100 Days to a Cheapskates Style Christmas Day 41 Christmas Pot Pourri
Pot Pourri is a Christmas classic, but this is one with a twist - an Australian twist. Have the scents of an Australian Christmas throughout your home during the Christmas season, or package it up and give it as gifts. You can get packs of small cellophane bags from $2 shops, or use small screwtop canning jars (again, $2 shops have them) and use a nail to punch holes in the lid to release the scent.
Ingredients:
2 cinnamon sticks
1/2 cup of dried cloves
2 cups gum nuts
1 cup mistletoe leaves (from a florist or dried flower supplier, use eucalyptus leaves if you can’t easily find mistletoe)
A few drops of your favourite essential oil to sprinkle on gum nuts
Dried petals for colour
Method:
Gently toss all the ingredients together and package. Use pretty jars or cellophane bags to package the pot pourri.
Ingredients:
2 cinnamon sticks
1/2 cup of dried cloves
2 cups gum nuts
1 cup mistletoe leaves (from a florist or dried flower supplier, use eucalyptus leaves if you can’t easily find mistletoe)
A few drops of your favourite essential oil to sprinkle on gum nuts
Dried petals for colour
Method:
Gently toss all the ingredients together and package. Use pretty jars or cellophane bags to package the pot pourri.