Hidden Fairy Bath Bombs

Have you ever bought bath bombs for yourself or for your kids? Bath bombs were originally intended for adults to use in the bath…their scents make the water smell wonderful and many times the bath bombs contain epsom salts to soften and refresh your skin. The thing that many people don’t know is that kids LOVE them too!!! The fizzy, bubbly, sizzling chemical reaction is just too cool! In the past, we’ve bought bath bombs and given them to our girls in their stockings at Christmas or for their birthdays…but now, we’ll never buy them again! These bath bombs are so quick and easy to make and there’s a surprise hidden inside each one! I found inspiration for this DIY on a fellow blogger’s site; she makes “Hidden Train Bath Bombs” for her little boys…adorable and genius!

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Materials needed:

  • 2 cups baking soda
  • 1 cup citric acid
  • food coloring
  • essential oil
  • water in a spray bottle (not pictured)
  • plastic fairies (flowers, dinosaurs, cars…)
  • silicone molds or a muffin tin

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First, mix two cups of baking soda and 1 cup of citric acid together in a large bowl.

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Next, add about 10-15 drops of food coloring and some essential oil, and mix. You can add more coloring and oil to suit your preference. I used a “sweet orange” oil and yellow food coloring. Even though the bath bombs themselves were not super-vibrant in color, the bath water certainly was! The kids loved it!

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Now, spray your mixture with water and mix quickly! I would give our mixture about 3 squirts, mix, then repeat. The baking soda and citric acid will start to fizz a bit, but once you mix, it will stop. Repeat this process until the mixture clumps together like breadcrumbs.

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Spoon the mixture into your silicone molds. Fill about halfway and pack it down firmly with your hands.

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Now, add your fairies. We added a silk flower to one of ours as well.

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Fill the molds the rest of the way with the baking soda-citric acid mixture and pack it down firmly. Once the bath bombs set, they will expand. The next time I make bath bombs, I may not fill them all the way up to the top…or I may do so purposely and make them look like frosted cupcakes!

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Let your bath bombs set up for a few hours until they are hard. (Can you believe how ours expanded and “grew”!?!) Flip the bath bombs over and gently pop them out of the molds.

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Now for the fun part, surprise your kids with the bath bombs! The chemical reaction is just so cool!!!

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They will be doubly-surprised to find fairies hidden inside!

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The walls, tile and bathtub in our bathroom are all white…the bath water was so, so yellow the whole bathroom glowed!!!

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This recipe can easily make 7-8 bath bombs…plenty for you and a friend! Enjoy!!!