How To Make Bath Bombs With A Toy Surprise Inside

Bath Bombs

You have seen bath bombs but do you know how easy it is to make them for yourself? Using a few simple ingredients you can make your own. You don’t have to, but adding a little toy surprise for the little ones is easy, too.

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If you mix citric acid and baking soda in a bowl, it isn’t very exciting. Nothing happens, but when you drop that mixture into a larger amount of water, it creates a chemical reaction. Lots of fizzy bubbles form. These bubbles are made of carbon dioxide.

In order to make a shaped bath bomb, you need to add water or witch hazel so the mixture will clump together. Add too much liquid and fizzing will begin.

Adding cornstarch will prevent the citric acid and baking soda from reacting too soon.

Using witch hazel instead of water creates a soothing formula. You can use water if you like but I added the witch hazel.

Although you can use food coloring, which might dye your skin or your bathtub, I used the mica colorant leftover from the homemade lavender soap and the rose-scented soap.

Bath Bomb Molds

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You can find bath bomb molds on Amazon or in your local craft store. Checking reviews on Amazon, there are several that complain about the aluminum molds being dented too easily.

You can use silicone molds but people complained about the bombs falling apart. You can use any silicone mold, heart-shaped, square, or decorative to create smaller bath bombs. Just be sure to allow the bath bombs to completely dry before removing them from the molds. The bombs are likely to crumble and fall apart if you remove them too soon.

You can also use plastic Easter eggs as molds. Be sure to use clean Easter eggs and wipe down the inside with coconut oil for easy removal. Completely close and snap the egg closed. Allow the bath bomb in the eggs to sit for at least one hour. Then, carefully open and remove the egg-shaped bath bomb.

After reading reviews, I bought these stainless steel molds on Amazon. It seems most people are really happy with the stainless steel molds. They are much sturdier. These are also large enough to hide a tiny toy in the center.

Toys

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How To Make Bath Bombs With A Toy Inside — Littlest Pet Shop Animals

I found these Littlest Pet Shop animals at the local market. They came in individual packs. Amazon has sets of these mini pets at different price points. These are perfect for this project! Memphis will love them.

Coconut Oil

You can use either virgin coconut oil or fractionated coconut oil. Fractionated coconut oil is liquid. You will have to melt virgin coconut oil but you want to just heat it enough to melt it. It should not be hot when added to the mixture.

You can read more about the difference between virgin coconut oil and fractionated coconut oil◄here.

I always have coconut oil on hand and that is what I used in this recipe. If you or I continue to make bath bombs and soaps, it might be wise to buy some of the fractionated coconut oil.

How To Make Bath Bombs — Bath Bomb Ingredients

Bath Bomb Recipe

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The bath molds I bought on Amazon above include two different sizes. The inside measurement of the large mold is 2-5/8 inches. The inside measurement of the smaller mold is 2-3/8 inches.

This recipe makes two of the large bath bombs and one of the smaller bath bombs.

You Will Need:

Bath Bomb Molds
1 cup of baking soda
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup Epsom salts
Littlest Pet Shop mini pets or a little toy of your choice

*I didn't realize it, but you can usually find citric acid in the canning aisle at your local grocery.

Directions:

Pour the baking soda, citric acid, cornstarch, and Epsom salts into a large-sized stainless steel or glass mixing bowl. (Notice the separate bowl of 2 tablespoons of baking soda and 1 tablespoon citric acid combined. This is in case too much liquid is added and fizzing begins. You can quickly add some of the baking soda-citric acid mixture to the bath bomb mixture to save it. I didn’t need it this time.)

Melt the coconut oil. Be careful to not heat the coconut oil too much, especially in the microwave!

If you have a warming center on your stovetop, it works perfectly for melting the coconut oil. Remove it from the heat as soon as it melts.

While whisking, slowly pour the melted coconut oil into the dry ingredients. A note here, the oil did kind of ball up in little clumps. You can see the clumps in the picture with the sugar plum and lavender mica below. I think the fractionated would work better but I used my hands to completely mix the ingredients and it mixed in quite well.

Then, add the lavender and rose essential oils and whisk again.

Add the mica colorant and whisk together well. If you are creating different colors, separate the mixture into bowls and add a different color to each of the bowls. Whisk or use a spoon to stir the mica into the mixture until you have the desired color. I end up using the lavender and the sugar plum to one-half and the bubblegum and

I realize that the kitchen smells really good right now!

Witch Hazel

Spritz witch hazel, only if needed, two or three squirts at a time, into the mixture until it begins to clump when you squeeze it in your hands. The mixture should be kind of like damp sand, but it won’t feel gritty! I only needed a few squirts of the witch hazel.

Add The Toy

Fill one-half of the mold with the bath bomb mixture and press firmly to pack the mixture. Place the tiny toy on top of one half before you completely pack the mixture and press it into it. Overfill the mold slightly. Then, fill the other half in the same manner.

Press the two filled spheres together firmly, twisting a little until the lips of the sphere meet.

Allow these to sit for 10 minutes before removing them from the metal molds. I gently twist the top one way and the bottom in the opposite direction. Lift the top gently a smidge to see if it is going to release. It should! Put it back on, and then, turn the sphere upside down.

Gently turn the top and slowly remove it. Then, gently turn the bath bomb out onto your hand. (My gosh! This is perfect!)

Gingerly, place it on a tray. Repeat for each of the remaining molds.

Then, allow the bath bombs to completely dry for 24 hours. Place the dried bombs in plastic bags, shrink wrap, or store them in an air-tight container.

Note: As I’m pressing the two spheres together, my thought is, it’s a good thing I bought the stainless steel. Aluminum probably won’t hold up nearly as well.

Yikes! Bath Bomb Disaster

How To Make Bath Bombs With A Surprise Toy Inside — Bath bomb disaster

I had a bath bomb disaster when placing that last bath bomb on the tray. Not a big deal! If this happens, place the pieces back in the bowl. The two colors won’t be separate but that’s not critical. Scoop up the remaining mixture on the tray and add it to the bowl.

Use a spoon to break up the pieces and begin spraying with the witch hazel again until it is back to the perfect clumping state. Then, fill the molds again, adding the toy. Let it rest for 10 minutes and unmold again. It works perfectly.

Bath Bomb Tips

Humidity is not your friend when making bath bombs.  Avoid making bath bombs on rainy days.

Mica colorants are easy to mix into your bath bomb mixture.  You can add mica colorants to your dry ingredients or mix with the oils you are adding to the mixture.

After filling the mold halves and pressing the two together, wait 10 minutes.  If your bath bomb mixture is the right consistency your mold halves should come off easily. If they don’t, it could be your mixture is too wet.

Prepare a separate bowl of 2 parts baking soda to 1 part citric acid.  If you add too much liquid and fizzing begins, quickly add some of the baking soda-citric acid mixture to the bath bomb mixture.

Remember that if you use silicone molds, you need to allow the bath bombs to completely dry before removing from the molds.  The bombs are likely to crumble and fall apart if you remove them too soon.

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