Here is a Friday Flashback about making bath bombs.
Bath bombs make the perfect Valentine’s Day gift when packaged to look like a bomb along with a tag that says, “You’re the ‘bomb’!”
They would also make cute teacher appreciation gifts!
Homemade Fizzy Bath Bomb Recipe
How to make foaming 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) (I am also thinking the bottoms of two large Easter eggs could be used)
This amount only made 5 bath bombs. If I was making more I would buy the citric acid online in bulk. The small bottle you see pictured (1/2 cup) was $2.50. I purchased it from my local health food store.
Mix baking soda and citric acid in large mixing bowl. 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 bit 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. Pack it tightly.
Fill the other half of the mold and place them together—don’t snap together. I slightly overfilled each half. When I pushed the two halves together they became a ball.
Gently remove the ball from mold. If I had problems with the ball coming out easily 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. 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!
It is a plastic two piece Christmas ornament. You can find them at a craft store.
where did you get your round mold?
The previous comment about using witch hazel is true. You can also use a spray bottle with alcohol and it will not create premature fizzing.
That is a great idea Maree!
been making bath bombs for some time this is the easiest directions I have seen wanted to say I also use heart shaped tree ornaments or those filled with sweets out around valentines day For these I add some dried rose ,geranium or lavender depending on oils used Perfect as gifts
I found the molds at a large craft store. They are clear plastic Christmas ball ornaments that are two pieces that snap together.
Hi there,
Where can I find the molds??
I buy my citric acid from a website called Xen Soap and beauty supplies, I get it by the KG…bought 3 kilos for a great price.
This is the best bath bomb recipe ever! I followed your instructions almost exactly, except I used 1 tsp grapefruit essential oil and 3 tsp canola oil, since I knew the grapefruit scent was pretty strong. Thank you for posting!
I am super excited to make these, but a few things i need to know, i don’t want to go and buy the citric acid but I have a lemon zest bottle, would that work?
I just made these, they’re drying in the oven now. I used a mixture of magnesium spray and witch hazel instead of water, and I added half a handful of epsom salts. I used a mold about the size of a Christmas ornament, but for some reason only got 3 balls even though I added extra ingredients. For the price of the ingredients its probably not worth it for only 3 bombs but it was a fun project with my kid non the less.
It is a plastic ball Christmas ornament found at a craft store. Make sure you get one that come apart in two pieces.
For citric acid purchasing – look for a beer & wine making shops in your area, that is where I found mine, usually much cheaper as they sell in bulk (i.e. 1lb for $3.49 or 50lb for $120 at my store)
where did you get that mold?
you can also go to the canning isle at Wal-Mart and buy the citric Acid- make sure that the first ingredient listed is citric acid but it is a lot cheaper than going to the health food store to buy-hope this helps the cost…You can also add vitamin E oil or buttermilk powder which helps makes your skin so soft and corn starch you can use in the ingredients of your bath bomb as well..