seed

Minecraft Birthday Party Scavenger Hunt

Minecraft Birthday Party Scavenger Hunt boys on a mission

The Scavenger Hunt Prize!

Minecraft Scavenger Hunt Giant Diamond Prize

Minecraft Scavenger Hunt Giant Diamond Prize

The party started with the Game Truck. Best money I’ve ever spent on a birthday party. Twenty happy boys. And happy for two entire hours. This Game Truck owner is not a franchise and started his business for his son. He was on time, always communicated, was the best price and was such a pleasure to deal with. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. His website and contact info is below. He is based out of CT.
http://www.xtremegamingconnecticut.com/

Minecraft Birthday Party Game Truck http://www.xtremegamingconnecticut.com/

Minecraft Birthday Party Game Truck http://www.xtremegamingconnecticut.com/

And this is a most perfect picture to show you how the party went.  Words are not necessary… 🙂

Minecraft Birthday Party this picture sums up how it all went...happiness

Minecraft Birthday Party this picture sums up how it all went…happiness

Aloe Vera, The “First Aid” Plant

All About Aloe Vera

 

Aloe Vera Properties

Aloe Vera Is:

·       Anti-inflammatory
·       Antibacterial
·       Antifungal
·       Antiviral
·       Antioxidant

Aloe Vera plants produce a variety of substances with antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral and antioxidant properties; Aloe Vera made the list of superfoods and super herbs!

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For thousands of years, people have used the gel from aloe vera leaves for healing and softening the skin. Aloe Vera is the “First Aid” plant.  The gel inside the Aloe Vera leaves is soothing & has incredible, natural, skin care properties!

Aloe Vera plants provide high amounts of vitamins and minerals; its leaf is filled with a gel containing at least 75 nutrients, 20 minerals, 12 vitamins, & 18 amino acids.

Aloe Vera produces at least six natural antiseptics, which are able to kill mold, bacteria, funguses, and viruses.  Learn about  ways to put your magical Aloe Vera plant to use after splitting the leaves lengthwise down the middle.

Aloe Vera Recipes

Exfoliate dry skin by mixing two tbsp. each Aloe Vera gel and organic brown sugar with two tsp. lemon juice

Mix equal parts of Aloe Vera gel with lemon juice to decrease dark spots and brighten skin. Aloe Vera can decrease pigmentation

Make a homemade burn healer by mixing 1/4 cup each Aloe vera gel and liquid Calendula with a few drops of vitamin E oil & Lavender Essential oil. Store in a little, airtight jar. Give Aloe Vera as gifts, share Aloe Vera with friends & family!

Soft feet! Get rid of Eczema!  Exfoliate feet, knees and elbows with a mixture of 1/2 c. each oatmeal, four tbsp. Aloe Vera gel, and 1/2 c. coconut oil

White flakes? Reduce hair dandruff by mixing Aloe Vera juice with coconut milk and wheat germ oil. Massage into scalp and rinse.

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Uses for Aloe Vera

Shaving – Replace shaving cream and use Aloe Vera gel; soothe razor burn and save money & your skin!

Dandruff – White flakes? Reduce hair dandruff by mixing aloe vera juice with coconut milk and wheat germ oil. Massage into scalp and rinse.

Exfoliator – coconut oil mixed with sugar or sea salt is a very nourishing and effective exfoliator and safe to use all over the body.

Athlete’s Foot – Relieve athlete’s foot by mixing Aloe Vera Gel with a drop or two of Tea Tree essential oil; it works!!

Frizz – helps smooth away those pesky static-frizzed hairs. Simply rub a bit of coconut oil in your hand and swipe over your hair

Burns, poison ivy, and blisters – Aloe Vera contains cooling properties similar to menthol. Combine with Lavender or Peppermint essential oils for a dual benefit!

Healing – apply to cuts, sores, and other skin infections;  Aloe Vera has excellent antibacterial properties

Make up remover – save your money while healing your skin!

Beauty – Apply straight Aloe vera gel to skin to reduce age lines, remove scars and stretch marks; Cleopatra did!

