I made a colorful deodorizing air-wick from A Mitchum Deodorant stick case.
Step One: Take top off and clean out casing.
I use a rag and a pair of jar gripper scissors, rocked the top back an forth until it loosened.
Step Two: Clean out and screwed down the elevator.
I used a rag and got out most of the residue that was left.
Step Three: Loading the casing with what ever scent you want.
To try it out first I soaked a small piece of cloth in pine oil. It lasted several weeks in the bathroom gradually the smell was for smaller and smaller areas.
Right now I ground up some real smelly soap dropped it into the case. Use whatever you like.
Step Four: Put the the applicator lid back on the casing.
Keep the cap in case you want to give or sell these air-wicks. (you never Know)
Step Five: Decorating the whole air-wick.
I as usual favor magazine pictures glued to cover the whole air-wick. I cut out a sunset from an old Country magazine complete with little poem which fits on the one side. The poem is called Country Sunset.
I actually left a cone of this sunset picture above the applicator because the whole thing resembles an expensive candle.
I took small pieces of old Christmas wrap out of the closet, dark blue and red foil and experimented to see if I could make a realistic flame. The red was too red! I used the dark blue and colored a piece off aluminum foil with orange
stapled it below what flame was exposed.
I am quite proud of the whole thing. I might even start making these things for gifts. I have to experiment with other scents to see what is most pleasing and lasts the longest.
And that is Mr. Thrifty's Tip for today.
The only immediate cost was a little bit of solid stick paper glue. Maybe a nickel's worth. Everything else probably would have been just thrown away trash in most homes.
BE FRUGAL! SAVE MONEY! REUSE!
By Mr. Thrifty from Shermansdale, PA
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