What could be more fun than Easter Egg Bath Bombs! It's an easy Easter craft to do and I'm sharing the recipe below. These cute Easter bath bombs would be a festive touch to your bathroom around the holiday and would even make for a fun filled indoor egg hunt.
Easter Egg Bath Bombs
Making some pretty Easter Egg Bath Bombs is easier than you might think. Standard plastic fillable Easter eggs
that can be found at dollar stores are used as molds, and any ingredients you don't already have on hand can be picked up at natural food stores such as Whole Foods or online.
These Easter bath bombs make a great gift or nice bath decoration for the spring/Easter season, that is usable.
How to Make Easter Egg Bath Bombs
Dry ingredients and most of the wet ingredients are mixed in one batch. Texture will be drier than pie dough, but mixture pressed against side of bowl with fork will form a clump.
Mixture is divided and color is added. Care must be used to keep the mixture covered with plastic wrap as it dries out quickly.
Add glitter if you wish, and layer the colored mixes. Press into each egg half, but do so gently or the egg may stick in the half, and split when unmolding.
After about an hour unmold and set out to dry further.
Easter Egg Bath Bombs
Ingredients
- 1 cup baking soda
- ½ cup citric acid
- ⅓ cup corn starch
- ½ cup Epsom salts
- 1 tbs almond oil
- 1 teaspoon water
- ½ teaspoon essential oils I used ¼ teaspoon lavender & ¼ teaspoon orange*
- food coloring
- glitter optional
- plastic eggs used as molds
Instructions
- Mix together the dry ingredients well.
- Mix the almond oil, water and essential oils together in a small dish.
- Add the wet mixture to the dry, and mix very well.
- Divide into 5 bowls and cover each with plastic wrap immediately (mix dries out quick). One bowl at a time add 6-8 drops of food coloring and mix really well. Recover as soon as mixed. (purple was made with 5 drops red & 3 blue)
- Pull the plastic eggs apart, if you are using glitter sprinkle a little in. Alternate layers of colored mixture on each side of egg and press the mixture in gently. Make final layer of each side the same color. Top one side off even, and the other should be a little over filled. Press together and snap egg together.
- Leave the eggs in mold for about an hour, then carefully remove the plastic eggs. Tucking a small kitchen knife into the seam and running along it to separate is helpful.
- Gently place the egg bath bombs on a towel or paper towels and leave for a minimum of a few hours to dry.
- Drop 1 egg in a warm bath to use.
More Fun Easter Bath Bombs!
Travel Blogger says
those are so cute! my son would love them
Jeannette says
These are adorable and would make a perfect Easter gift for girlfriends! I can't wait to try making my own.
Lilly says
Hi I replaced the citric acid with vinegar and the almond oil with olive oil and it was more of a paste then a powder so I added more baking soda and cornstarch. Then it was still moist and when I put it in the mold it melted?! But I stuck it in the freezer and is currently in the fridge as of right now. But now it’s dry but it still works just doesn’t fizz as much as a real bath bomb does.
Robin Gagnon says
While vinegar is acidic I really wouldn't recommend it in bath bombs. I don't use Cream of Tartar myself, but that is something that can be effectively swapped for the citric acid.
Lilly says
Oh ok but in times I don’t any store has that now and I was just using household ingredients.
Scott says
That looks super-easy to do! And we all have plastic egg shells somewhere in the house!
Raijean says
I love these eggs, I'm going to try and make some for a few friends.
Stephanie R says
What a cute idea! I have got to make some of these to put in my daughters easter basket!!
J. Merrill says
When i first saw them I thought they were a cool product and was wondering where you can get them. Then I see it's a craft you can do at home and I'm totally impressed!
Robin Gagnon says
Thanks for mentioning that. I edited the title so others won't have the same confusion.
Kate says
How many bath bombs does this recipe produce?
Robin Gagnon says
about 8 if you use the standard chicken egg sized plastic eggs as molds
Ness says
Hi, I was wondering how many egg bath bombs this recipe makes? Thanks 🙂
Robin Gagnon says
This recipe makes about 8 bath bombs, if regular sized plastic Easter eggs are used.
Robin Gagnon says
It makes about 8, if you use the standard sized eggs.
Jenna Wilson says
How many easter eggs bath bombs does this recipe make?
London Van Oss says
Hi! I'm making these and they are awesome! How do you keep the whole egg smooth and not have that ridge where one half of the egg is tucked into the other? thanks!!! London
Robin Gagnon says
Rubbing away a little of the excess while damp can help with that... otherwise it is pretty much how it goes with these.
Emily says
Could I use fractionated coconut oil instead of almond?
Robin Gagnon says
Absolutely!
Breeze says
About how many bombs does this make? Thanks!
Robin Gagnon says
It makes about 8 standard sized egg bath bombs. If you have larger or smaller it will obviously vary.
Alaina Green says
I want to try this but the second ingredient is blank. It say a half cup of blank. Is that supposed to be something?
Robin Gagnon says
I believe it is showing now, but if not ... "citric acid" .
I am in the middle of doing some site-wide recipe reformatting... this was a rebellion..lo
Dana says
I enjoyed your websites so much...cant wait for the posts
Sarah says
Oh man. Love the idea. But they were a total pain to make. ?
Linda says
I am so going to be trying these with my daughters around Easter time thank you 💖
MIchelle says
Didn't even have enough cornstarch but they came out perfect! So fun.
Robin Gagnon says
I'm glad they worked out 🙂
That is the least important ingredient anyway. It's mostly for filler and to slow the bath bombs dissolving.
Leslie says
Hello! Is there an alternative for the Almond oil due to buy allergies?
Robin Gagnon says
Go ahead and use any oil that is safe for them. The bath bombs will come out fine.
Dallas says
Can you substitute a different type of oil? coconut oil?
Robin Gagnon says
Yes. If you opt for coconut, just melt it if it's solid before adding.
Sharon says
You just saved my hinny.. weekend after Easter but whatever right? Baby shower.. I wanna leave something out for guests. Up to them whether give it to mom or not. But ty. I'm short on time. I thought another family member hosting shower. Found out last min.. not so... I have 1 week to get this together. But mom to be will never know. I hope. This was a great save
Robin Gagnon says
These would be cute shower favors. I have a whole section on homemade bath bombs on my other site if you want to browse.
https://beautycrafter.com/bath-bombs/
Gloria S Anton says
I note you use "cup" measurements. How important is it that the measurements are close to exact? I tend to use "oz" or "gm" measures for more consistency (my cup measures tend to vary). Your recipe is the first bath bomb I've done and I love it, but my eggs fell apart at the seam when they were dry (I also might have goofed and used extra cornstarch).
Robin Gagnon says
Sounds like the mixture was just a little too dry. Make sure it forms a clump in your hand when grasped. Bath bombs can be tricky because humidity can also effect results.
Gloria S Anton says
Thanks!