With ingredients like lemon, lime, water, and essential oils these DIY mosquito repellant candles are not just for pretty decoration but work to ward off unwanted pests in your yard.
fresh or faux greenerylavender stems, rosemary sprigs, eucalyptus stems
Fresh lemon and lime
3floating candles
tap waterenough to fill each jar
Recipe 1
10dropslavender essential oil
10dropspeppermint essential oil
Recipe 2
10dropseucalyptus essential oil
10dropslime essential oil
Recipe 3
10dropseucalyptus essential oil
10dropspeppermint essential oil
10dropslemon essential oil
Instructions
Cut lemon (and/or lime) into 1⁄4” thick slices and place 2-3 slices inside each glass jar.
Place 2-3 sprigs of greenery (lavender, rosemary or eucalyptus) into each jar.
Add essential oils (see recipes above).
Fill the jar with water to the neck of the jar submerging the citrus slices and sprigs of greenery.
Place a floating candle inside the jar.
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Expert Tips & FAQs
Sprigs of fresh greenery like rosemary or lavender work in extra defense against mosquitos, but you can certainly use faux greenery as well.
Use wide mouth mason jars, in whichever size you'd like so you have room for your floating candles. If you decide to use larger than 16 oz jars, you can easily double the recipe called for in each candle as to not dilute the mixture too much.