Dryer Ball

I’m making Mickey Mouse cake pops today. My stomach is in knots because I’m SO nervous about them turning out. As if my sweet 4 yr old is going to care. 😉 I think I may be a perfectionist deep down somewhere that I’ve buried and every so often it unearths itself in the strangest of places. Anyway, if they are a success you’ll see them, and how I “done it” and if they are not, you will probably still see some in the birthday photos, but I won’t mention them, and neither should you. 😉 Ha ha ha!

But this post isn’t about the cake-pops it’s about the dryer ball I teased you about the other day. I got the idea from a pinterest thing, of course, but I’m too lazy right now to find it so I’ll just leave you with what I did.

First you need a pair of socks, long-ish, and some essential oil of your choice. I did Lavender, but I’m going to try Eucalyptus sometime too.

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Fold up one of the socks in half and drop a few drops, maybe 15-20, of the oil directly on the sock.
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Fold it up a bit more like so…
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and stuff it into the toe of the other sock.
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Then twist the sock and fold it into itself again.
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and again…
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until it’s completely twisted into a nice little ball.
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Toss it in the dryer and add your clothes! They are going to smell AWESOME!!
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And it’s just a hint of fragrance, so if you use lavender, you don’t need to worry that your manly, man is going to smell like a bunch of flowers. 😉

Enjoy!