We tend to make a lot of treats and gifts at Christmas, as I’m sure most of you do as well. This year we made Ginger Bath Soak (thank you Martha Stewart). It was easy to do, the boys helped measure and mix and we put them in a cellophane bag with a ribbon and it made a great gift. The boys wanted to try some in their bath, of course, and it smelled wonderful.
Here’s the recipe is you are so inclined to make it:
Martha Stewart Living Ginger Bath Soak:

2 c. baking soda

1 c. epson salts

2 T ground ginger

We also borrowed a friends sewing machine, thank you Erika, and made fleece rice bags. It’s a bad name, but basically it’s a sleeve of fleece that you fill with rice and a scent (we chose lavender) and you sew shut. Then you can heat it in the microwave for about a minute and it becomes a great smelling, moist heat that you can use like a heating pad. Our boys each have one that we heat up for them each night that immediately warms up their beds and makes them super cozy. We have had a couple of the boys come loose at the seam and I’ve had to do some hand stitching repairs, but they are not so gentle with them. I worry that ones we made as gifts might do the same, fingers crossed they hold together.
In the baking dept, we made some peppermint bark, peanut brittle and buckeyes (peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate). Always good to get the kids in the kitchen to help and they a good at it, too! Our favorite project was the kids and I surprising Dee by baking the Gingerbread Cake with Lemon Sauce that her mom used to make and her childhood favorite.