DIY Lip Balm: Yummy!

I must have compulsive lip lickers at this house, because we love our chapstick!  The kids were going through tubes of the stuff and I was concerned as chapstick isn’t really an edible “food.”
We decided to try and make our own!  I needed an alternative to help their cracking lips (gotta love winter weather) and something that I felt safe with them ingesting. It took us three tries before we liked our creation, here is the results of our “tests”

What You Need to Make Edible Lip Balm

• 1/2 a cup of vegetable shortening
• 1 teaspoon of Jello Mix – we used cherry.
• 3 Vitamin E Capsules
• Some plain wax shavings
• Small containers – we recycled used containers of party-sized playdough.

How We Made Our Own Chapstick

Melt the shortening in a saucepan. Add the vitamin E capsules and the wax shavings. If you like your chapstick to be soft you can skip this step. We used a little less than a teaspoon of shavings and it made the lip balm a nice consistency (we think). As the fats are melted add the jello crystals. Stir till mostly dissolved. The jello adds a nice scent.

If you want more coloring to your balm you can add more crystals (or use colored wax instead of plain). Pour your balm into your containers. Place in the fridge to set – after about 15 to 20 min your lip balm should be ready for you to enjoy! . . For similar posts, check out our list of Favorite Non-Food Kid Recipes! We have recipes for goop, playdough, finger paint, and more!

Rachel is mommy to three preschoolers and blogs about their learning activities at Quirky Momma.  Are you looking for some Non-food Kid Recipes or activities?  We have a ton! All photos in this article were taken from the Quirky Momma website.

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