We thought bath bombs would make the perfect Valentine’s Day gift when packaged to look likeĀ a bomb along with a tag that says, “You’re the ‘bomb’!”
DIY Bath Bombs
Supplies:
2 Cups Baking Soda
1 Cup Citric Acid
4 teaspoons massage oil ( or 2 teaspoons essential oil and 2 teaspoons olive oil)
Spray bottle with water
mold (60 mm 2 part plastic ball)
This amount only made 5 bath bombs.Ā If I was making more I would buy the citric acid online in bulk. The small bottleĀ you see pictured (1/2 cup) was $2.50. I purchased it from my local health food store.Ā You can buy citric acid online for $2.25 per pound. BrambleBerry is offering all Skip to my Lou readers 10% off citric acid, use LOU10 at checkout to receive your discount!
Mix baking soda and citric acid in large mixing bowl.Ā Mix very well! You can use an electric mixer if you like.
Add in 4 teaspoons of scented massage oil (or other combination of skin safe essential oil for scent and another oil for moisturizing the skin). The scent is personal, so start with a teaspoon or so and add more until you are satisfied. Mix well.
This next step can be a bitĀ tricky because you don’t want your bath bomb to start fizzing. Start by adding a couple of fine mist sprays of water to your mixture and mix well.
You will continue spraying until the mixture will clump in your hand when squeezed. (I used 5-8 sprays, however this will depend greatly on your local climate)
Fill one half of your mold.Ā Pack it tightly.
Fill the other half of the mold and place them together—don’t snap together.Ā I slightly overfilled each half.Ā When I pushed the two halves together they became a ball.
Gently remove the ball from mold.Ā If I had problems with the ball coming out easilyĀ I dumped the mixture back into my bowl, added a mist of water (carefully), mixed well and then tried again.
Cut out about a 10 inch circle of black tissue paper.
Wrap tissue up around your bath bomb and trim if necessary.
Place a silver pipe cleaner in the center and then wrap a shiny red pipe cleaner around the the tissue paper and silver pipe cleaner.Ā Add a tag and you are finished! You might want to write instructions for using the bath bomb on the back of the tag.
The bath bomb worked great. It provided fizz, bubbles and fun for my daughter’s bath.
Enjoy!
These were very simple bath bombs.Ā If you are interesed in more recipes and detailed instructions, the internet is a great resource. Try Teach Soap for loads of bath and body recipes!
Wow…those are cool.
I am definately going to try and make them.
HAA! That is awesome!! I love it!
This is so adorable! I just spent almost two hours looking at all the great ideas and tutorials! I am hooked for sure.
I love this idea! I’m going to make these for teacher gifts this year. Do you have a link where we can find those cool molds?
OMG….I can’t wait to try these! My 3 year daughter is going on 45 (I swear). She insists on stopping at the Lush counter at Macy’s to smell all the bombs. This is a much more economical indulgence!! Thanks!
You are awesome. You have the cutest ideas.
Coco
Love the ideas!!
I love this. Where did you get the molds? A craft store?
That is an awesome gift idea. I will defiantly try this, on the gift tag I will put your blog address!
You are just so AWESOME! These bath bombs are… WOW! I adore you! š
Thanks a lot.
My son loves to make this kind of stuff.
What a adorable packaging concept to really make a simple bath bomb pop! Your photos are great too.
What a cute and simple gift idea! Thanks for posting. I’ll have to try it out.
That is so cute and useful!!! I want to make these!
now that is not only cute, but useful…and i just might have to make a few of these to try out! hmmmm. thanks!