SPA Birthday for Preshoolers

Dry Ingredients:
1 cup baking soda
1/2 cup citric acid
1/2 cup corn starch

Mix dry ingredients together until completely combined and smooth. (I ground up oats in my blender and added about 1/4 cup of that too. It gives the bombs a cool textured look AND it’s good for your skin as well.)
Wet Ingredients:

• 2 1/2 Tbsp sunflower or other light oil (almond oil would be good too.)
• 3/4 Tbsp water
• 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of Lavender essential oil (depending on how strong your oil is)
• 1/4 tsp Vitamin E oil (optional, but recommended – an antioxidant which preserves the oils)
• 1/4 teaspoon borax (an emulsifier)
• witch hazel in a spray bottle (it doesn’t come in a spray bottle, you will have to put it in one)
• vegetable or other natural colorant (I didn’t feel like messing with color, so I left them white)
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  Whisk all of the wet ingredients and Borax together in a large bowl
•  Drizzle slowly onto the dry ingredients and blend thoroughlyMix with your hands until all of the ingredients are combined.
  
  
  Lightly spray the mixture 2-3 times with witch hazel.
  
  
  The mixture should just start to hold together when pressed in your hand, like slightly moist fine sand. If it’s not sticking together, spray a little more witch hazel.
  
  
  Pack TIGHTLY into molds. I ordered these fun ones off of Amazon.com, but you could use anything really.  Even a small (1/4 cup) measuring cup.
  
  
  Let the bath bombs dry and harden overnight before you pick them up. I got a little impatient (who, ME?) and tried to take them out of the molds a few hours later and they would not cooperate. In the morning, however, the ones I hadn’t messed with were hard as a rock. Silly me. No worries though, the crumbly stuff works just as well in the bath. :-)
  This recipe made about 16 bath bombs that were 1-5/8″ inches in diameter. Can’t wait to make some more!