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Top 33 Homemade Gift Ideas with Essential Oils

Posted by Kelly Crafts, Essential Oils, Holidays 35 comments
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Most everyone loves to get homemade gifts, so I put together 33 Homemade Gift Ideas with Essential Oils. Homemade gifts are thoughtful and show that you put in a lot of personal effort and care – especially when they see your excited face as you explain all the ingredients and how good they are for you.

33 Gift Ideas with Essential Oils from Simple Life Mom

Homemade Gift Ideas with Essential Oils

These 33 gifts should be made with essential oils of high quality. I know and love Starwest Botanicals.

Bath and Cleansing

Time for pampering! Anyone who receives one of these gifts will feel loved and cared for. They are easy, healthy, very relaxing, or even invigorating!

1. DIY Spa Gift Baskets

2. Face Scrubs

Anti Aging Herbal Skin Toner with Rose Water, Witch Hazel, Comfrey Water and Essential Oils

3. Anti- Aging Facial Toner (Find in my Shop as well)

4. Herbal Face Wash (Also in my Shop)

33 Natural Gift Ideas with Essential Oils: bath-bombs

5. Fizzy Bath Bombs

Body

These are the most common recipes you will find, but they are also the most treasured. Most people won’t make these things for themselves, so they love to get them from others. They are most often quick and super easy and smell amazing.

6. Relaxing Lavender Foot Cream

Homemade Lotion by Simple Life Mom

7. Whipped Shea Lotion (Also in my Shop)

8. Invigorating Massage Oil

Natural Homemade Perfume from Simple Life Mom. Made with Essential Oils.

9. Roller Bottle Perfume (Also in my Shop)

10. Herbal Lip Balm (Find in my Shop)

11. Sweet Orange Lip Balm

12. 2 Ingredient Whipped Body Butter

33 Natural Gift Ideas with Essential Oils: homemade-clay-bead-tutorial

13. DIY Beaded Diffuser Bracelet

14. Blends for Babies

Health

People love to receive health gifts that they can have on hand to try when in need. This is also a great way to introduce someone to the power of essential oils. I’ve had a number of friends who had never used them before get hooked after a gift, because of the great benefits they saw when using them for the first time.

15. Pain Relief Massage Oil

16. Acne Spot Treatment (also found in my Shop)

Cold and Flu Fighting Blend by Simple Life mom2

17. Cold and Flu Blend (also found in my Shop)

18. Homemade Antiseptic Ointment

19. Elderberry Syrup with Essential Oils

33 Natural Gift Ideas with Essential Oils: DIY Heating Pad

20. Make Your Own Heating Pad with Essential Oil

Home

Essential Oils can be used all around the home – in diffusers, candles, when you clean and when you relax. Here are some great ideas that would make wonderful gifts! I love how beautiful these crafters are able to make these gifts.

33 Natural Gift Ideas with Essential Oils: Wool Dryer Balls

21. Felted Wool Dryer Balls

22. Laundry Soap

Natural Deodorizing Room Spray

23. Deodorizing Room Spray (Find in My Shop)

24. DIY Aromatherapy Candles

25. DIY Oil Diffuser

33 Natural Gift Ideas with Essential Oils: Scented Ornaments

26. DIY Scented Ornaments

Homemade Soap

By definition, soap is not soap without lye and the saponification process. So, no short cuts here, but you definitely can make soap 3 weeks out and have wonderful hard bars that people will “ooh” and “ahh” over.

7 Homemade Holiday Soap Recipes - with cloves, cinnamon, fir, or peppermint

27. Holiday Soap Ideas

28. Frankincense and Myrrh Soap (Find in My Shop)

33 Homemade Gift Ideas with Essential Oils: Pumpkin Spice Soap

29. Pumpkin Spice Soap (Find in My Shop as well)

For Men

Guys love homemade gifts as well. I have a friend who makes wine as a gift, as well as amazing wood work that anyone would love. Here are a few very simple gifts that are a big hit as well.

30. After Shave for Men (Find in my shop too)

Natural Beard Oil Recipe from Simple Life Mom

31. Natural Beard Oil (Find in My Shop)

32. Natural Car Air Freshener

And of course, who everyone loves a great Hot Cocoa mix!

33. Hot Cocoa with Peppermint Essential Oil

33 Homemade Gift Ideas with Essential Oils: Homemade Hot Chocolate with Essential Oils

Thanks for joining us for this essential oil gift get together. I hope you were inspired.

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About Kelly

Kelly is the author of number one best seller The Natural Soap Making Book for Beginners and Easy Soap Making. She's also written multiple ebooks on herbal remedies and natural bath and body DIYs. Her journey toward better health has inspired her to make things in and around the home from scratch, start a homestead, and become more resourceful when it comes to health and home. She shares her recipes and DIYs here on Simple Life Mom and has a shop where she sells products for those who would rather buy than make (SimpleLifeMom.com/shop).

