I’ve been experimenting with using more natural products around the home. Upon discovering I needed air freshener, but didn’t want to make a trip to the store, I decided to try my hand at making homemade air freshener. When I realized I could make my own using fresh herbs and essential oils, I went on a spree to find the best air freshener scents. One of my favorites was this easy 3 ingredient Lemon Air Freshener with Thyme.
How to Make DIY Air Freshener:
Ingredients:
1/4 cup baking soda
20 drops lemon essential oil
1/4 cup fresh thyme leaves
1 (4 ounce) decorative or Mason jar
1 cupcake liner
fork
Directions:
Use the fork tines to press several holes into the bottom of the cupcake liner. Set aside. In a medium bowl, add the baking soda and the 20 drops of essential lemon oil. Adjust the drops to suit your taste, for a stronger air freshener, use more, up to 30 drops, for a less scented version, use 10 to 15 drops.
Add thyme leaves to baking soda mixture and stir until thyme leaves are distributed evenly through out the baking soda.
Place the baking soda mixture into the jar. Top with the cupcake liner and add the can lid.
Tip: To “refresh” the mixture, simply add more drops of essential oil.
I think this is the best air freshener because it’s low cost, uses easily accessible items and can be made in your favorite scents. Think peppermint for Christmas, or lavender for those days when you need to relax. If you don’t have fresh herbs or an herb garden to grab some, leave them out or used dried ones. I recommend 1 to 2 teaspoons, depending on how strong you’d like it to smell, to replace 1/4 cup fresh herbs.
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This is pretty awesome! I am always putting air fresheners around my house. I can’t get enough of them! I am gonna have to try this.
This is such a good idea. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I will try making some a homemade freshener. I like the smell of lemon.
What a brilliant idea for an air freshener. I’d love to try your recipe with lemon oil but also with cinnamon oil.
I have never thought about a homemade air freshener before as I always purchase the branded ones from shops. But I love that we could get our own stuff using essential oils & I am sure it is going to the best being naturally homemade!
What a clever idea! I love lemon and thyme together. I bet this makes the room smell so amazing!
This is what I love about essential oils, you can pretty much use them for anything. I really like this DIY air freshener, the scent is lovely and I’m sure you can use the recipe for various scents as well. This is a keeper!
How cool! I didn’t know we could hand make air fresheners!
I am so excited to try making my own air freshener. Thanks for the great DIY recipe.
Ooooo how cleaver!!!!! With a stinky toddler and hubby running around all over my house sure could use this!
That is so cool and such a cool idea! I can’t wait to make these with my oldest, she loves doing stuff like this.
This is really cool and I bet it smells really good! I will have to give this a try and see how it works in my house.
This is a clever idea!
I like your clear instructions.
Now this is indeed an amazing idea and could make for great gift ideas too. I am going to be making these homemade DIY lemon and Thyme air fresheners. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Oh that’s awesome and it looks much nicer sitting on your counter than commercial air fresheners.
This is my kind of air freshener! I can’t stand most commercial ones as they give me a headache.
I love some smell good home air freshener!! I have never made my own before but you make it look easy!!
This looks so easy! I love the smell of lemon, too. How long does this last before you need to add more lemon?
It is usually a couple of weeks before I add a few more drops of lemon oil.
Thanks for sharing a way to make a homemade air freshener. Appreciate it!
This is such a brilliant idea. I will have to make it sometime!
I have a ton of thyme growing in my garden. I need that lemon oil so I can make this!
This is such a great idea. I love the idea of making my own air freshener. That way I know what all is in it.
Between the dog, cat, and kids, I so need this in my home right now. Sounds so simple to make. I bet it smells wonderful.
What a great idea. I’d love to put one of these in our living room. That scent sounds nice.
WHAT! This is fabulous. I can’t use many of the store bought ones due to the fragrances being too strong and too much for our bird, they could kill him so this would be a much better solution and I think I NEED to make this asap!
Oh wow! This is such a great idea. I have essential oils. I will have to try this out.
What an awesome idea. I love DIY cleaning/freshening products. Natural goodness without all the harsh chemicals.
What a great idea! I’ll bet this smells amazing! I love keeping air fresheners around my home, but I’m sure this one takes the cake!
It’s so easy to make your own air freshener. I love this tutorial. This is so much better than those store-bought products filled with chemicals!
I’ve never even heard of homemade air freshener before. Thank you so much. I guy a lot of air fresheners, so this is going to save me a ton of money.
OK I am definitely going to have to try this myself – I am such a sucker for airfreshers and this seems like an eco-friendly way!
I so need to try this, I was on the phone fussing about the smell in my car. It wasn’t a stinky smell, but it smelled closed up. I decide that I wanted to give it a scent but I wasn’t sure what it would be. I also wanted something that was going to last me.