New Year is a magical holiday that has many own attributes, one of which is the fragrance. The smell of ate and mandarins, familiar since childhood, is always associated with this celebration. Therefore, the aromatic Christmas tree-Sasha will help to create a New Year's atmosphere, which is simple enough.
Traditional option
The traditional version of Sasha, invented in France, is a small fabric bag with an inside with fragrant filler. For New Year's Sasha it is best to make Bag in the shape of a Christmas tree or triangle . For the product you need to choose not too tight fabric so that it easily missed the fragrance.
Cutting on the finished or independently made template 2 details of the Christmas tree, they should be sewed from the wrong side, leaving the intolerated lower part. After that, the bag should be turned on the front side, straighten all the corners.
Next, you can proceed to the most interesting - the attachment of the aroma trees. To do this, you can use:
- Orange or mandarine peel;
- cinnamon;
- carnation;
- Essential oil with coniferous aroma;
- juniper.
If essential oil is chosen as an aromatizer, then the filler will be needed, it can be sawdust, tree bark, sea salt or sintepon. And you need to soak, adding several fragrant drops.
When the bag is filled, it remains only to gently sew the product from below. Received Christmas tree You can decorate any decorative elements: rhinestones, beads, fringe, etc.
In order for the product to hang, you should sew a small looping of fabric or tape.
Wax plates
Unusual fragrant Sasha can be made of beeswax. For such a product, beeswax, silicone shape in the form of a Christmas tree and flavors are needed. You can use essential oils, zest, carnation, cinnamon, dried citrus fruits, herbs and floral buds or petals.
The manufacturing process will be as follows:
- melt wax in a water bath;
- add essential oil to it (10-15 drops by 30 g of wax);
- If the Sasha contains dry flowers, herbs or citrus circles, they should be put on the bottom of the prepared form;
- Pour melted wax into a layer mold with a thickness of about 5 mm;
- At the top insert a wand (to get a hole for the loop);
- give a product to cool at least 30 minutes;
- Gently remove sachets from the form.
After that, in the Christmas tree, you can make a loop from a rope or tape, you can additionally reagree with sparkles. When the product loses the flavor, it can be overpowering and make a new sachet with other fragrant ingredients.
Gypsum Sasha
Another original option is a gypsum sachet-Christmas tree, which make it very simple. Gypsum, water (50 ml), pigment dye (5-10 drops), essential oil (20 drops) and molds are required.
Procedure:
- mix in any comfortable water and gypsum;
- Add pigment, mix;
- add essential oil and jerked well again;
- pour the mixture into the form;
- Insert a glass tube (to make a hole for the loop).
The only condition is to do everything quickly, because the gypsum mass will quickly thicken. When Sasha hardens, it should be carefully removed from the form, remove the tube and paste the loop on its place.
Each Sasha will find his place among the New Year's decor or become excellent souvenir. After the celebration of the Christmas tree, you can put in the closet or hang over the bed or in a car so that it reminds of a loved holiday.