Mini Bath Bombs

Ok so I totally missed tutorial tuesday yesterday as I spent the day watching films, colouring, painting, playing games and writing stories with the little boy next door who I looked after yesterday because his school has had to close because of an outbreak. Then last night me, Matt and Liam went to a pub quiz. Neadless to say we didnt win but I think 20/50 isnt bad for a first attempt at that quiz - the questions were all a mixture and not like a normal pub quiz but I think I may have just found something to entertain ourselves on a Tuesday night :)

Anyway tonight is Guides night and I wanted to share with you the activity I have come up with for the Guides to do tonight. I was in charge tonight of coming up with a crafty thing we could do for mothers day. I wanted something cheap and chearful and so I decided on Bath Bombs!!!

Heres How I made them and what you need :)

- Bicarbonate of Soda/Baking Powder
- Citrus Acid

These are the basic 2 ingredients and then you can pretty much customise how you want with smells and colours. You can use essential oils which are avaliable in pretty much any flavour you would ever want.
I chose to use radox bath muscle soak mainly because it gives both colour and smell for 89p which for a guide activity.
To make the amount you can see in the picture here I used 40g of bicarbonate of soda and 20g of citrus acid. Obviously you can use more if you want bigger bath bombs.

Mix your ingredients all together. I used a jug from the bathroom, I am using plastic bowls tonight with the guides, just so you dont leave a smell on the ones you eat with. Once I mixed these in a bowl I added a tbsp of radox muscle soak powder and then gradually added a tbsp at a time of water. I cant remember how much water I exactly used but it wasnt alot really. Just enough to bind it all together. It may start fizzing a bit but give it a good mix and then mould into balls.
Leave it to dry a bit and it will go hard. Put it in a lovely box and you could give it to your mum for mothers day.

If you want to make quite a few bath bombs in bulk then I would suggest you buy your bicarbonate of soda and citrus acid online. I asked in a couple of supermarkets if they did it in more than 200g and they said had to stop selling it in bulk because people use it to cut drugs with. I had it from this seller on eBay.