Christmas Presents for Geeks – Bath Bombs

by Deb on October 15, 2010

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Ted Carnahan October 15, 2010 at 1:37 pm

Is there video anywhere of these bombs “going off?” It sounds pretty cool!
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Deb October 15, 2010 at 2:00 pm: There are quite a few tutorials on making them on YouTube, here is a quick video of one in the bath. Ours were smaller and not as dense so they don’t last as long, but we got a great colour in the bath. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYrXto6VloU

Deb October 15, 2010 at 2:01 pm

And I forgot to say of course you can add essential oils to smell nice 🙂

Hear Mum Roar October 16, 2010 at 1:34 am

I keep meaning to try these, and I love the idea of those moulds! Too cute

Amber October 16, 2010 at 6:38 am

This is too fun!! My step-son would love to make a bomb in the tub.
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Annie October 17, 2010 at 9:47 am

Wow, these are great. I decided this week that I wanted to make all of our christmas presents this year – AND in the chemist the other day the kids were looking at bath bombs and asking about them – so this is perfect timing and we will definitely give it a go.

What would you use for powdered colour?

Deb October 17, 2010 at 10:13 am: You can get powdered edicol dye, usually from art stores, office supplies or places teachers shop. I’ve even seen edicol dye at our local newsagent with an art section, but the choice was brown or grey!
There used to be powdered chocolate colourings as well but I haven’t seen them around, possibly a kitchen or cooking supplies shop would have them.

Deb October 17, 2010 at 10:27 am

Someone on Twitter (Hi Barb!) just mentioned they are drying rose petals and are going to add them. That would be fantastic!

Betsi October 22, 2010 at 1:35 am

Great idea! These look like so much fun!
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Mary December 3, 2010 at 6:15 pm

This reminds me of my nursery school teaching days, when we’d use liquid watercolor paints (from Discount School Supply here in the US, no idea if there’s similar in Australia) mixed half with white vinegar, then give the kids baking soda and different colors of vinegar, with droppers, to just play with, dripping it into the bowls of baking soda. They could do that for an hour without looking up.
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Dawn December 12, 2010 at 11:25 pm

So I’ve looked in several places and acn’t find citric acid would lemon or orange extract work or lemon juice? If not any other suggestions on where to find citric acid.

Deb December 13, 2010 at 9:12 am: No it needs to be acid. I get it in the baking area, you can buy it online from soap making supplies. If you can’t find it, use Tartaric acid, also called cream of tartar.

Bath bombs December 31, 2010 at 5:51 am

Looks good fun especially for kids! In response to some peoples messages above there are lots of sites where you can buy bath bomb ingredients, just google it!

yvonne December 23, 2011 at 9:46 am