Making your own DIY cleaning products can save you money.

This past month, shopping at the grocery stores have been crazy. Rows of shelves stand empty or are very depleted. And if the shelf is restocked, customers quickly fill their shopping carts with those items. It’s especially challenging to find items such as cleaning products, disinfecting wipes, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, paper towels and facial wipes.

To help those who are having a hard time finding cleaning products, I’ve compiled a list of 9 DIY cleaning products. These homemade cleaning products are simple cleaners that use basic ingredients, which you most likely already have in your home, to make effective cleaning solutions. Plus, it will save you money.

For the first of the DIY homemade cleaners, I made a video below of how to make a homemade disinfectant spray with bleach. If you can’t view it, head over to my YouTube channel here.

Here are 9 DIY cleaning products that will save you money.

Safety Tip: Never combine ammonia-based cleaners with chlorine bleach or products containing bleach, such as powdered dishwasher detergent. The fumes they’ll create are extremely dangerous. Before doing any mixing, read the product labels first.

1. Homemade Disinfectant Spray

To make homemade disinfectant spray with bleach, you’ll mix the following in an empty spray bottle:

• 1/4 cup bleach
• 1 teaspoon liquid laundry detergent
• Water – fill the rest of the bottle with water and shake

The most effective way to use this disinfectant is to spray it on a surface and let it sit for 10 minutes before wiping it off with a damp cloth. This will allow time for the bleach to kill the bacteria.

2. All-Purpose Cleaner

• 1/2 cup vinegar
• 3 cups warm water
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 10 drops essential oil (optional)

Directions:
Add vinegar to spray bottle, followed by water, baking soda and essential oils.  Mix by gently shaking.

3. Homemade Glass Cleaner

• 1/8 cup (1 oz.) White Ammonia
• 1/4 cup (4 oz.) Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol
• 1 drop of laundry detergent
• Water – to fill the remainder of the bottle

Mix all of the items in an empty spray bottle.

4. Tub & Shower Cleaner

• 4 ounces white vinegar
• 4 ounces liquid, blue Dawn detergent

Note: If you aren’t sure about measuring ounces, just do a one-to-one ratio of white vinegar and blue liquid Dawn detergent. If you mix 1/2 cup of each, it’s enough to do the job.

Directions:

• Heat vinegar in microwave until hot and pour into spray bottle.
• Add the Dawn soap. It specifically needs to be the blue Dawn soap.
• Put the lid on and gently shake to incorporate.
• Spray it on a surface, scrub, and rinse. For tough soap scum build-up, spray the mixture on and allow it to sit as long as overnight, then scrub and rinse.

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We love to wish our neighbors and friends a Merry Christmas each year and are always looking for a simple, yet affordable, way to let them know we are thinking of them during the holidays. Last year, we made these popcorn neighbor Christmas gifts and delivered them to friends and neighbors.

We picked up these boxes of popcorn from the Dollar Tree for only $1 each, and each box came with three packages of popcorn. We gave each of our neighbor and friend families a box.

If you are trying to be more budget conscious, or you are on a tight budget for Christmas, you could make this neighbor gift even more affordable and give each family just one of the packages of popcorn from the box. Check out these 6 Tips How to Give Holiday Gifts Without Spending Too Much.

With the popcorn box, we added a homemade tag that said, “Just POPPIN’ By To Wish You A Merry Christmas” and added our name at the bottom. I put eight of these sayings onto a single page and printed them on red paper. Then I used paper edge scissors to cut out the saying so it looked more decorative. And to finish it off, I tied it up with Christmas curling ribbon.

It was simple and didn’t take too much time, and our family enjoyed going around delivering them to neighbors and friends the week before Christmas.

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How to make easy tissue paper flowers is one of my most popular posts. Now that it is spring and with summer coming up soon, I decided to make a video about how to make tissue paper flowers. Watch this tissue paper flower video tutorial to add spring decor around the house. It’s also a perfect gift for Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day or to give to someone special to say you love them.

You’ll need these items:

• 5 sheets of tissue paper cut to 7″x 12″ (This is just one size. You can make them larger or smaller as desired.)
• Pipe cleaner, wire, or twist tie
• Scissors

If you want to receive a FREE How to Make a Tissue Paper Flower tutorial download to your inbox, Click here!

If you can’t view the video, head over to my YouTube channel to see it.

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