Shower – Rub the inner sides of a cut Aloe Vera leaf on skin to use as a shower scrub (slice the aloe leaves lengthwise and use the inner sides)

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Hair – Stimulate hair growth & say goodbye to frizzy hair by massaging aloe into the scalp and hair; leave on for as long as possible, at least half an hour.
Aloe Vera restores for silky smooth and promotes growth.  Aloe Vera keeps hair well moisturized, combating the heat from styling appliances.
Moisturizer – simply scoop some out and apply; Aloe Vera absorbs quickly

Allergies, rashes – Relieve itching due to allergies and rashes or take the sting & itch out of insect bites (fight back! grow Citronella & Lemongrass plants in pots where you gather outside to keep those bugs away!)

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Aloe Vera Sugar Lemon Scrub Recipe

Mixing Aloe Vera gel, lemon juice or essential oil and organic brown sugar makes for an energizing exfoliation experience! Want a healthy glow?

Stir Aloe Vera gel, organic brown sugar and Lemon Essential Oil or juice together and ta-da!

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Homemade Burn Healer Recipe

Make a homemade burn healer by mixing 1/4 cup each Aloe vera gel and liquid Calendula with a few drops of vitamin E oil & Lavender Essential oil. Store in an airtight jar.

DIY Homemade Burn Healer
Jar
1/4 cup Aloe Vera gel
1/4 cup Calendula liquid
Few drops of Vitamin E oil
Few drips of Lavender Essential Oil

Give as gifts, share with friends & family!

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Oatmeal Coconut Aloe Scrub

Soft feet! Get rid of Eczema!

Exfoliate feet, knees and elbows with a mixture of  1/2 c. Oatmeal
4 tbsp. Aloe Vera gel
1/2 c. Coconut Oil

Aloe Vera’s healing properties repair skin problems such as eczema, psoriasis, acne, and rosacea, as well

Relieve athlete’s foot by mixing Aloe Vera Gel with a drop or two of Tea Tree essential oil; it works!!

I hope you enjoyed this post!!!  Have a sparkling day!
Vanessa
vmbsrm@mindbodysoulessentials.com

Natural Ways to Help with Insomnia

Natural Ways to Help with Insomnia

Essential Oils for Insomnia

Lavender
Valerian
Mandarin
Petitgrain
Vetiver
Orange
Chamomile (Roman)
Sage
Neroli

What are some ways I can help with my Insomnia?

An open bottle of the Essential Oil can be waved under the nostrils, or a few drops are put on a cotton ball, placed near bedding, under a car seat, or under your pillow. The sweet aromas help us to relax during otherwise stressful experiences.

Put a little warm water on top of the ‘hot plate’ and then add a few drops of essential oil to the burners that use a candle or to an electric burner.  Sitting near a burner or vaporizer can be a useful way to benefit from the properties of the oil.

Two to three drops added to a carrier oil and massaged into the temples or neck.

Put very hot water into a bowl and add three to four drops of essential oil.  Then lean over the bowl, place a large towel over your head and bowl to create  a tent to contain the steam, and inhale the vapors.  Steam inhalations can be overpowering, so use with caution.

All natural herbal fragrance mists can be made with 100% pure essential oils and distilled water.  Instructions:
Mix 8 to 10 drops of your favorite Essential Oil or blend
(or try one of our scent ideas) to 1 cup distilled water in a spray bottle
Use ribbon, string, yarn, raffia, or pipe cleaner to tie your tag to the neck of the bottle.
To use, shake well, and mist into the air

Use essential oils in the washer, the dryer or in drawers and closets.  Chamomile or Marjoram essential oils dropped onto a piece of material and popped in with the clothes in the dryer or three to five drops of the essential oils put into the softener compartment of your washer will help aid in sleep while you clean your pjs and/or bed sheets.

Essential oils in the Dryer recipe:
Instead of using toxic and irritating softening sheets in the dryer, toss in a dampened washcloth with 10 drops of lavender, lemon, bergamot, or other oils.

Make a Beddy Bye Sugar Scrub:
2 cups of white granulated sugar
1/3 cup Almond Oil (Coconut Oil will work too)
LavenderValerianChamomile (Roman) Essential Oils
Jar
Mixing bowl

Add 1/4 cup sugar to bowl
Add 1/3 cup Almond Oil slowly to get a soft consistency that’s not too oily.
Then add a few drops of Lemon Essential Oil!
Scoop the mixture into a pretty jar.  And keep it all to yourself.  Or…share with others!

Candles made with essential oils are not over-powering like chemical fragrance candles.  Dual benefits of scent and healing effects!

