Saturday, April 4, 2009

Making Floral Water

What do you get when you take hyacinths,


Lavender, water, essential oil, and any other sweet smelling plants?


Why floral water of course!

Pick your favorite sweet smelling springy scents, bruise them up a bit and put them into a giant test tube.


Add water and a few drops of your favorite essential oil. Screw on the lid tightly and shake.

Then a little dab will do ya!


MMMMM, smells great!


Turning the tube upside down is also quite fascinating to watch!

This floral water doesn't keep very long, you would need to strain out the plants. You don't have to use essential oils either, especially if you are using a potent flower or herb.

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25 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 4, 2009 at 9:40 AM

    Your posts make me so happy :-). Where did you find those giant test tubes with caps?

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  2. AnetApril 4, 2009 at 9:51 AM

    I bet the girls just loved this!
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    We have the same test tubes. They are so great!

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  3. LisaApril 4, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    the test tubes are from steve spangler science....click on the orange words in the post to take you there.

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  4. UteApril 4, 2009 at 10:22 AM

    Have I mentioned before how beautiful I think your daughters are?

    This is one of the things I could make... today.... IF I had the test tubes or similar containers. BUT I don't. Damn it!

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  5. Shady LadyApril 4, 2009 at 11:14 AM

    Your girls are just beautiful!

    Those test tubes are great. I got mine from Oriental Trading Company.

    I was wondering if you could acheive the same results without the essential oils, but maybe more flowers??

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  6. LisaApril 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM

    Shady, no you don't need the essential oils, especially if you have a potent smelling flower or herb, my girls just put EOs in everything they get a chance to.

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  7. Shady LadyApril 4, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    Thanks, Lisa!

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  8. LisaApril 4, 2009 at 11:30 AM

    Goose loves to make "potions" with flowers and water and glitter! I love the testtube idea. Your girls are too cute!

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  9. JoyApril 4, 2009 at 11:56 AM

    We'll have to try this. I don't have any test tubes like that, but I do have small glass honey bottles that would probably work. Elizabeth would love some floral water. :)

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  10. MelissaApril 4, 2009 at 12:05 PM

    I wanna play. I'm going to make some lavender water-- how do you think it would be if I dumped it into the wash with my sheets?

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  11. LisaApril 4, 2009 at 12:13 PM

    GREAT IDEA Melissa! Oh, the smell of lavender weakens me in the knees, too bad my hubby sneezes at the scent!

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  12. MariahApril 4, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    I absolutely love this and so will my girls... the test tubes are great! Thanks for the wonderful idea and great new science resource :)

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  13. SunnyApril 4, 2009 at 1:30 PM

    That should be fun.

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  14. UnknownApril 4, 2009 at 1:35 PM

    What a fantastic activity! I feel so lucky my girls got to be a part - thanks so much for doing this with them! :-)

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  15. TammyApril 4, 2009 at 4:25 PM

    The girls and I want to play at your house. :)

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  16. janeApril 4, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Hey Lisa-Mmmm. What a great idea! And all natural! Love it.

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  17. UnknownApril 5, 2009 at 1:50 AM

    This is so sweet! I don't have big test tubes but I have some large water picks for the rose stems when you buy roses. I think they would work. As soon as our flowers appear I want to try this. It's right up Sierra's alley!

    Thanks so much for all your great posts. I LOVE your blog!

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  18. sunnymamaApril 5, 2009 at 6:41 AM

    Mmmmmm, I bet that smells so good!

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  19. AmberApril 5, 2009 at 6:56 AM

    Oh that is just gorgeous. Any use of these beautiful plants only enriches our souls more...You are just lovely...xx

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  20. UnknownApril 5, 2009 at 7:50 AM

    This must smell so absolutely lovely!! Thanks for letting us share this with you.......

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  21. SofiaApril 5, 2009 at 12:04 PM

    Wow I think I will do that today with my friend.

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  22. KristenApril 5, 2009 at 9:32 PM

    Well that is just wonderful!!

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  23. MaggieApril 6, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    Great idea! I'm thinking that this would be fun for my son to do as Mother Day gifts for his grandmothers.

    We love those tubes from Steve Spangler too! We bought them with some polymer water balls that are a ton of fun.

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  24. MaggieApril 6, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    Great idea! I'm thinking that this would be fun for my son to do as Mother Day gifts for his grandmothers.

    We love those tubes from Steve Spangler too! We bought them with some polymer water balls that are a ton of fun.

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  25. SofiaApril 30, 2009 at 9:37 PM

    I think I will do that but my dad will have to find some viles to do them in

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