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You'd be surprised how much fun adults can have with this sort of thing! My husband carried his tupperware with a piece of brain proudly to work the next day leaving some of his colleagues a bit confused:D

Thank you!

Thank you! I hope these instructions will be helpful and your little one will enjoy the backpack.

I think there should be no problem with those, however, I have never tried. But why not!

Thanks! I'm actually not that experienced myself, definitely not a pro, I learn on the go. But the backpacks worked out very well for me so I'm confident enough to share the instructions.

Please do and let me know! The rum mixtures are my favorite;)

Thanks and wow! Love those tables!

Hi, I think I can respond to this, I also take care of a field and live in a very dry area where keeping plants well watered is generally not easy. So I can compare my plants in the pallet planter to the ones in the field. So to start, the plants here need to be watered twice a day, relying on rainwater would mean killing them. I find that my plants in the planters are not doing worse than those in the field, maybe on some days even better. If your soil dries too fast, 2 things come to my mind:1. If you have the planter in the direct sunlight, move it to an area with less sunlight.2. Most important: The quality of the soil is essential. One has to be very careful when buying substrate, a lot of people tend to buy the cheapest thinking it's all the same. It doesn't need to be a substrate...

Hi, I think I can respond to this, I also take care of a field and live in a very dry area where keeping plants well watered is generally not easy. So I can compare my plants in the pallet planter to the ones in the field. So to start, the plants here need to be watered twice a day, relying on rainwater would mean killing them. I find that my plants in the planters are not doing worse than those in the field, maybe on some days even better. If your soil dries too fast, 2 things come to my mind:1. If you have the planter in the direct sunlight, move it to an area with less sunlight.2. Most important: The quality of the soil is essential. One has to be very careful when buying substrate, a lot of people tend to buy the cheapest thinking it's all the same. It doesn't need to be a substrate only for the plant you want to have but generally a good mark. For example, if you water the plants and see the water staying on the surface for a few seconds and kind of floating before it starts soaking in the substrate, that's a bad sign. That kind of soil will dry very very fast.You can add the plastic as you mentioned but I can say that the textile I use is enough for me, I have the strawberries in a place where they have sun most of the say but they aren't being burnt by direct sunlight and the soil stays wet for a long time (compared to the fields around here).

An emulgator is a substance that allows you to blend water and oil. A presevative prevents the mold and fungae forming in your product thus increasing shelf life. You can get both in a shop (online) with cosmetics ingredients, i bought them online at Manske (Germany). You can use other preservatives and emulgators but then watch 2 things:1. The emulgator should be one that is suitable for waters, not just creams.2. The ratios (how much you add depending on the weight of oil or the weight of the final product) might be different.

Hello, it's happened again, I still can't enter the contest I wanted to enter, I sent you a PM.

Hi, to be honest, I don't know much about the chemical reactions. My grandma used to use the soda for cleaning limestone and it worked, later we started making the bombs just with soda. I started adding the citric acid because I read it would work better, so yes, I see the point. Besides the cleaning effect of soda it bubbles all around the toilet and gets everywhere (if the bomb is big enough).

Thank you for reading it! I just published an instructable on how to make an edible chocolate box for the pralines. I am not a professional but I really like making this kind of things for my friends.

Hi, i temper chocolate for other projects, its a very useful technique, i just didn't find ot necessary for the pralines. As for the fridge, i have to cool them that way, my home is already too hot in May. However, you are right, of course.

Yes, the troubles started about 3 months after I registered here. I will contact you next time this happens, I'll try to make a screenshot. Thank you!

Of course you can use twigs, then you have to make a pot with something solid to put them in or you can hang them. Also using real wood you should use varnish and some protective finish against bugs etc.

Hi, I know but that wasn't the problem. I uploaded the instructable, waited about 15 minutes and when I wanted to enter the contest, the instructable simply wasn't there among the eligible ones. A tried again just before writing this topic and again nothing. And then few hours after it was finally displayed among the eligible entries, so I entered it.

