Peppermint Pampering Gifts In Jars

Published: Nov 13, 2013 · Modified: May 9, 2023 by Tonia Larson

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Gifts in a jar are perfect for giving homemade Christmas gifts. This Peppermint Pampering Jar is filled with items like body butter, foot, and sugar scrub.

Giving homemade Christmas gifts is so affordable! This Christmas, I am giving gifts in a jar with a Peppermint Pampering theme. It is filled with homemade peppermint spa products and peppermint treats. If you want to make your own spa products, the recipes are below. If not, you can buy small-sized bottles of similar spa products to put in the jars. Or buy large bottles and divide them into small containers.

In This Post: Everything You Need To Make Peppermint Pampering Gifts In A Jar

Peppermint Body Butter
Peppermint Sugar Scrub
Peppermint Foot Soak
Peppermint Pampering Labels

I started with lots of these small containers from Family Dollar and spray-painted the lids red. Be sure to use spray paint that is specially formulated for plastics. I used Krylon Fusion For Plastic in Pepper Red Gloss to paint these lids. Don’t worry if you can’t find these exact containers. Try looking for small plastic containers in the bead aisle at a craft store or in the food storage aisle of a large retailer like Walmart or Target.

Supplies for making peppermint body butter.

To make the peppermint body butter, I used one Net Wt 7.5 oz jar of Vaseline Cocoa Butter petroleum jelly, three 8 fl. oz bottles of Bath and Body Works Twisted Peppermint body lotion (bought them on sale) and two Net Wt. 4 oz jars of Studio 35 Vitamin E cream.

Whipping body butter with a stand mixer.

Put all of the ingredients into the mixer bowl and add drops of red food coloring, 5 teaspoons peppermint extract and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Whip everything together.

Fill up as many small containers as you need and put the rest into large containers. This recipe makes 48 oz of lotion. If you don’t need that much, cut the recipe in half.

Peppermint Body Butter

To make the peppermint sugar scrub, put 1/2 cup of fractionated coconut oil in a large bowl.

Add 1 1/2 cups of granulated sugar, 2-3 teaspoons peppermint extract, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 2 drops of red food coloring (if desired).

Mix everything until the color is evenly distributed.

Fill containers with the sugar scrub.

Peppermint Sugar Scrub

Whisking peppermint foot soak in a bowl.

Next, I made some peppermint foot soak by mixing together 1 cup baking soda, 1/2 cup Epsom salt, 2 teaspoons peppermint extract and 2 drops of red food coloring. Use a whisk to mix well. The extract made the mix a little wet so I poured it onto a piece of parchment paper and let it dry for 1/2 an hour.

Put 2 tablespoons of peppermint foot soak into each container. When ready to use the foot soak, pour the entire contents of the small foot soak container into a basin of warm water.

Peppermint Foot Soak

Print, cut out and glue the labels onto the containers. You can print the FREE labels below.

Put a piece of candy cane washi tape across the top of the containers.

Here is everything I put into my peppermint pampering mason jar: Ghiradelli Mint Chocolate, a peppermint hot cocoa packet, a red manicure set, candy cane Chapstick, and peppermint candy. I used a Kerr one quart (32 oz) wide-mouth mason jar.

Carefully add everything to the jar so that it all fits.

Put a piece of candy cane-striped Washi tape around the lid and add a snowflake to the top. I bought a pack of these snowflakes in the dollar section at Target.

I am making a ton of these gifts in a jar to give away this Christmas! I’ve got a head start and now I just need to be sure to finish them!

Want more gifts in a jar? Try these next:

A Pedicure In A Jar includes all of the things you need to give yourself a pedicure at home.

The Spa In A Jar mason jar gift includes everything you need for an at-home spa day.

Looking for other Mason Jar Gifts? We have a full tutorial on how to put everything in a jar.

Peppermint Pampering Printable Labels

To make the peppermint pampering labels, open the files you want and download the pdf to your computer. Each pdf is a full sheet of one kind of labels. Print the labels onto paper using your printer and cut out each label. Glue the labels to the containers. Or you can print the labels onto full sheet label sticker paper and cut each label out. Then, peel off the backing and attach the labels to the containers.

Body Butter Printable Labels

Sugar Scrub Printable Labels

Foot Soak Printable Labels