Friday, May 17, 2013

Bath Bombs

My older son Alex wanted to help me with my soap making today.  He is 5 years old and  may be a little too young for the soap making process.  So I decided to make Bath Bombs!  It's a quick project, safe for kids and they certainly have so much fun making them :)

I dug out my tub filled with Citric Acid and Baking Soda.  I had him pick the fragrance that he prefers.  He could not decide between Bramble Berry's Watermelon or Exotic Fruit Smoothie.  The Exotic Fruit Smoothie won in the end.

He certainly was an inpatient little guy.  I kept telling him that I needed to weight the Baking Soda and Citric Acid and he just wanted to go straight to mixing everything in the bowl.  Before you know it I had Nicolas (3 years old) and Sofia (2 years old) peeking to see what the fuzz was about. 

Once I was able to have all the ingredients ready and Alex prep with globes we started with the fun. 

I first made sure that I mixed the Baking Soda and Citric Acid really well.  Making sure to break down all clumps and when it was ready for fragrance and color I used a dropper to little by little introduce it into the mix.  Alex was busy kneading and mixing the fragrance and colors in.  He certainly enjoyed it and kept mixing while I gently sprayed it with Witch Hazel so that we could get the mixture to stick together and also for the fizzes not to start.  Once I felt that the consistency was perfect to start pouring into molds I had Alex carefully filled them and packed them really good. 

By this time we were making quite a mess and Nicolas was not having it! He started pointing out all the baking soda that was falling on the floor.  :)

Here are the results.  I think Alex did a great job and we can 't wait to use them during bath time!

 
I hope to have a Soap Blog up sometime this weekend.  I have three more soaps that I want to write about and then I need to get started on additional fragrances that I recently purchased from Bramble Berry.  The fun never ends!
 
Thanks for checking out my blog!
HAPPY SOAPING!!!
Roxana

11 comments:

  1. Love those bombs! So pretty and what a great way to get your kids involved in your soaping.

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    1. Thank you! It was pretty fun and so easy to do. A very good project for kids for sure!

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  2. Hey,they are actually flowers, the beautiful ones! Have a nice time using them with your kids! (I had no idea you had three kids,it's so great and I'm always curious to know personal things about my soaper fellows-can't help it,lol)

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    1. Thanks Maja! Yep, I have three :) and they are all curious about what I do with all this soap stuff!

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  3. Aw, that's so sweet...and those turned out so pretty - how fun!

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  4. That sounds like so much fun! Now I KNOW I need to get my act together and give bath bombs a try - if your teenies can make them so can I right :)

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    1. You should really try it! Just make sure not to over use the Witch Hazel or it will start the fizzing too soon

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  5. Those bath bombs turned out beautifully! It must have been so much fun for both you and your son to make them together!

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    1. Thanks Jenny! I think he will be my little soapy friend

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