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!
Yet another GREAT idea. Thanks!!
How fun, you always have such great ideas.
I love this and have wanted to try it for a few years now, but still have not found the molds. I will have give up and go online I guess!
I love your ideas. Thanks for sharing.
I just love your ideas! I just discovered your site and I can’t tell you how much I appreciate your simple directions. You are my hero!
I think these would make great Teacher appreciation gifts as well. I got suckered into helping plan that week so I’m definitely putting this on the list!
Wow, great idea. Thank you.
WOW – how cool is that!!
My friend makes these for me and I loooooove them, she uses the olive oil and they are wonderful..I now know how to make them now so I can have them all the time….WHOO HOOO…thanks for posting.
This is a great idea! I can’t wait to try it!
Okay curious minds are wondering where you got that great mold? Please do tell lol.
Charna
I think I’ll have to try this. š I just did the lollypop butterflies last night. So simple and cute!
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Oh my goodness – this would save me so much money that I spend at Lush (where their bath bombs are $3-6.00 each)!!
I do believe I could call this a science experiment and kill two birds with one stone! LOL
Great idea! I think we’ll make these for the kids teachers! Where did you get the plastic molds? Thanks!