Essential Oil Fall DIY Projects For The Cozy Season
Essential oil fall DIY projects for the cozy season. Make these fun fall crafts with your favorite essential oil fall scents!
We’re making a list of favorite fall activities to enjoy together this year, and I must admit that fall scents and favors are definitely a cornerstone of our most fond memories. Rather it’s quenching our thirst with apple cider while hunting for the best pumpkin to carve, or hanging a wool pompom garland on the fireplace with drops of cinnamon and clove essential oils, or baking chocolate chip pumpkin bread.
It all comes back to beloved fall tastes and aromas.
And during the cool, often rainy days of autumn, it feels especially good to surround ourselves with the warm, cozy scents of the season. I know you’ve got to be familiar with fall essential oil diffuser blends, but have you thought of using those fabulous aromas elsewhere?
Why not swap out room sprays in your kitchen, bathrooms, or bedroom for fall essential oil room sprays, make pumpkin pie bath bombs or other genius fall DIY projects with essential oils that smell like fall?
To help inspire you, I’ve compiled a beautiful list of fall essential oil DIY projects in true fall fashion. Make these fun fall crafts for your home or as DIY fall gift ideas. Each is incredibly easy to make and has all the right components for the cozy season.
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Related: Cozy Diffuser Blends
What Essential Oils Smell Like Fall?
If you’re a fan of autumn as much as I am, you’ll love this list of essential oils that smell like fall that I shared with a dozen diffuser blends for fall. You can recreate your favorite fall scents like pumpkin spice, crunchy leaves, cider, or misty woodlands with the best fall essential oils! Each is just right to warm up your home this autumn.
Best Fall Essential Oils:
Clove
Bergamot
Thieves
Fennel
Cedarwood
Elemi
Clary Sage
Orange
Ginger
Northern Lights Black Spruce
Vanilla
Cardamom
Frankincense
Vetiver
Idaho Blue Spruce
Pine
Lavender
Nutmeg
Use these scents in the fun fall essential oil recipes below or drop them into your diffuser with this printable list of a dozen fall diffuser blends in the Oily Chic Library.
Related To: 15 Ways to Use Vanilla Essential Oil
Essential Oil Fall DIY Projects For Your Fall Bucket List
I adore all things fall, but my fall bucket list wouldn’t be complete without several essential oil fall DIY projects! You won’t be able to resist adding a few of these essential oil recipes with a seasonal twist to your bucket list, either. Each is warm and cozy and makes a simple DIY fall gift idea.
Fall Essential Oil Wax Melts
If you’re unfamiliar with wax melts, you may know them as wax tarts or candle melts. They are one in the same – scented chunks of wax. They are easier to make than they look, with only two ingredients and easy step-by-step instructions!
What better way to welcome autumn’s arrival than with these fall-scented wax melts made with essential oils that smell like fall for the cozy season?
Pumpkin Spice Soap Recipe
This time of year, pumpkin spice is everywhere! Lattes, donuts, candles, and everything bath and body related. Who can resist the combination of sweetness and spice wrapped up in fall?
Infused with fall essential oils and a dash of real pumpkin spice sprinkled into the soap, these fall soaps look like you’ve poured a pumpkin spice latte right into a soap bar!
Fall Essential Oil Room Sprays
Bring on the cozy season with simple fall essential oil room sprays. They are one of the best ways to soak up fall scents.
How do you make a room spray with essential oils? All it takes is a few steps and three simple ingredients. I created natural room sprays for all our fall favorites, and now you can too with this easy DIY project!
DIY Pumpkin Spice Body Wash
This pumpkin spice body wash is all-natural, great for your skin, and smells delicious! It also lathers well and feels super creamy. Infuse it with a combination of cinnamon, clove, ginger, and sweet orange essential oils. Just remember, a little goes a long way with the warming spices in this essential oil blend!
DIY Crystal Essential Oil Rollers
It’s easy to make crystal-infused essential oil rollers at home. Start with a clear glass roller bottle, add your crystals, four to ten drops of essential oils that pair with your crystal for a 10ml bottle, and top it with a carrier oil, such as fractionated coconut oil.
Make a Black Tourmaline roller this autumn. It’s the birthstone for October and is known to be a powerful grounding stone as dark as night. It is said to repel or shield us from negativity and lift a dark mood into the light.
Pumpkin Pie Bath Bomb Recipe
With a mixture of ground pumpkin pie spice and vanilla essential oil, you will feel like you are bathing in a big pie pan with just one pumpkin pie bath bomb!
These are incredibly easy to create and would make a perfect fall gift. Why not give it to your Thanksgiving dinner hostess so she can relax after all of that meal prep?
DIY Fall Candles with Essential Oils
Bring the warmth and coziness of fall into your home with these DIY fall candles scented with essential oils. These homemade candles will make your home smell like fall without unnecessary synthetics in store-bought scented candles. Instead, these candles are crafted with natural waxes and essential oils.
Discover six fall candle recipes in cozy fall scents such as Pumpkin Spice, Winter Woods, Timber, Vanilla Latte, Autumn Air, and “Fall” in Love. This is an essential oil fall DIY project you don’t want to miss out on!
Essential Oil Simmering Potpourri
This essential oil simmering potpourri is easy to make, and you can use a Crock Pot slow cooker, stove top, or Instant Pot to create it. You’ll find it’s a clever way to make your home smell like fall without needing a diffuser.
You can customize this natural simmering potpourri for your tastes and what you have on hand. And you can make it as a simmering potpourri gift in a jar to give to friends if you use dried fruits and spices instead of fresh.
Essential Oil Massage Candle
Massage candles are utterly genius for melting away stress! If you’ve never experienced one, stop what you’re doing now because your senses will never be the same. I perfected the best essential oil massage candle recipe using pure ingredients. Get all the details and instructions here.
If you can’t tell, I’m a sucker for all autumn’s warm, comforting scents. And with these essential oil fall DIY projects, there’s no need to wait for the leaves to change to enjoy the best fall scents.
Put your most beloved sweet-smelling, spicy, or earthy fall essential oils into a simple room spray, body wash, or wax melts today!
MORE ESSENTIAL OIL DIYS:
- DIY Body Shimmer Spray
- How to Make Foaming Hand Soap
- Essential Oil Roller Bottle Recipes
- Eucalyptus Diffuser Blends
- DIY Crystal Candle Bowl
Pin this list of essential oil fall DIY projects to your Pinterest fall crafts board, and while there, follow Oily Chic for more inspired ideas. And don’t forget to print a fall diffuser blend chart!
P.S. Did you know you can tag #oilychic on Instagram to share your essential oil DIYs with us?