Turn your fireplace into an aromatic event! One drop per log.

A few drops of essential oil in a bowl of boiling water (put out of the reach of children) will leave a lingering scent all over any room!

Air and Fabric Fresheners – Essential oils provide a better option all around versus commercial aerosol fresheners.  No more worrying about what those chemicals are doing to your family’s health or the earth’s ozone layer.

It’s been proven that with the effects of aromatherapy, just the way things smell can altar your mood.

Sleepy-Hour Relaxation 
4 drops Lavender Essential Oil
3 drops Chamomile Essential Oil

Add Essential Oils to your bath!  The warmth of the water encourages relaxation and also enables the essential oils to penetrate the skin.  Only the essential oils that are absolutely non-irritant should be added directly to the bath! Pre-dilute with a carrier oil or milk – four to six drops essential oils to one cup of milk or two teaspoons of carrier oil.

Essential oils enter the body in several different ways. They can be absorbed through the skin. They can also be inhaled, passing into the blood stream through the lungs or by causing signals to be transmitted through the nervous system directly into the limbic system of the brain. Smelling or diffusing the oils into the air is a basic way to transmit the oils. Massage is also a very popular method of working the oils into the body.

Amber Resin Incense is an emotion balancer and is used in healing and meditation.  Traditionally applied in treatment of amnesia, dreaminess, and insomnia.  Wonderful, aromatic fragrance.

Good Luck & sweet dreams!
Vanessa

Calendula, Calendula, Calendula

They should make a song about Calendula.  Or maybe they already have.  It should be catchy and light and fancy free.  Simply put, Calendula ROCKS.

Calendula is is a beautiful flower, when looked upon brings a smile to your face.  An even bigger smile should appear when you find out that it is anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial – among other things.

Look at this gorgeous creature

Calendula

Calendula Powder, Flowers, Oil can be fund to purchase at Mind Body Soul Essentials!

Calendula has been used medicinally for centuries to heal wounds, burns and rashes, internally and externally. Calendula flowers have also been used traditionally to support the immune system and lift the spirits.

Calendula flowers, are also known as Calendula officinalis, Gold-bloom, Marigold, Marybud and Pot Marigold.

The resin, which forms at the green base of the Calendula flower head, are an important part of calendula’s healing. If you are buying calendula, make sure it has a bright yellow or orange color, which is a good measure of its freshness and medicinal quality.

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Therapeutic Properties: Anti-inflammatory to skin and mucosa, Lymphagogue (moves lymph), promotes healing of damaged tissue, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, stimulates menstrual flow, warming, drying, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial

Topical Uses: poultice, compress, infused oil and salve. Dilute tincture with water (1 part tincture to 3 parts water) for topical use.

Common Uses: Rashes, stings, wounds, burns, sunburns, abrasions, swellings, eczema, acne, surgical wounds, scrapes, chicken pox, cold sores, genital herpes sores, and as a douche for bacterial vaginosis, yeast infection and cervical dysplasia.

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Calendula Inspiring Information

Calendula tea is commonly used to help heal peptic ulcers, esophageal irritation from GERD, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Calendula may be called upon for grief and sadness along with other cheering flowers: rose, mimosa and lavender.

Gargle for sore throat, canker sores, periodontal disease, thrush, sore and bleeding gums.

Calendula helps heal inflammation from infection or irritation through its anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial actions.

Used for poor immunity, respiratory infection, to help prevent infection through stimulating the lymphatic system.

Helpful herbal companions, Lemon Balm and Lemon Verbena.

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How to Make Calendula Infused Oil Recipe

Put calendula flowers into a mason jar. Cover calendula to the top of the jar with olive oil, stir slowly to relase air bubbles and cover tightly. Let sit for two weeks to infuse. Remember, the long it sits, the stronger the infusion. Drain with a cheescloth and ta-da! You’ve made an herbal infusion! Now store the covered jar in a cool, dark place.
You can also put fresh petals in a jar of oil in the sun for two weeks to create a solar-infused oil.

Organic Calendula Flowers

How to Make Calendula Salve Recipe

To create a calendula salve, blend four parts infused oil and one part melted bees wax. Or combine four parts cocoa butter, shea butter, or a combination with one part beeswax and one part oil. Definately adjust the amount of oil and beeswax to create the consistency you want. According to renown herbalist Rosemary Gladstar, salves are made by adding ¼ cup of beeswax to one cup of infused oil. Heat until the beeswax has melted.
Pour into a wide jar and cover. This mixture will thicken into a salve that you can use for burns and abrasions. It is also useful for diaper rash and other skin ailments.

