Bath Recipes

Bath Indulgences Recipes

Bathtub Finger Paints 1/3 cups clear liquid dish soap 1 Tbsp. Cornstarch food coloring Mix liquid soap and cornstarch together in a small bowl until blended. Pour mixture in equal amounts into ice cube tray. Add a couple drops food coloring into each compartment and mix. Do not let little ones get this into their eyes.

Bath Cookies 2 cups finely ground sea salt 1/2 cup baking soda 1/2 cup cornstarch 2 T light oil 1 tsp vitamin E oil 2 eggs 5-6 drops essential oil Preheat your oven to 350 F. Mix together all the ingredients. Take a teaspoon of the dough and roll it gently into a ball (about an inch in diameter). Continue doing this with all the dough and place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet. (You can decorate the cookies with clove buds, anise seeds, or dried citrus peel if you wish.) Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, until they are lightly browned. Do not over bake. Allow the cookies to cool completely. To use: drop 1 or 2 cookies into a warm bath and allow to dissolve. Yield: 24 cookies, enough for 12 baths.

Simple Shaped Soap Bars & Soap Crayons

Soap Crayons (I didn’t have much luck getting these to write on the tub but they work a little on skin) 2 cups Ivory soap grated food coloring Melt soap in microwave 15 sec at a time, add food coloring and pour into muffin tins or ice cube trays. The crayons will take a couple of days to dry. – Simple shaped soap - press mixture into cookies cutters. Set the cookie cutter on it's side so the soap dries on both sides, or flip it often. Put in a dry place to dry for about 24 hours. Gently pop your soap out of the cookie cutter. More: Instead of using cookie cutters, you can make miniature bars of homemade soap by pressing your mixtures into ice cube trays. You can also roll them into balls. For a simple gift, tie a ribbon around the home-made bars of soap, or fill a small gift basket!

Milk bath 1cup dry buttermilk ¾ cup salt ½ cup baking soda

Bath salts ¾ cup Epsom salts ¼ cup baking soda 1 ½ cup sea salt 1 t scent coloring Mix

Bath Fizz ½ cup baking soda 1/8 cup cornstarch 20 drops essential oil 1/8 cup citric acid
Bath Bombs 1 cup baking soda 1/2 cup cornstarch 1 cup citric or ascorbic acid 1/8 cup epson salt 1/2 cup olive oil 20 to 28 drop fragrance oil Mix very well. Add UP to 1/2 cup olive oil, until the consistency of pastry dough. Add a 20 to 28 drops fragrance oil if you want them scented. Put on cookie sheet and put wax paper down. Form into small, golf- sized balls, and Store in cellophane wrapper, and then put in glass jar for each scent you make.

Bubble Bags Used in the shower, when there is no time to take a soaking bath. 2 parts oatmeal 2 parts dried herbs 1 part grated soap Place ingredients in a cloth bag and use as a washcloth.

BATH BAGS These are easy to make bath bags to sew and put soap in for fun bath-taking! Washcloths in bright colors and/or patterns Ribbon or lace Thread Scissors Sewing machine Fold a washcloth in half. Take a length of ribbon or lace, fold it in half, and place it (folded edge in) inside the open edge near the top of the washcloth. Pin sides together, making sure to capture the ribbon! Sew up side and on end (make sure you sew closed the end opposite where you put the ribbon). Turn inside out, fill with soap or bath beads/salts and tie closed with ribbon.

Lip balm 1 1/2 t cocoa butter 1 ½ t bee’s wax grated 5drops flavoring
Cherries Bubble Bath Recipe 1/2 cup unscented shampoo 3/4 cup water 1/2 teaspoon salt (regular table salt is fine) 15 drops cherry fragrance oil Pour shampoo into a bowl and add water. Stir gently until well mixed. Add salt, and stir until mixture thickens. Add cherry fragrance and place in decorative bottle.

BATHTUB COLORS Inexpensive shaving cream Food coloring For each color, mix 2 tablespoons shaving cream with food coloring. Mix, and put each color into an old muffin tin. Give a paintbrush to the child, and let him/her draw their own art on the bathtub. This washes off very easilyOatmeal Milk Bath 1 cup cornstarch 2 cups milk powder 1/2 cup oatmeal (ground finely first or use baby oatmeal) Combine all in food processor until mixed. (Remember...this may scratch your food processor bowl if its plastic) Add 1/2 cup to hot bath water. You can also add rose petals, lavender, rosemary, any herbs will do. Just remember to grind them up finely first!
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BATH BAGS
These are easy to make bath bags to sew and put soap in for fun bath-taking!
Washcloths in bright colors and/or patterns Ribbon or lace Thread Scissors
Sewing machine
Fold a washcloth in half. Take a length of ribbon or lace, fold it in half, and place it (folded edge in) inside the open edge near the top of the washcloth. Pin sides together, making sure to capture the ribbon! Sew up side and on end (make sure you sew closed the end opposite where you put the ribbon). Turn inside out, fill with soap or bath beads/salts and tie closed with ribbon.

