You know when you have a GREAT idea and cannot wait to share it with everyone? Then something happens (like the person you order something from, kind of fails on the shipping part) well that is me today!
I came up with this super fun idea to do for Teacher gifts, and ordered the supplies back on March 13th. I thought for sure I would have everything in time.
I had great intentions of doing this ahead of time, so that everyone else could pin away and do these for Easter Gifts as well, but I guess better late than never.
I Ordered most of my supplies from Bramble Berry, but you can also find there here on Vitacost.com.
I have linked the best prices I found on each item.
You will need:
You will need:
Essential Oil (any scent)
Mold of your choice (not the green kind either)
In a large bowl, mix together Two cups of Baking Soda, 1 Cup of Citric Acid and 1 tsp. of Bentonite Clay.
Use your hands to mix the entire time. Next in another dish you will mix 1 Tbsp. Almond Oil with 4 to 5 drops of Food Coloring, and 5 drops of your Essential Oil . You will want to then quickly add the wet ingredients to the dry, and mix it quickly so that you do not activate the Citric Acid.
Once it is all mixed together, you will want to mist your mixture with Witch Hazel using a spray bottle. I got mine at the Dollar Tree. You want to mist it slowly, mixing it constantly until you have a pie crust type substance.
You will be able to squeeze it in your hand, and have the shape stay together.
At this point you are ready to put the mixture into molds. I have seen these done in so many different forms, but I chose plastic EGGS for Easter Gifts!
It is VERY important to press the mixture into your mold firmly, to assure formation. Find a safe place to leave your bath fizzies, for at least 15 minutes, however I suggest overnight.
OK, so now onto the fun part.... the waiting game.
I had ordered cute egg cartons online on the 15th of March, and I should have had them by the 25th. On the first I got worried and e-mailed the gal. Well, she is in Korea?!?! Oh great, no egg cartons for me! She promised me she would get them to me by Easter, but I was not counting on it.
So at this point I searched and searched for others, with no luck. These are not regular egg cartons either. I found some clear plastic ones for pretty cheap, so I went ahead and ordered them, and paid $15 for 3 day shipping. Hoping I would get them before Friday so I could give these as teacher gifts.
Wednesday the 4th arrived, and low and behold, my egg cartons had arrived at the post office. Good thing my mom and dad have 35 chickens and can use the other dozen I ordered as backup. Haha
It was showtime. We feverishly created all of the bath fizzies, so they could dry overnight. Thursday night I had a girls night out at Glory Days for the Spring Soiree, and late that night when I got home, I started packaging eggs to be delivered early the following morning.
The eggs turned out so well, and the kids had a blast creating them. Oh yea, the scent was Cherry Blossom which is amazing if I might add!
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While at the Spring Soiree, I found this adorable "Happy Spring" ribbon, which truly saved my life! All I had to do was tie it up. DONE!
I wrote a sweet note on the tag and called it good. We delivered them the next morning, and everyone was so thrilled.
It was one of our favorites yet, and I wish I could have shared this sooner. But with the name "Spring Eggs" you can still you these for hostess gifts, or even mothers day?
It was one of our favorites yet, and I wish I could have shared this sooner. But with the name "Spring Eggs" you can still you these for hostess gifts, or even mothers day?
So there you have my very long drawn out Spring Egg Bath Fizzies tutorial! Happy Easter everyone!
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16 comments:
Oh, how fun is that. Even with all the stress of the cartons it turned out great, I am glad you got them on time.
What a cute idea!
This is an awesome idea! I'm sure the teachers loved them, too. I think I might have to try this sometime.
Those look so awesome. Such a cute idea to make them eggs. I love your blog it is so fun. I'm now following you on GFC and Linky, I would make my day if you stopped my to visit me and link up to my party @ http://www.arosiesweethome.com/
Hope you come
Rose
Oh, this is such a cute idea! I would love it if you would come link this up at my Pinworthy Projects Link Party.
The egg fizzies are awesome!!!! Thanks for linking up to my party at Jillify It!
Jill
www.jillifyit.com
O my goodness! These are so super cute!! I want to make some bad!! They are so fun! And you did such a great job at presenting them as gifts! I love the little Egg cartons & ribbon! So cute! I would absolutely love for you to stop by and link this up at our party going on right night! It's the naturally-nifty linky party!
www.natural-nester.blogspot.com
-your newest follower
I will def. be coming back to view more of your fun ideas!
These have been on my to do list forever! I love them! Excellent job! And I love the packaging!
This is awesome, we can't wait to try it! Thanks for sharing this at our "Beautify It Monday" Party! We hope you'll be back again next week!
Very nice. They look cute in the egg moulds.
What a cute project. I was thinking of doing something similar in time for Easter, except that we haven't even had our grand opening yet (but in just a few more weeks - counting the days)! You really did an excellent job, though I'm sorry to hear about the egg carton fiasco - but all's well that ends well!
P.S.
You've been featured at Bringing Beauty - come check it out!
As a lover of all bath projects, these are fantastic!! Too bad it ended up being such a stressful project waiting for your supplies but it sounds like it turned out great in the end. Your packaging is super cute too. Thanks so much for linking up to The Creative Spark. I'll be featuring this tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Jenn :)
What a good idea! I've never made anything like this; I'd like to try it. They look absolutely adorable in the egg cartons with that cute ribbon.
Thanks so much for joining Grace at Home! I really appreciate it.
Hey I just wanted to let you know that we are featuring this awesome egg bath balls on our Naturally-Nifty Party today! Thanks so much for linking these up and sharing this idea with us!
Stop by and check it out, and grab a featured button while you are there! Also, we are pinning this on our Pinterest! (Follow us)
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-Little Sis
They look so cute - LOVE the ribbon!!
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