Great questions, thanks! Both lavender and tea tree essential oils are mild disinfectants, that is why add them in the bombs. Moreover, the tea tree oil works as antimykotic. You can skip them in the recipe, the main ingredient is the soda which is the cleaning agent as it helps get rid of the limestone. The essential oils can induce allergic reaction, especially in direct contact with the skin when they are very concentrated and not mixed with any other oil, water and emulsifier etc. However, it's not the case with the toilet bombs, they won't touch the skin. As I said, if your wife is sensitive to their fragrances, just skip them or add another essential oil that doesn't bother her.I'm not sure what you mean by the septic system, if you mean the plumbing of the toilet, then yes, no pr...

Great questions, thanks! Both lavender and tea tree essential oils are mild disinfectants, that is why add them in the bombs. Moreover, the tea tree oil works as antimykotic. You can skip them in the recipe, the main ingredient is the soda which is the cleaning agent as it helps get rid of the limestone. The essential oils can induce allergic reaction, especially in direct contact with the skin when they are very concentrated and not mixed with any other oil, water and emulsifier etc. However, it's not the case with the toilet bombs, they won't touch the skin. As I said, if your wife is sensitive to their fragrances, just skip them or add another essential oil that doesn't bother her.I'm not sure what you mean by the septic system, if you mean the plumbing of the toilet, then yes, no problems. The soda reacts with the water in the toilet, all the stuff happens where you can see it and after the reaction wears off you can just flush it, the reaction won't repeat.

I always make just a few of them, I never had them longer than 2 weeks and they never went bad. If you want to keep them for a long time (months) I would say replace the lemon zest with essential oil - lemon, lemon grass...then there's no ingredient that should go bad or at least not fast.

Honestly, I think it doesn't matter. When I'm too lazy to climb for the colander to the upper shelf, I don't use it. No difference in the result.

I think I need such a charger:D Awesome.

Nice! Saving this for my husband;)

Thank you all for your replies, as I said, it worked the fourth time.

So 4 times was the charm in this case. Hope it works better next time;)

Wow! Making 23 vials in one day I'm afraid I would breathe out the glitter for a week :D

And thank you!

They blend a bit immediatelly and as far as I know they don't blend anymore or just a little. I give all of them as gifts to friends and no complaint so far but I don't have any of the pendants at home for long.

Thank you both!

It is super useful, fast to make and veeeery cheap!

2 in a coconut shell. If i use silicone mold for icecubes its about 16 but they are quite small. I find the coconut shell to be the best for the equation 1 toilet cleaning = 1 bomb.

This is so cool! If I ever have time to try something completely new, I will come back to this instructable.

This is a great overview! Pity the four featured is no longer in effect because there was a month when I got many featured (compared to my total published ones).I write instructables about things I like doing, that I usually do with or for my kids and family but the problem is that I am new here and I get very few views, likes, comments...even on instructables which won 1st prize. I don't know what to do about that because I've won contests and got like 3 comments while other entries which did not place seemed to get more attention from the members. Consequently, I think I have some instructables that are original and neat ideas but very few people look at them because I have just a few followers. Not complaining, I think this is the downside of being new here, though it is a bit frustr...

This is a great overview! Pity the four featured is no longer in effect because there was a month when I got many featured (compared to my total published ones).I write instructables about things I like doing, that I usually do with or for my kids and family but the problem is that I am new here and I get very few views, likes, comments...even on instructables which won 1st prize. I don't know what to do about that because I've won contests and got like 3 comments while other entries which did not place seemed to get more attention from the members. Consequently, I think I have some instructables that are original and neat ideas but very few people look at them because I have just a few followers. Not complaining, I think this is the downside of being new here, though it is a bit frustrating because I am publishing quite actively.Anyway, thanks for this food for thought!

Great, I will try this!

Adding this to the things I want to try one day.

True, it depends on all the ingredients used. And not only xanthan gum cad be used but also gelatine, lecithin etc.

It saved me sooo much work already! I make a bunch of them every two weeks or so.

Thank you!

I probably failed to translate it correctly, I mean the plastic wrap you can see in the link next to the aluminium foil: https://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/shopping-storing/food/wrapping-food-foil-vs-plasticIn my country I get it in any gricery store.