6 tips and tricks for planning the perfect picnic – Forkful. Whether you’re heading to a nighttime movie at your local park or spending the afternoon at the pool, picnics are as synonymous with summer as sun.
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Wind won’t be blowing your blanket away because with these pocketed corners, you can organize your stuff and keep those corners weighed down and your stuff organized! …love this I do. Make Easy DIY Mosquito Repellent to Battle Bugs All Summer. Summer means fun in the sun, BBQs in the shade, cornhole in the backyard and mosquitos buzzing incessantly around your bod every time you leave the house.
And sometimes when you leave the window open. Yup, you know it’s true — probably because you’re already sporting some itchy, scratchy, annoying bites, oh, you know, head-to-toe from last weekend’s outdoor outing. Well, listen up: There’s a (non-toxic!) Way to keep the bugs at bay with a DIY mosquito repellent recipe that you can whip up in no time. Are you ready for the easiest summer beauty DIY ever?! Ingredients:- 1 ½ oz distilled or boiled water – ½ oz lemon witch hazel – 15 drops citronella – 10 drops tea tree oil – 10 drops eucalyptus oil – 5 drops citrus blend oil – glass bottle Instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4.
We used boiled water instead of distilled water, which, yes, adds one tiny step to the process :) Time for the oils!