Chocolate Bath Salts make a delicious smile-inducing and calorie-free gift for any occasion, especially as a charming homemade Christmas present! Re-use some clean dry glass jars, such as those from spaghetti sauce or jellies, decorate with pretty ribbons, and glue on some cute labels to create some pretty handmade gifts. Another cute idea is to re-use those glass bottles from the Starbucks Cappuccino drinks you can buy at the store--just be sure to wash thoroughly and dry completely.

Chocolate Bath Salts Recipe:

6 cups epsom Salt
2 Tbs. cocoa powder
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Combine ingredients and spread on a cookie sheet lined with a paper towel. Let air-dry, then pour into a dry clean jar.

Use about 3 Tbs. to 4 Tbs. in a warm bath and indulge in the scenty chocolaty aroma!

This is a cute, easy and inexpensive gift idea!

Make Chalkboards!

If you have an old mirror laying around, turn it into a chalkboard quickly and cheaply. Just buy some chalkboard paint at your local hardware store...should be about $6.00 a can...and one can will do alot....and paint the surface of the mirror with it. Voila! Instant chalkboard!

Other ideas/surfaces for making chalkboards:

wood

picture frames (cut a piece of masonite board that fits inside the frame. Paint the board with chalkboard paint and let dry before putting it into the frame.)

Old Cabinet doors

stiff poster board