How to add the smell of the holidays to your home.

It is Christmas time and between baking cookies your house just does not smell of the holiday spirit. This is a quick and easy way to bring in the scents of the season.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Unscented dryer sheets
• Orange peels
• Cinnamon sticks
• Oils
• Cheap pan
• Water
• Stove

1. Dryer sheets are the key to success here. You can add any scented oil, any smell to a unscented dryer sheet. The non-oil smells are a little harder.

2. For a quick fix you can simmer two orange peels and three cinnamon sticks in a small pan of water. Once the mixture has come to a rolling boil add a couple of unscented dryer sheets to capture the smell. These can be removed after 2 minutes and stretched out over the sink or drying racks to dry.

3. The trick is to remove the filter from your furnace and pin the dryer sheet to the filter. They are made of the same material and are heat resistant. The smell is wonderful and intensified by the heat of the air as it is pushed through the filter and the dryer sheet.

Tips & Warnings

• Change the sheet once a week for the best results.
• You can buy a cheep pan at a thrift shop for this project to keep from possibly ruining your good pans should you allow the mixture to boil to long.
• Never leave a stove unattended and always turn the handle of the pan towards the back of the stove even when little ones are not around so that you don’t forget when they are there.

[arwen1964]

on 2/12/2008 That is interesting as well as environmentally conscious. What a great way to recycle dryer sheets...

[favefive]

on 1/7/2008 I love this idea...I will try this...not only for Christmas!

[Diablo2]

on 12/14/2007 I'll try this since i have pets in my house, so it doesn't always smell like roses.

[CattyB]

on 12/13/2007 We can't get to our furnace's filter very easily, so I've done something very similar with the heat registers (vents) in the rooms of the house. I usually cut the sheets so that they fit over about 1/2 to 2/3 of the vent and hold them in place with magnets. Make sure your scented sheets aren't touching carpet, paint, or anything else that they may damage or stain.

[Elfenaura]

on 12/12/2007 Wow!!! Does this work? It seems so easy. This is great. I've got to try it.