Being a mom of four can sometimes be a little overwhelming. There are many days when I enjoy my little time out when I get to take a shower and if I am real lucky I can take a bath without interruptions. I have always been one of those girly girls that enjoy a nice hot bath with bubble bath, music and maybe even a glass of wine
One thing that I have always enjoyed with my baths are bath BOMBS.
Since I have made my own homemade soaps and bath salts in the past I thought it would be fun to make some homemade bath bombs that I can use to not only spoil myself but also give as a gift too!
If you enjoy baths and bath bombs and want to make these at home here is what you are going to need:
- 1 3/4 cup baking soda
- 1 cup citric acid
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 1 cup Epsom salts
- Liquid coloring
- Essential oil
- Bath Bomb Molds
- Small spritzer bottle
- Bowls
First you will want to get a large bowl and sift baking soda, citric acid, cornstarch through a sieve to remove any chunks. Stir to blend. If you don’t have a sieve, you can also use a wire wisk. Add epsom salts and stir again.
Measure out 1 cup of bath bomb mixture into a medium bowl. In a small spritzer bottle add a small amount of water and about 6 drops of your liquid coloring and shake well. Lightly spritz the mixture and stir as you are spritzing. Be sure to spritz slowly so your mixture will NOT start fizzing.
Your mixture should have a wet sand texture when touched.
If you want your mixture darker, add a drop or two of the coloring in the mixture without the water and make sure to mix well.
Next add about 4-5 drops of the essential oil into the mixture and mix well.
Firmly pack bath bomb mixture into your bath bomb molds.
Allow mixture to set in mold at least 2 hours before you try to remove it from mold. Once they are hard and dry, gently pop them out of mold.
Rubber molds make it easy to remove the bath bombs but the metal baking tins are not so easy.
I found the best way to remove the bath bombs out of my metal baking dish was to take the flat side of my metal meat tenderizer and tap it on the bottom of the tin. This trick worked with my donut shaped bath bombs.
What is fun about making these bath bombs is that you can make some for yourself and also package up some to give as a gift. I made a cute label with my Silhouette and placed it on a plastic container I got at the Dollar Store.
This will make a perfect gift for grandma!
These remind me of lush bath bombs, love the shapes you made, and lavender is so relaxing to me, so fairly easy to make too, huge money saver too. I love bath bombs.
Gosh, these DIY Bath Bombs are fantastic. They were make great gifts too.
Really cute and looks like a lot of fun making them!
Those are way easier to make than I would have thought! I need to make some of these.
I have been wanting to make some bath bombs! I love to soak in a hot tub in the evening!
I have always wondered how to make these at home. I’m going to have to try it. I’m not a lavender fan. I like eucalyptus or spearmint, do recommend those oils?
Who knew making your own bath bomb is this easy? What a cool idea, I would love to try it out myself!
That looks like fun! Great party activity
These are really cute! They seem pretty easy and super fun to make, too. 🙂
These look so fun! My kids would love these in the bath!!
Really cute!!! thanks for sharing…
I have never made these before so I am going to have to try making them. They would make a great gift also. Thanks for sharing.
They are quite colorful and beautiful to look at. I love the idea of creating your own and adding essential oils.
Sounds like a nice thing to add to a Mothers Day gift basket =)
Not only are they fun to make, but they’re such pretty decorations!
I think these are a great idea and I would like to make them to give as gifts.
Looks cute and easy to make
These are such beautiful Homemade Bath bombs that I want to try to make and they look easy and I bet they really are soothing in a hot tub!
Looks pretty easy to make! I’ll have to try this!
How neat! These would make a great Mother’s day gift.
I recently got them as gift and was looking to make in summer.