DIY Bath Bombs

This was a fun project to do.  My daughter loves bath bombs and asks me to buy them for her all the time.

So off to the web I went to find a recipe.  Most of the recipes are the same but you will find the occassional variation.

 

 

 

Here is what you need to create the ones I made:

2 Cups Baking Soda

1 Cup Citric Acid (found a Walmart in the canning section)

Spray Bottle with Water

Fragrace (either essential oils or soap fragrance)

Food Coloring (optional)

Bowl

Whisk

Mold or Silicone Cupcake Molds

 

First you will want to mix up your baking soda and citric acid in a large bowl.  Make sure that you mix it really good.  I used a whisk for this.

Add in your fragrance oil.  Now for this part I used my soap oils that I buy to make my soaps but you can use essential oils if you don't have any of the soap fragrance.  I used about a teaspoon of my oil but it is very strong so you may want to use less.  It's all a personal preference.

 

I didn't get a picture of this next step but you are going to want to slowly mist your mixture with the water bottle and stir well.  I added food coloring to my bottle but it wasn't enough so my mixture turned out a very pale blue.

 

Keep doing this until you end up with what looks like the picture below.  You want this to pack nicely in your hand.  I used probably about 10 sprays of water for my mixture.  Yours may take more or less depending.

 

 

Once it starts to pack like that, pack it tightly into your molds. 

 

 

 

I let mine dry overnight.  I haven't gotten any pictures of the finished product unmolded but I will update with those later.

This recipe made 7 cupcake sized bath bombs.

 

Cost of this project:

$2.88 for the citric acid at Walmart

$0.50 for the Baking Soda

$1.97 for the silicone cupcake molds at Walmart

 

Food coloring, bowl, water, spray bottle, fragrance and whisk I had on hand.

 

 

Did you make this project?  Link me to it!  I would love to see it!

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Valentines Mason Jar Candle Holder

Do you have mason jars hanging around?  I do.  I have a ton of them that I used for canning.  I don't can as much as I use to so I always have extra jars that I can spare for crafting.

 

Valentines is one of those holidays that I feels always gets overlooked as far as decor goes.  This is a simple project that doesn't cost much.  In fact you probably have most of it on hand already.

 

What you will need:

Mason jar

Scraps of tissue paper (various colors)

Scissors

Modge Podge

Paint brush

 

Start by cutting out some hearts.  Make them all different sizes and colors.

 

 

Next you will want to start applying a thin layer of Modge Podge on your jar.  Do this sections at a time to make it easier. 

 

 

Place your tissue paper on the glue and smooth out.  Keep doing this a little at time until you reach the end.

 

 

Fold the edges in the jar and on the bottom.  Glue those down also.  Now just let it dry.

 

Now you can start adding on your hearts.  Put some glue down on the jar and place your heart on top.

 

 



Smooth that out.

Keep doing that until you have your jar looking the way you want it to.  We did a little layering on top of other hearts too.

 

 

Let it all dry.  Once that happens, you can add a thin layer of Modge Podge over the whole jar to seal it all in.

 

And there it is, an easy Valentines project for anyone.  As you can see my daughter did most of this by herself. 

 

Cost of this project:

Practically nothing.

I had the tissue paper, jar, Modge Podge, paint brush and scissors on hand.

 

Did you make this project?  Link me to it!  I would love to see it!