This Homemade Bug Spray will keep ticks, mosquitos, and other insects away so you can enjoy being outside without harmful chemicals.
Homemade Bug Spray
There is one thing I absolutely hate! Ticks and mosquitos. I realize they have their place in our ecosystem but I still absolutely despise them! To make matters worse, we also happen to live in one of the nation’s leaders of Lyme Disease and EEE.
We spend as much time as possible outside from April through the Fall. Hiking, camping, gardening, walking. Really anything that involves being outside. It’s a loonnng Winter and Spring (once it gets here), Summer and Fall are what we live for! It’s the best time of year for all of New England. But bug protection is a must for the worries that come along with it.
We have bought natural bug sprays for years over the past year, I thought it was time to make my own homemade bug spray to use from now on.
To make your own bug spray, you’ll just need a glass spray bottle, and a few simple ingredients.
Ingredients for Homemade Bug Spray
⅓ cup boiled water, cooled (or distilled water)
¼ cup witch hazel
Choose 3 or 4 of any of the following essential oils: lemongrass, geranium, lavender, eucalyptus, citronella, rosemary, peppermint, catnip, tea tree oil. (I used the first 4 in mine)
How to Make Homemade Bug Spray
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup boiled water cooled (or distilled water)
- ¼ cup witch hazel
- Essential oils – choose 3 or 4 of any of the following: lemongrass geranium, lavender, eucalyptus, citronella, rosemary, peppermint, catnip, tea tree oil. (I used the first 4 in mine)
Instructions
- Add the distilled water and witch hazel to the spray bottle.
- Then add a total of 30 – 40 drops of essential oil
- Shake well before each use.
- Spray on clothes, shoes, socks.
Nutritional Disclosure
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should only be used as an approximation.
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April J Harris
Scheduled to pin – I love the idea of a natural, chemical free bug spray – especially one that actually smells nice! Thank you so much for sharing this post with us at Hearth and Soul.
Miz Helen
Thanks so much for sharing this awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday. Hope you are having a great day and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Natalie
I love how simple this is! I bet it smells a lot better than the regular stuff too!
Jen
Oh I really need to try this. We live in a wooded area in Pennsylvania and have tons of ticks and mosquitoes. If you’re interested, I think this would make a great addition to my weekly Be Clean Be Green With Kids link up. Would love to have you link up if you’re up for it. Hope to see you there! http://www.honestlymodern.com/category/blog-101/be-clean-be-green-with-kids-link-up/
linda
I use peppermint extract and cedar extract and use a small spray bottle and spray my outdoor mats . It keeps bugs away and even fleas from the yard. I use water , then drops of each oil.
Sherry Legan
Oh this was a great post. I really do want to make the bug spray. Your lucky you can enjoy
the outdoors all the way into the fall. Our Aug and Sept is usually HOT!
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