BATHTUB COLORSInexpensive shaving cream Food coloringFor each color, mix 2 tablespoons shaving cream with food coloring. Mix, and put each color into an old muffin tin. Give a paintbrush to the child, and let him/her draw their own art on the bathtub. This washes off very easilySURPRISE GLYCERIN SOAPParents - please supervise, especially with the heating, adding essential oil and cutting steps. 1 bar clear, unscented glycerin soap Small toys, shells, etc. to go inside the soap (make sure the items aren't too small as they could go down the drain)Small loaf pans or small molds Essential oilPut a bar of soap in a bowl in the microwave and melt it until it liquefies (about 1 minute) or in the top of a double boiler on the stove. Pour 1/4 inch of this soupy soap into any mold that is 2 inches high. In about 3 minutes it will get a skin on the top. Lay the small objects to be encased in the soap on it, with the pretty side face down. Reheat the remaining soap jelly until it is completely liquefied again. Add just one drop of an essential oil, blend gently with a fork and pour it into the mold until the soap is 3/4 inch to 1 inch higher than the object inside. Wait about 30 minutes for it to harden. Run a knife around the sides of the soap and then to hold the mold upside down under hot water and band it on the counter . These steps are necessary to release the soap. Keep as is or cut it into chunky blocks and display in the bathroom.EASY SOAP MAKINGGlycerin soap in lots of colors* Soap or candy molds Microwave Microwavable cupsPlastic or metal spoons and/or wooden Popsicle sticks or coffee stirrers Sharp knife* This only works with glycerin soap. Transparent Neutrogena bars will work fine.Set out everything you need, all ingredients, etc. on top of the kitchen table (or other comfortable working area) that has been covered in newspaper. Cut bars of soap into about three pieces. Put a piece into a cup (cut the pieces in half if you are going to mix colors). Put soap in microwave and melt it on HIGH for about 10 to 15 seconds. It may take a bit longer on low-wattage microwaves. If it doesn't start to liquefy in 15 seconds or it starts to bubble or boil, you may not have a pure glycerin soap bar. Remove soap using a potholder, and stir it to mix thoroughly. Pour melted soap (you have to work quickly here as it hardens fast) into molds. Wait about 5 minutes for soap to harden and cool. Remove soap from molds, and put soap into gift bags or bath bags. NOTES: If you are having difficulty getting the soap out of the molds, put molds in the freezer for up to 30 minutes. If the soap still sticks to the molds, you can put olive oil in the soap or oil the molds with oil or cooking spray.Bath Cookies 2 cups finely ground sea salt 1/2 cup baking soda 1/2 cup cornstarch 2 T light oil 1 tsp vitamin E oil 2 eggs 5-6 drops essential oil Preheat your oven to 350 F. Mix together all the ingredients. Take a teaspoon of the dough and roll it gently into a ball (about an inch in diameter). Continue doing this with all the dough and place the balls on an ungreased cookie sheet. (You can decorate the cookies with clove buds, anise seeds, or dried citrus peel if you wish.) Bake the cookies for 10 minutes, until they are lightly browned. Do not overbake. Allow the cookies to cool completely. To use: drop 1 or 2 cookies into a warm bath and allow to dissolve. Yield: 24 cookies, enough for 12 baths.Bathtub Finger Paints1/3 cups clear liquid dish soap 1 Tbsp. Cornstarch food coloring Mix liquid soap and cornstarch together in a small bowl until blended. Pour mixture in equal amounts into ice cube tray. Add a couple drops food coloring into each compartment and mix. Do not let little ones get this into their eyes. Soap Crayons2 cups Ivory Snow soap 1/4 cup warm water food coloring Mix soap and water, add food coloring and pour into muffin tins or ice cube trays. The crayons will take a couple of days to dry. milk bath 1 cup dry buttermilk ¾ cup salt ½ cup baking sodaBath salts ¾ cup Epsom salts ¼ cup baking soda 1 ½ cup sea salt 1 t scent coloringBath Fizz½ cup baking soda 1/8 cup cornstarch 20 drops essential oil 1/8 cup citric acidLip balm1 1/2 t cocoa butter 1 ½ t bee’s wax grated 5drops flavoring