All-Natural Mosquito Repellent Candles – A few simple ingredients, a mason jar and a few minutes of time is all you need to keep those pesky mosquitoes away.

Mosquitoes love me! Every year I get eaten alive by the little buggers. I’ve tried a bunch of different things to get them to leave me alone but I’m never thrilled with the results. Bug zappers only take care of some of the bugs, bug sprays feel nasty on your skin and candles stink to high heaven, plus I can’t stand the fact that they contain chemicals.
A few years ago I started a herb garden around my porch, and the funniest thing happened, no mosquitoes. Come to find out the basil I was growing was something that mosquitoes disliked the smell of. That’s when I came up with this simple DIY project.
MOSQUITO REPELLENT CANDLES
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I am constantly plagued by mosquitoes, my blood must be vsweet, I will give this a try#[email protected]_karendenniz
I’m going to give this a try!
They are great to set around for outdoor get togethers.
Looks like a winner to me. I featured you and also pinned your mosquito repellent. I’m making this, btw! Your friend, Linda @Crafts a la mode
Thank you so much for the feature, Linda!
I’ll do it! I’m tired of finding a mosquito repellent and I’m sure this will do. ❤
I’m sure you’ll love it, it looks pretty and smells good too!
Please forgive my ignorance, but what does the floating candle do?
Makes it pretty! LOL
Actually the heat from the candle helps to intensify the smell of the orange and basil and the smoke carries it into the air, thus repelling the mosquitos.