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How to Make Calendula Tea Recipe
Calendula tea is so easy to make. Put a couple of teaspoons of calendula petals in an infuser ball and pour a cup of boiling water over it; steep for 7-10 minutes. Drink up for tummy aches or use the tea to make a hot or cold compress.

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Making your own herbal products gives you control over the ingredients you chose to put in or on your body. Experiment, experiment, experiment!!  Add other herbs to your salves and infusions.

 

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Easy, Fun and Healthy Green Tips for Around Your Home!

Going Green with Mind Body Soul Essentials

Today’s Going Green tips and recipes are all about the inside of your home

We can control what goes into the air we breathe inside our home.  Let’s get started!

Do you enjoy the smell of Bleach or Synthetic Air Fresheners?  I don’t!  And it’s not FUN to clean and deodorize with that stuff!  You spray it into the air and POOF!…it’s gone in a flash.  Just the opposite, that bleach smell has eyes watering, noses burning and that smell lingers forever! Eww!

So what are we doing?!  We don’t sit there and say “Hey! I’ve got an idea! Let’s spray some toxic chemicals into the air today!”

No.  We are busy.  There is not enough time in the day.  We are always on the move.  We are multitasking machines!!  We have to go grocery shopping or no one eats and while we are at the store, cruising around, we grab & go; taking a bottle of air freshener for our fabric couches and rugs and air for $5.  We throw it in the cart and off we go to the milk section!

Do you love yourself?  Do you love your children? Your pets? Your family?

Of course you do.  I do, too.  Ever wonder why we are tired of being tired and sick of being sick?

Take the time to read that label before you put those cleansers, disinfectants, air fresheners into your cart.  There’s a LOT of really bad ingredients in what you are buying for $5.  Cheap toxic items…come and get it!  Sale on bad for you cleaners and 50% off chemical filled products for your family!

Essential Oils.  Maybe you don’t know what they are.  That’s ok!  Think about it this way…you know what plants are.  What trees, leaves and flowers are.

Essential oils are distilled from the leaves, bark, roots and other aromatic portions of a botanical plant.

Nature at it’s best!

It is the essential oils within plants that gives each oil their characteristic smell and flavor. When we smell the delightful fragrance of roses, open a cedarwood box and inhale its woody smell, or add the zest of orange or lemon to a drink, it is the essential oil that we are enjoying!

Essential Oils are medicines from the earth! A whole world of possibility is awaiting you!  Nature – in one of its most powerful forms – aromatic liquid extracted from certain flowers, grasses, fruits, trees, leaves, roots and herbs.

Any part of a plant may contain its essential oil! Each single oil is used for many purposes. They are indispensable to medicine, food and cosmetic industries. In food and drink, they are used to give natural flavor and aroma, and as preservatives.

Want to learn more? Read What Are Essential Oils? or How Do Essential Oils Work? or come to my website and search for the answers to what you are looking to learn. If it’s not on there, send me an email and I’ll answer you!  I’m a real person, not a commercial giant!

Why should you be Going Green in your Home?  Better question: why haven’t you?

Cleaning!

We make messes.  We do! We’re human! Then we clean it up (usually the same day)…

Essential oils, vinegar and baking soda can be used to create many effective non-toxic (and wonderfully fragrant) cleansers and disinfectants.  Clean, disinfect and shine for pennies!  A straight 5% solution of vinegar kills 99 percent of bacteria, 82 percent of mold, and 80 percent of viruses.  Clean the dishwasher, coffeepot, windows,  Deodorize your sink drains.  Remove pet urine stains, grease from kitchen walls and mineral deposits around faucets.

You can easily click Natural Cleaning With Essential Oils for more ideas and recipes 🙂

Oils excellent for cleaning:

· Cinnamon Essential Oil
· Clove Essential Oil
· Eucalyptus Essential Oil
· Thyme Essential Oil
· Spruce Essential Oil
· Lemon Essential Oil
· Lemongrass Essential Oil
· Grapefruit Essential Oil
· Orange Essential Oil

Orange and Lemon are my personal favorites.  The smell, the antibacterial, antidepressant, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiseptic and astringent power these oils have!