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  • Laurie
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    December 1, 2015 at 12:55 PM

    Any ideas for a men’s cologne? My husband wears store-bought cologne and it make me sick to my stomach to smell it.

    • Kelly
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      December 1, 2015 at 10:29 PM

      Check out my post on beard oil. It works wonderfully as cologne. I give some ideas for scents as well. I like patchouli and lavender together a lot. https://simplelifemom.com/2014/10/22/natural-beard-conditioning-oil-recipe/

    • Diana
      · Reply

      December 2, 2015 at 10:54 AM

      Happy Holidays!
      Love, love, love seeing so many going organic.
      Here’she a link for men’s cologne, you can trade out the essential oils or play around until you find that mmm smell that hits your sense’s. I have been working on one for my hubs for Xmas myself, hehe! I hope this helps and remember to always,
      Stay Colorful!
      Creative Chic

      • Carol
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        December 5, 2015 at 11:34 AM

        You forgot to include the link.

        • Kelly
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          December 5, 2015 at 11:41 AM

          My site automatically blocks outside links most of the time. I’m thinking that’s what happened. Here’s my cologne: https://simplelifemom.com/2014/10/22/natural-beard-conditioning-oil-recipe/

  • Diana
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    December 2, 2015 at 10:59 AM

    Kelly, I just wanted to tell you I love your blog, I love this post so much, I had to share it on my pinter estate and fb, you always have great things to share.
    Happy Holidays to you and may the new year be even better!

    Stay Colorful,
    Creative Chic

    • Kelly
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      December 2, 2015 at 10:13 PM

      Thank you 🙂

  • KC the Kitchen Chopper
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    December 4, 2015 at 12:05 PM

    That lavender foot cream is calling my name. I hope Santa is listening! 😉

  • Jessica
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    December 4, 2015 at 10:33 PM

    By gifts, you mean gifts for me, right? Because I totally want a bunch of these, and most of your shop items as well. 🙂

  • Katerina
    · Reply

    December 5, 2015 at 12:32 AM

    I love your ideas Kelly! Perfect for the festive season!

  • Diane
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    December 5, 2015 at 12:29 PM

    Kelly you have lovely presentation! These gifts look so attractive and interesting! My nose just want’s to smell them all!

    • Kelly
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      December 7, 2015 at 9:53 AM

      ha ha, thanks Diane.

  • Joy @ Joy Love Food
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    December 5, 2015 at 5:48 PM

    I love giving and receiving homemade gifts, what a great list!

    • Kelly
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      December 7, 2015 at 9:52 AM

      Thank you Joy.

  • Erica (@Erica's Recipes)
    · Reply

    December 5, 2015 at 10:06 PM

    What great ideas! I love using natural products so giving them as gifts is an outstanding idea.

    • Kelly
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      December 7, 2015 at 9:52 AM

      I know I would love to get anything like these gifts 🙂

  • Marjie@homeagainjiggetyjig.com/wp
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    December 5, 2015 at 11:17 PM

    WOW! What a different array of lovely gifts. I am especially intrigued by the diffuser beads, wool dryer balls and the cornstarch ornaments. What lovely gift ideas!! Thanks for sharing them.

    • Kelly
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      December 7, 2015 at 9:51 AM

      I know. I want to make the diffuser bracelet. I’ve looked and haven’t found the right kind of beads yet.

  • Michelle @SimplifyLiveLove
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    December 6, 2015 at 10:37 AM

    This is a beautiful round-up! I love the post on making felted dryer balls. I used mine for a long time, but now I have an all in one washer/dryer combo unit and I can’t. I’m sad. 🙁

    • Kelly
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      December 7, 2015 at 9:51 AM

      Really, you can’t? I had never heard of that.

  • Mrs. AOK
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    December 6, 2015 at 12:58 PM

    Lovely round-up! Thanks for sharing with us at Mommy Monday!
    XO

    • Kelly
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      December 7, 2015 at 9:50 AM

      Thank you. Great group 🙂

  • Betsy @ Desserts Required
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    December 6, 2015 at 5:45 PM

    I feel like I’m being pampered just looking at this post. Now I am trying to think of who I can BEG to make me a few!

    • Kelly
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      December 7, 2015 at 9:50 AM

      Ha ha! Send it on, you never know 😉

  • Jessi
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    October 19, 2016 at 8:33 PM

    Pinned! Love these 🙂

  • Mrs. AOK
    · Reply

    October 30, 2016 at 11:57 AM

    THIS IS AWESOME!! Thank you!! Pinned this to our #MMBH board to save for later. 🙂 Thanks for sharing with us.
    XOXO

  • Usman
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    August 7, 2017 at 7:04 AM

    I love these ideas , especially cold and flu is my favorite. Thanks for Sharing

    • Kelly
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      August 7, 2017 at 11:09 AM

      You’re welcome! I’m glad you found some ideas that you can use.

  • Liz
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    February 1, 2018 at 10:39 PM

    Thank you for the great resource, I’m definitely bookmarking this one!!

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