Lemon & Lavender Homemade Bath Bombs

Homemade bath bombs are a great fun project to make with your kids.  This lemon and lavender fizzy homemade bath bombs recipe is a great choice using some of our favorite essential oils!  Grab supplies to make these for your family to enjoy!
Homemade Bath Bombs are super easy to make and tons of fun! Make our lemon and lavender essential oil scented fizzy homemade bath bombs today!

Lemon & Lavender Homemade Bath Bombs

This homemade bath bombs recipe has an added feature of using dried calendula petals so they look beautiful.  With the addition of essential oils in them, they smell amazing as well! They can be made in any shape you have an ice cube tray for, so you’re not limited to making them always look the same way.  If you choose to use food coloring, they can be various colors, too, so have some fun & make some great gifts while you’re at it!

Supplies needed: 

Directions:

To begin making our homemade bath bombs, you'll pour some witch hazel into your spray bottle.  Start with 1/2 cup and add more if needed.

Mix the baking soda and citric acid in your mixing bowl well, making sure to remove any lumps. Next, put on the gloves, because the citric acid is not good for the skin and can burn you if you have sensitive skin.

Now, you will need to add in your food coloring, I suggest 2 to 3 drops at a time, because a little goes a long way & you can always add more if you like. Once it’s mixed in nicely and you have an even coloring, add in your essential oils & a handful of petals.

Homemade Bath Bombs are super easy to make and tons of fun! Make our lemon and lavender essential oil scented fizzy homemade bath bombs today!

The last part of the mixing you will do with your hands. Take the witch hazel and spray a few sprays at a time, and start mixing the powder until it begins to clump up in your hand. It is not good to get it too wet, or they will fizz before you want them to, so spray slowly. The consistency is much like a fairly dry snow when it’s not too wet out. It needs to stick together but not be dripping wet. I scrunch the mixture up in the palm of my hand, and when it starts to stay together in a clump, I know I’m getting close.

Next, you are going to pack it into the ice cube trays, making sure you get in all the corners so you get a nice shape when it’s done. Scrape off the top excess and add it back into the bowl and repeat until your trays are full.

Once you get going, you’ll get the hang of it and then it’s not hard at all. You can make them all one color, or do it in halves and make 2 different colors.

Homemade Bath Bombs are super easy to make and tons of fun! Make our lemon and lavender essential oil scented fizzy homemade bath bombs today!

Let them sit in the trays for about 15 minutes or so to be sure they are set up nicely. If they are too dry, they will totally crumble when you flip the trays over. If this happens, just put it back in the bowl and wet a little more. That is a better option than having them be too wet, so don’t be discouraged.

Now, turn them carefully out on your plates.  Usually, they will pop out by themselves.  Leave them on the plate for a few hours to dry out completely.

I love making homemade bath bombs and other homemade sugar scrubs or beauty products!  They are so easy and affordable to make and give as gifts or simply to pamper yourself!

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Homemade Bath Bombs are super easy to make and tons of fun! Make our lemon and lavender essential oil scented fizzy homemade bath bombs today!

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  1. I’m new to making bath bombs and having trouble with them crumbling. I see you use witch hazel instead of water or alcohol. Is there a reason why you prefer it over the other two? I live in the Midwest and I have read where location can make a difference on the recipe to use, I did use water with my bath bombs.
    Can I rework the crumbled bath bombs to try again?

    1. Tina,

      Honestly, witch hazel was used in the first recipe I successfully made so I stuck with it.

      I wouldn’t rework them, but can crumble them and put into a mason jar, then sprinkle into the bath.