When I clean, I put Orange and/or Lemon Essential oil to work!  Put on some music, smell those delicious smells and get my clean on!

Ever wonder why there are so many orange cleaners today? Make your own orange cleaner to DISINFECT, SAVE MONEY and ENERGIZE.

These oils are UPLIFTING to the spirit but CALMING to your body!

Essential Oils are disinfectants!  Add to a spray bottle of water and spray into the air to deodorize, neutralize, and sterilize the air.

The majority of Essential Oils are inexpensive.  There are a handful that are not, simply because of the large number of flowers required to produce a small amount of it.

Floor Cleaner:
Add 1/4 cup white vinegar to a bucket of water. Add 10 drops of lemon oil and 4 drops of oregano essential oil. Oregano oil has powerful antiseptic properties!

Carpet freshener:
Add 16-20 drops of essential oils to a cup of baking soda. Mix well and place in a covered container overnight so that the oil can be absorbed. Sprinkle over your carpet the next day and then vacuum the powder up!

Painting:
Adding essential oil to paint will counteract the unpleasant smell. And because essential oils are not fatty oils, they will leave no oil spots on the walls. Add a 5 ml. bottle of your favorite essential oil, such as White Angelica, Abundance, or Sacred Mountain, to 1 gallon of paint. Mix well.

Recipes for you below and so many more at Mind Body Soul Essentials – click here for more recipes or here for a ton of ways to use essential oils and go green the easy way!

Aromatherapy Air Fresheners

ROOM AIR FRESHENING RECIPES
It’s been proven that with the effects of aromatherapy, just the way things smell can altar your mood.

Ingredients
1 cup distilled water
8 -10 drops Essential Oils, of your choice

Antiseptic, Antibacterial and Antiviral
3 drops Lemon Essential Oil

Deodorizing
6 drops Bergamot Essential Oil
1 drop Eucalyptus Essential Oil
2 drops Lemon Essential Oil

Pet Deodorizing
6 drops Cedarwood Essential Oil
3 drops tea Tree Essential Oil

Apple Pie Spice
6 drops Cinnamon Essential Oil
3 drops Clove Essential Oil

Orange Spice
5 drops Orange Essential Oil
2 drops Cinnamon Essential Oil

Mood Lifter
4 drops Chamomile Essential Oil
3 drops Orange Essential Oil
2 drops Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

Stress Reliever
4 drops Lavender Essential Oil
3 drops Rose Essential Oil
2 drops Clary Sage Essential Oil (optional)

Sleepy-Hour Relaxation
4 drops Lavender Essential Oil
3 drops Chamomile Essential Oil

Uplifting
8 drops Orange Essential Oil

Vitality & Freshness
3 drops Lemon Essential Oil
1 drop Grapefruit Essential Oil

Amazing Dryer Sheets

Aromatherapy Candle Magic

or easily buy a candle made with Essential Oils!  Come see all of the beautiful, affordable candles here!

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I need to do this more often…as I consume FAR too much coffee… 🙂

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So many more recipes & tips – click Natural Cleaning With Essential Oils for more free ideas!

Love, love, love that you are here reading this!  Spread the knowledge! Share with your loved ones!

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Best Tips and Recipes for Going Green Series

jBr1tv1355309168  It’s simple! Just follow this blog! 🙂 From now until the end of December, daily tips for going green in our life! Going green is cost effective, easy and fun! Why should you be Going Green in your Home? Do you enjoy the smell of Bleach or Synthetic Air Fresheners? Are you cleaning your body on one end (detoxing) by eating right and then bombarding it with toxins on another end by using toxic products in our home? About 98% of store bought products are made with synthetically made chemicals. And we wonder why we are tired of being tired and sick of being sick! Commercial products you are using in your home are not good for our planet and the environment The home products you are using are toxic to your our dogs, cats and…children! Who is Really Winning? The companies who manufacture drugs, cleaning products, paints, insecticides are slowing killing us with toxicity. They care about their bottom line; not our health. I hope you become committed to going green in your home. Do it as a gift to yourself, your children, your animals and your planet! I wish you the best in your life and your home!

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Easy Aromatherapy – Cinnamon Stick Candle

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So doing this!! The heat from the candle makes the cinnamon sticks release their aroma! Easy Aromatherapy 🙂

In happiness,
Vanessa
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