Home made bath fizzies are a cool activity for tween girls (and practical because puberty can be smelly). Better than pin-the-tail on Justin Bieber. Promise!
Now I'll admit - I haven't tried making them....yet...I'm sharing the "recipe" here with you - which was shared with me by a friend - who did make them.
See the picture? Fantabulous!
This could be done as a birthday party activity or have the birthday girl do them before hand and make them the loot bags for a spa party.
You'll need:
1/2 cup of citric acid (available at health/natural food stores)
witch hazel (not a real witch)
Essential oil (again - health/natural food stores. Think peppermint, lavendar, cedarwood, lemon, orange, rose...)
1 cup baking soda (your pantry)
bowl - stainless steel or glass (plastic will soak up the essential oil)
spray bottle (dollar store)
a mold for the fizzies (nows the time to visit the recycling bin...clean individual applesauce containers, yogurt containers, plastic egg cartons...would all work)
Here's How:
1. Have the kids mix the citric acid and baking soda really, really well (no lumps, clumps or bumps!).
2. Add a few drops of your chosen essential oil. (According to my Google research -some home made bath bomb recipes suggest food colouring to make the fizzie pretty. However, food colouring could stain some tubs...so perhaps go for the au natural colour and save a purple bath tub ring!)
3. Fill the spray bottle with the witch hazel and LIGHTLY spray the fizzie mixture until it is moist enough to form balls.
4. Scoop the moist fizzie mixture into your container molds. They need to dry for a night before they can be removed from the container - thus the reusable (applesauce, yogurt, egg) containers should be sent home with party goers.
Voila! This is a great #LootBag, #BirthdayPrezzie, #Mother'sDay activity n'est pas?!
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