This are surprisingly easy to make.  It is one part powdered citric acid to two parts bicarbonate soda.  As mine are only mini bath bombs, I used 1 tablespoon to 1/2 a tablespoon, but it works just as well with 2 cups to 1 cup.
Mix the citric acid and the bicarbonate and add a few drops of food colouring if desired and a few drops of essential oil to make it smell nice.
Add, drop by drop, sunflower oil while mixing.  Keep mixing until the mixture starts to stick to the sides of the bowl.
Tip the mixture into cling film and using the cling film as a barrier, so not to touch the mixture, shape the mixture into a ball.  Leave to dry over night.  If you've added too much oil it may be a bit sticky in the morning, but it works just as good.  Store in a dry place.

So more crafts with jars it would seem - well I do have a large amount of jars to use, so why not?!

For this one I just bought some wicks and drilled a hole in the jar lid.  Added oil to the jar, any oil will do - I used regular cooking oil.  For a nice smell when the lamp was being burned I added some fruit (oranges and apples), but I've heard herbs work equally as well.  Make sure the lid is on tightly and wait until the oil soaks it way to the top of the wick and you are ready to go!

This is probably one of the most easiest and cheapest things to make if you already have everything in your kitchen cupboard.

You need:

• 2 cups of brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla essence
• 2/3 of a cup of olive oil

All you do is mix them all together in a bowl and boom you're done.

If you are going to store this, I suggest stirring it before use as the oil does have a tendency to separate.  Also, if it doesn't smell enough of vanilla for you just ad a splash more vanilla essence.  I would also suggest to not use this around the face as the sugar can make it quite rough.

To use just rub into your skin and then wash off with warm water.  Please don't use it if you are allergic to any of the products.

As mentioned in the previous post, I have an unreal amount of jars and am trying to find things to do with them.
I also have an unreal amount of stationary, which was taking up two drawers in my desk.  I spot a solution.

I bought red and blue spray paint.  Washed the jars, sprayed them and organised my stationary in them.....problem solved!  And, of course, each jar has a particular item, one for pens, one for pencils, one for white board markers etc. 

Total number of jars used for stationary: 11

I found a dustbin full of empty clean jars in my garden.  We don't have a blue box that the council provide to take them away - must request one soon - and it's too much hassle to drag them over the recycling bank as we don't have a car.  So, I decided to see what we could do with some of the before we get our blue box.

On sorting out the jars I found a number of jars that were the same shape and size with the same lids.  There were very nice small jars with little gold lids and I thought "tea light holders".  But I'm a lazy person, and with 20 of these jars, I know what I wouldn't be willing to go around lighting 20 tea lights.  So the next best thing sprung to mind, "solar lamps".  I discovered mini solar panel or solar cells are quite hard to come by and quite expensive.  So I trotted off to Homebase and found these.  A small cost, but all the other materials were free or pre-existing so I was willing.

I took the light mechanism off, replace the jar lids with it and painted the jars and lids my colours.  Luckily the lids were of the same circumference, not something I checked before hand....phew, so just popped on top of the jars.

I really like the way you can see the paint strokes, and from a distance it looks like a wet surface.

I don't have children, as I myself am a massive child.  So how about a toy that will last all summer, is relatively painless - unless in the eye - and is cheap to make.

What you need is two pegs, two elastic bands and a piece of wood.
Use one elastic band to fasten the one peg onto the wooden post.  Take the spring off the other peg, place the elastic band in the spring and squeeze closed.  Using the fastened peg, hold the spring in lace on the twirled end.  Pull the elastic band onto the end of the wooden post - this is the most difficult part, you may need to move the fastened peg up or down the post.

To fire just press aim and press down the peg.  Find the ammo and relaunch.  You could even provide a few springs and coloured elastic bands so there can be war!!