I recently searched on Pinterest looking for a roundup of things you can do with essential oils and I had a hard time finding any sort of list. Therefore, I decided to make my own list of essential oil DIY ideas for my convenience as well as your own!
I was overwhelmed with the amount of DIY projects that you can do with essential oils. I actually didn’t know that there were so many things you can do with them.
I don’t know why I was surprised. Essential oils are pretty amazing when it comes to their benefits.
The main reason I started using essential oils was to use them in a diffuser to make my home smell great and for their aromatherapy benefits like using peppermint to fix my headaches.
It turns out that there are a lot of other things you can use essential oils for, including making many homemade items that you can incorporate essential oils into.
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From cleaning to aromatherapy or just for the purpose of smelling good, take a look at some of the best DIY essential oil tutorials.
1. All-Natural Perfume
Make your own all-natural perfume with essential oils and benefit from aromatherapy all day long!
What you’ll need:
- Glass roll-on bottle
- Carrier oil of your choice
- Essential oils
- Fresh and dried flowers and herbs
Read this all-natural perfume with essential oils DIY tutorial by Garden Therapy.
2. Aromatherapy Playdough
Who says playdough is only for kids? Make your own homemade aromatherapy playdough to help calm and relax you.
What you’ll need:
- Flour
- Salt
- Cream of tartar
- Water
- Coconut oil
- Food coloring (optional)
- Essential oil
Check out the calming aromatherapy playdough tutorial by One Essential Community to learn how to make this essential oil DIY, and to get a free printable recipe and playdough jar label.
3. Natural Bug Spray
A lot of bug sprays are toxic to your health and can actually make you sick. Instead, make your own natural bug spray using safe, non-toxic ingredients.
What you’ll need:
- Witch hazel
- Water
- Essential oils
Read the natural buy spray tutorial by Wild Green Life to learn how to make this essential oil DIY.
4. Facial Toner Pads
To add to your natural skincare routine, try making your own facial toner pads using essential oils.
What you’ll need:
- Glass measuring cup
- Cotton face pads
- Witch Hazel
- Water
- Vitamin E oil
- Essential oils
Learn how to make these facial toner pads with essential oils by Living Well Mom.
5. Dusting Spray
Make your own non-toxic DIY dusting spray with essential oils with just a few ingredients.
What you’ll need:
- Vinegar
- Fractionated coconut oil
- Essential oils
- Water
See the DIY dusting spray tutorial by One Essential Community to make it yourself.
6. Essential Oil Bath Salts
Who doesn’t love a hot bath filled with bath salts? Make your own bath salts using essential oils and reap in the benefits while you relax.
What you’ll need:
- Coarse sea salt
- Epsom salt
- Baking soda
- Essential oil
- Natural food or soap coloring (optional)
- Extra decoration (optional)—flower petals, citrus zest
- Bottles or jars
See the DIY essential oil bath salts tutorial by Young Living to learn how to make it yourself!
7. DIY Breath Mints
For a unique DIY to tackle using essential oils, make your own breath mints!
What you’ll need:
- Gum Paste
- Food coloring (optional)
- Essential oils
- Powdered sugar or citric acid for sour flavors
Read the tutorial for these DIY essential oil breath mints by Abundant Health.
8. Essential Oil DIY Lip Balm
You can incorporate essential oils into a DIY lip balm for a more natural alternative that store-bought lip balms.
What you’ll need:
- Coconut oil
- Beeswax
- Essential oils
- Container like a tin can
Learn how to make this DIY lip balm by the Nutty Pear.
9. Eucalyptus Shower Melts
Learn how to make your own essential oil shower melts to help you get through the cold season.
What you’ll need:
- Baking soda
- Water
- Soap colorant (optional)
- Silicone mold
- Essential oils
Read this eucalyptus shower melt tutorial by Busy Bliss to get started!
10. Sore Muscle Salve
Sore muscles? Get relief with a sore muscle salve that’s infused with essential oils.
What you’ll need:
- Coconut oil
- Beeswax
- Almond oil
- Vitamin E oil
- Essential oils
See Sass En Masse to learn how to make this sore muscle salve.
11. Lava Bead Diffuser Necklace
Make your own DIY diffuser necklace that will have you smelling good and benefiting from aromatherapy all day long.
