Homemade Bath Salts
Treat the special ladies in your life to an at-home spa treatment with this simple recipe for natural bath salts. You only need a few ingredients to make up batches of scented bath salts, which you can then package and give as gifts for the holidays!
These directions make enough bath salts to fill up a 6.25 ounce glass bottle.
What you'll need ~
- 1/2 cup coarse sea salt
- 2 tablespoons Epsom salts
- 2 tablespoons baking soda
- 1 to 2 drops premium fragrance oil
- Red and/or yellow food coloring, if desired
- 4" Cork Top Round Glass Bottle 6.25 oz
Naturally, you can choose any fragrance you'd like for the bath salts (I just chose cinnamon and pumpkin for the holiday season) ~ just be sure the oils you choose are safe for bath products. I purchased mine from Save-On-Crafts.com, and they had a great selection of other scents.
How to make them ~
Combine all your dry ingredients in a plastic container with a lid on it (I recommend an old plastic food storage container you won't miss). Add the essential oil and food coloring (if you want the salts to have color), place the lid securely on top and shake, shake, shake!
If the essential oil and food coloring cause little lumps to form, just use a fork to break them up. Shake and stir the salts until you feel the color and fragrance is distributed thoroughly. Remove the lid from the container and let the salts air dry for an hour or so before transferring them to the glass bottle.
Use a funnel to transfer the salts to the glass bottle, pop in the cork, and you're done!
If you're going to make both fragrances, I would recommend using a different plastic container for each because the fragrance oils are quite strong and can leach into the plastic. Also, don't use these containers for food afterwards ~ set them aside for other non-edible craft projects or recycle!
Your last step is to add some cute gift tags, and we have some freebies below!
Spread holiday cheer ~
Feel free to download our holiday gift tags to dress up your bath salts before giving them to the lucky recipient.
The tags are 2" by 2-1/2" and can be printed on quality cardstock, hole punched and tied to the bottles with twine or ribbon.
Enjoy by pouring a few tablespoons of the salts into a warm bath for a soothing, cleansing experience ~ and don't forget to mix up a batch for yourself!
--- This project was created by Erika Pitera, the managing editor and art director here at ZEST
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