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Hello! The foot scrub recipe is below. You might wanna put your smooth tootsies in a pair of custom sneakers when you're finished?

Sugar Cookie Foot Scrub Recipe

100% credit goes to Gina Marie :)

Ingredients

2/3 cup granulated white sugar

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup olive oil

1 tbs vanilla extract

1 half pint mason jar

Baker's twine

Label (with a sticker back)

Fine point black marker

Instructions

In a medium sized bowl, combine your brown sugar and white sugar. Whisk them together until they are completely combined. Add in your olive oil and vanilla extract and mash together with a fork until all of the oil is combined into the sugar mixture. Pack the mixture down into your mason jar. To finish, tie a bow around the mouth of the jar with some baker's twine. Create your own label and stick it on the front of the jar. Now, it is ready for gifting or for immediate use!

by Gina Marie

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This one is easy enough although it requires adult supervision and a wood-burning tool.

How to: have your child write their message on the hammer, then 'trace' over it with the wood burning tool. It gets hot (hot enough to burn wood!) so be careful!

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