Little bear LOVES lip balm!  He can’t get enough of it.  So it was the perfect thing to share with his friends on his birthday at preschool.  A friend had given me some empty lip balm tubes, mango butter, and beeswax she wasn’t using so I was all set!  The little bear had a great time helping me weigh out and mix the ingredients too.

Here’s how to make them:

• 0.9g  beeswax
• 1.1g  mango butter
• 0.68g  cocoa butter
• 1.8g  jojoba oil

Combine these ingredients in a pyrex measuring jug and place them in a saucepan of water on the stove.   Mix the ingredients well once fully melted, and remove from heat.  At this point add 10-12 drops of essential oil of your choice.  I chose to use mandarin and chamomile as they are both safe essential oils for young children, and are soothing/calming (I think most preschoolers can use some calming at least a couple of times a day ).  Other nice oils to use are peppermint, lavender, lime, tea tree, grapefruit or vanilla.

Once the essential oils have been mixed in, pour it into the lip balm containers until they look slightly too full!  The lip balms will shrink as they cool.  Allow the lip balms to cool completely before putting the lids on.

To label ours I just took some old craft paper of ours and cut it to fit the containers (1.9″X2.5″), glued it to the containers and then printed the children’s names on to printable labels.

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