Easy Homemade Bath Bombs

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My little boy LOVES bath bombs. I mean loves them. He especially loves the ones with little trinkets inside of them that he can discover once they finish dissolving. I am not that sophisticated with bath bomb making yet, but that will be the next step. He first discovered them last year after I brought one home to soak after what felt like a billion hours (really it was only 14) on my pregnant feet from volunteering at an event. He was fascinated that the tub turned bright blue and he wanted to try one himself.

His little mind is very curious and he wants to know what exactly make the bath bombs fizz. At the time I didn’t know, so I called in the big guns. His Mimi (my mother-in-law, AKA science teacher for 38 years) would surely know the answer.

She did.

That day he discovered what a chemical reaction was. He was three. His Mimi loves to do science experiments and that was the start of a more advanced kind of science experiment. He has been so interested and excited about science experiments since then.

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Also, since then when we attempted to make our first bath bombs we have come a long way. There were several failed attempts where we were just making fizzy bath salts and storing them in Ziploc bags to not lose all the contents.

Mrs. Terry (Mimi) also took the task to her 6th-grade science class and had them make them for their parents for Christmas gifts while trying to discover the perfect recipe that would actually hold together and make a solid thing that would then dissolve in the tub. That is really sort of necessary for the wow factor, but not at all necessary for what I use the bath bombs for … RELAXATION.

Aaaaaaahhhh! There really is something so amazing about that effervescent little ball. The smells, the sound. So fun.

I am happy to say that I may have conquered the bath bomb problem and now have a pretty good recipe that works well. I have not had nearly as many balls fall apart. I am really excited that things are sticking together so well. These will make perfect stocking stuffers for our Homemade Christmas.

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I have tried several of the molds and find the interlocking plastic kind (like a clear DIY ornament) works the best. We also have stainless steel molds that don’t interlock and I didn’t have as much luck with that kind. I also let them sit for at least 24 hours before attempting to remove them from the molds.