Last-minute Fizzing Bath Bombs Gifts by Lara Piu

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Fizzing bath bomb gifts: Don’t leave home to make it

Feelin’ the holiday time crunch? Not so spendy on gifts? I feel your pain so I broke the code on how to make bath bomb frizzies… without leaving home.

They make great gifts for co-workers, teachers, hair stylists, manicurists, moms, and grand moms. My daughter loves to watch bath bombs fizz, so mine will be tucked into her Advent Calendar (mum’s the word).

Many do it at-home recipes require a hunt of hard-to-find, expensive ingredients, and the week before Christmas is no time for wild goose chases. With creative substituting, make these bathing treasures with stuff around the house for cheap, easy and efficient last minute gifts. Hurrah. Here’s how.

Gather

Mixing Bowl

Small cup or bowl

Two part plastic craft molds (Alternates: Silly putty container, hatching dinosaur egg container, or silicone cupcake molds. Tin cupcake molds work when handled with care.)

Non latex gloves (Optional.)

Fine mist sprayer with rubbing alcohol (Alternate: Witch Hazel.)

2 T citric acid (Alternates: Sour Salt (often found in Kosher food section), ReaLemon, TrueLemon, or any lemon substitute.)

2 T Sodium lauryl sulfate (Optional. Do not add for recipients with sensitive skin.)

2 T cornstarch (Alternates: Borax or any powdered laundry starch.)

1/4 C baking soda (Alternates: bread soda, cooking soda, or bicarbonate of soda. Optional.)

1/4 tsp fragrance oil (Alternates: Essential oil, bath oil. Optional.)

3-6 drops food color (Optional.)

3 T vegetable oil (Alternates: Olive oil or any cooking oil.)

Small or medium nylon sheer favor bags (Alternates: Clear cello bags and nice ribbon, cookie tin with baking cups, small gift box.)

Holiday themed confetti (Alternates: Crushed candy canes, clipped up garland, tinsel, pine cone pieces, cranberries, pretty paper. Optional.)

1 tsp. Bentonite clay (Optional)

Embellishments: Rummage through the house for interesting materials to glue or sew to the bottom of nylon favor bags. Look for beads, sequins, lace, buttons, and anything that inspires. Here unused decorative hair ties and headbands decorate small red nylon favor bags.

Steps

1. Make sure working area and tools are bone dry.
2. Combine oils in cup.
3. Combine powders in mixing bowl.
4. Add oil mix to powder mix, folding and gently mixing with hands until mixture feels like damp sand. It should not be too damp or too dry.
5. Place approximately three pieces of confetti into two-part plastic mold.
6. Pack mixture tightly into mold.
7. Tap mold lightly to extract ball halves from mold.
8. Prepare halves to be combined by spraying the side to be combined with alcohol mist about 4 times each.

9. To combine halves and make a ball, push and slide halves together. Do not twist.

10. Hot glue or sew embellishment items on bottom seam of bag.

11. Place bath bomb frizzie in decorated nylon favor bag and pull tie. The decorated nylon bag doubles as jewelry sachet for the gym or travel.

12. Alternate: Place one bath bomb in a clear cello bag and tie (as low as possible) with a heavy, bright two inch ribbon for a modern, fun look.

While you’re at it

Combine leftover mixture with Dead Sea or Epson salt in a zip lock bag and shake. Place the salts in decorated nylon favor bags or cello bags for a fizzing bath salt gift.

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Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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