Learn how to make shower bombs and create your own homemade bath products to give as gifts or use when you need a morning pick-me-up!  These DIY shower bombs are fun, easy, and a great tween and teen craft!

Essential Oil Shower Bombs

We love using essential oils in our home! Whether it’s aromatically through a diffuser or diffuser necklace, internally with a drop in our tea, or topically as part of lotion.

So, it seemed only natural to take those essential oils and turn them into DIY shower bombs!

Read About the Essential Oils We Use on Our Sister Site, MamaTeaches!

This shower bomb craft uses some of our favorites for when we’re feeling a tad bit stuffy. They’re perfect for a winter craft!

You can use just about any essential oil you’d like when you make your homemade bath bombs, but use it in moderation and only use high-quality essential oils.

The ones you find at grocery and discount stores are not the ones you need!

How to Make Shower Bombs

Making shower bombs is super simple! You only need a few ingredients and supplies to make your very own DIY Shower Bombs!

Ages: 10+

Time: 30 minutes

Materials:

• 1 ½ cups baking powder
• ½ cup water
• 20 drops tea tree oil
• 20 drops eucalyptus oil
• 8 drops rosemary oil
• 4 drops peppermint oil
• Silicone mold

Directions:

1. Place 1 ½ cups of baking powder in a large bowl.
2. Add ½ cup of water and stir to form a paste.  
3. Once a paste forms, spoon it into a silicone mold.
4. Bake in an oven at 225 Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes.  
5. Set out and allow to dry for about 4 hours until fully set.  
6. In a small dish, combine 20 drops of tea tree oil, 20 drops eucalyptus oil, 8 drops rosemary oil and 4 drops peppermint oil.
7. Remove from the molds.
8. Using a dropper, add a bit of the essential oil blend to the top of each shower disc.  
9. Store in an airtight container.

How to Use Your Homemade Shower Bombs

You’ve made a batch of homemade shower bombs, but now what? How do you actually use them?

No worries! It’s simple to use them whenever you take a shower.

• First, start the shower and put the water at a comfortably warm temperature.
• Then, remove a shower bomb from the airtight container and place it over the drain.
• Hop in after and shower as normal!
• The warm water will help the shower bomb dissolve and release the beneficial essential oils.

We recommend always placing the shower bombs over the drain grate as they can make the shower pan slippery.

Always use caution when getting in and out of the shower when you are using a shower bomb.

Show Us How Your DIY Shower Bombs Turned Out!

Did you try your hand at making one? We’d love to see how it turned out! Snap a photo and tag us on Instagram @ThatKidsCraftSite! We can’t wait to celebrate your creativity!

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Print Out the DIY Shower Bombs Instructions

Want to take these directions with you? No worries! Simply print out the card below with all of the supplies and directions by clicking on the Print button! Then you can take them with you to school, your club or scouts, or to your kitchen table where you’ll be crafting. Have a great time!