What you’ll need:
- Lava beads
- Chain for the necklace
- 2” eye pins
- Wire cutters
- Flat Nose or jewellery pliers
- Essential oils
Check out Seamlined Living to learn how to make this essential oil diffuser necklaces.
12. All-Natural Lotion Bars
For an easy DIY project, make your own all-natural lotion bar using using essential oils.
What you’ll need:
- Coconut oil
- Cocoa butter or Shea butter
- Beeswax
- Essential oils
- Silicon molds or metal tins
See Our Oily House to learn how to make these easy homemade lotion bars.
13. Himalayan Pink Salt Diffuser
Add essential oils to a jar full of Himalayan pink salt with a candle for a natural diffuser for your home.
What you’ll need:
- Himalayan Pink Salt
- Essential Oils
- Unscented candle
- Heatproof jar
Check out the Natural Beauty Workshop to learn more about creating a Himalayan pink salt diffuser.
14. Charcoal Coffee Scrub
This charcoal coffee scrub with essential oils helps remove toxins from your skin and well, it smells like coffee!
What you’ll need:
- Glass jar with lid
- Coconut oil
- Ground coffee
- Activated charcoal powder
- Essential oils
See the tutorial to learn how to make this charcoal coffee scrub by Happy Mothering.
15. DIY Dishwasher Tablets
You can make your own dishwasher tablets with essential oils that will save you lots of money and smell great!
These homemade citrus dishwasher tablets cost 25 cents a pop.
What you’ll need:
- Washing soda
- Borax
- Baking soda
- Epsom salt
- White vinegar
- Essential oils
- Food coloring (optional)
- Ice cube tray or silicone mold
Check out the tutorial by Intoxicated on Life to learn how to make these citrus DIY dishwasher tablets.
16. Essential Oil Candles
Everyone loves a good candle, and what better way to create your own candle than with the scent of your choosing?
What you’ll need:
- Containers/jars
- Essential oils
- Wick-centering tool
- Soy wax
- Candle wicks
- Large glass measuring cup
- Something to stir wax with
Visit Run to Radiance to learn how to make these easy DIY essential oil candles.
17. Lavender Sugar Scrub
Make your own sugar scrub with essential oils to exfoliate your skin, remove dead skin and make your skin glow. Best part is, this essential oil DIY is super simple to make.
What you’ll need:
- Lavender essential oil
- Coconut oil
- Sugar
- Food coloring (optional)
Visit April Golightly to learn how to make this lavender sugar scrub.
18. Healing Hand Salve
If you often get dry hands, try making this healing salve with essential oils.
What you’ll need:
- Olive oil
- Jojoba oil
- Beeswax pastilles
- Vitamin E oil
- Vanilla 10X
- Essential oils
- Four 2-ounce round tins
See Atta Girl Says to read the tutorial for this DIY essential oil healing salve.
19. Dry Shampoo with Essential Oils
For a super easy DIY that requires only two ingredients, make your own dry shampoo with essential oils.
What you’ll need:
- Arrowroot powder
- Essential oils
Check out Lilies and Life to learn how to make this DIY dry shampoo.
20. Homemade Foot Scrub
Do your feet need some pampering? Try making this DIY foot scrub that uses lemongrass and chamomile to bring the spa experience to you.
What you’ll need:
- Granulated sugar
- Coconut oil
- Epsom salts
- Baking soda
- Chamomile tea bags
- Essential oils
- Blue soap colorant (optional)
- Jar with tight fitting lid
See A Cultivated Nest to learn how to make this lemongrass and chamomile foot scrub.
Final thoughts on these DIY essential oil projects
Different essential oils can help you in different ways. You can choose the type of essential oil you want to use depending on how you’re feeling and/or how you want to feel.
There are so many great smelling essential oils that it makes you want to incorporate them in your life in as many ways you can, or is that just me?
Check out this post for some DIY all-purpose cleaner recipes which also include some essential oil recipes!
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Thanks for sharing! This gives me a few ideas as I start exploring ways to use essential oils. For a DIY Christmas gift this year, I made a tiny felted hedgehog (suspended from a loop of thread) and squeezed some essential oils into the wool as a car air freshener.
Thank you so much for all of these great ideas and info very much enjoyed them they were very helpful
Thank you! I’m glad I could help.
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