04 Jun How to Make Dinosaur Egg Bath Bombs
We are a homeschooling family and one of our favorite subjects is nature study. I’d been eyeing a local nature preserve for a while for its natural science museum, great trails and homeschool educational programs, but what finally pushed us to go was their Dinosaurs Live! exhibit. This is a series of 10 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs that move and roar at you as you walk along the exhibition path. The children absolutely loved it.
Once home, after our visit, the children found a documentary on dinosaurs and were especially interested in the baby dinosaurs hatching from eggs. I love to get the kids involved in my unending DIY projects, especially when it relates to homeschooling, so I thought it would be fun to create some dinosaur egg-shaped bath bombs, hiding some dinosaurs inside. Of course we had to add essential oils to take full advantage of their benefits, while enjoying the bath bombs!
Bath bombs with essential oils can be dropped into bath water, providing the aromatic and therapeutic benefits of the essential oil. They will also soften the water and skin as they fizz and bubble. These are theoretically so easy to make, and the kids will love to help!
Dinosaur Egg Bath Bombs
You will need:
- 1 cup Baking Soda
- 3/4 cup Cornstarch
- 1/2 cup Citric Acid
- 1/4 cup Epsom Salt
- A small spray bottle filled with water
- Optional: a natural coloring of your choice
- Optional: an essential oil of your choice
- Easter eggs
- Mini dinosaurs
Sift the baking soda, cornstarch, Epsom Salts, and citric acid together into a glass bowl. Spritz the mixture very lightly with the spray bottle of water, gently stirring after each spritz. Make sure it does not fizz. Continue to spritz until you can pack the powder together in your hand. You want it to be as dry as possible. Add your coloring of choice. You can also add your essential oil of choice here, or once the egg is dried, you can drop the essential oil onto it and it will absorb quickly.
Firmly pack the mixture into the Easter egg mold, including the mini dinosaurs. Close them and allow them to set for about 6 hours. Remove them from the Easter eggs carefully. Each egg is enough for one bath.
To make the experience even better, we added our current favorite essential blend, Release which combines uplifting, calming oils that stimulate a sense of peace and emotional well-being. Sounds heavenly, doesn’t it? I almost stole one of the eggs to make my own bath!
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