Ingredients

1/2 cup baking soda
1/2 cup citric acid
1/2 cup Himalayan pink salt or epsom salt
1/2 cup cornstarch
2 1/2 tbsp melted coconut or grapeseed oil
1 tbsp water
5-10 drops essential oil
bath bomb molds
optional: coarse Himalayan pink salt, dried flowers

Instructions

Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl. Mix together with wooden spoon or hands. For essential oil think lavender, eucalyptus, bergamot - we used grapefruit. Use less for faint, subtle or more for a stronger scent.

Take a mold half and fill it making sure to pack in the ingredients. Add a little more so it's over flowing.(We also used coarse pink salt first to add a little decoration top to our bombs. Dried flowers is another option.) Fill the other mold half and place on other filled mold half. Squeeze tight to form a ball. Remove mold from bath bomb.

Notes

We found this project to be very forgiving - we added a tiny bit of water with a spray bottle when it felt like it needed it and often re-made the bath bombs when the ball didn't form so well. Let them dry for 24 hours. Wrap or store however desired. We used tissue paper, ribbon, stickers - to give a few as gifts.

We picked up a few tiny succulents at our local farmers market for $3 each (also available at garden centers, Home Depot, on-line plant delivery shops) and used a ceramic bowl that was about to be thrown away to plant them in. Small votive candle holders or an old tea cup make good vessels for these low maintenance plants which you can easily fit on your remote school desk or WFH bookshelf. Water sparingly once a week with a spritzer or few drops - they really are so easy to take care of while bringing live greens to your environment good for both indoors or outside. No green thumb needed!