Confetti petal bath bombs for Mother's day

Mother's day is just around the corner, and I'm sure you all remember the days when you would come home from school, with a handmade mother's day card in your bag, all excited to give it to your mum on Mothering Sunday. All mum's love receiving hand made cards and gifts, so why not make your mum something special this Mother's day? 

Confetti bath bombs make a beautiful gift, and are really easy to make. All you need is a litre of natural petal confetti, 2 parts sodium bicarbonate, 1 part citric acid, a mould for the bath bombs, a mixing bowl and spoon and a tiny bit of water.

Confetti petal bath bomb ingredients 

As we're nearly into spring I chose pretty Spring colours with a mix of frosted blue, icing sugar, bluebird and golden slumber. I used old Christmas baubles as moulds.

Step 1: Gather all of the above ingredients. I used about 300 grams of sodium bicarbonate and 150 grams of citric acid.

Step 2: Add your dry ingredients- sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and petals- into the mixing bowl and give it a good mix.

Step 2 

Step 3: Add a TINY bit of water, stirring all the while.

Step 3 

The reason I've put the word 'tiny' in capital letters is because i added too much water! 

Emergency spare ingredients! 

Luckily I had some spare sodium bicarbonate and citric acid on stand by especially for this reason!

In goes the calendula and extra sodium bicarbonate and citric acid 

I would definitely recommend having some spare mixture just incase! I also decided to add in some 'honey b' which is a calendula petal and is used in herbal remedies to soothe skin, so is perfect for a bath bomb! 

Step 4: The mix should still be slightly powdery but able to stay together. Play around with the quantities of water, bicarbonate of soda and citric acid until your mix is the right consistency.

Ready to go into the moulds 

Step 5: Pack your mixture into your chosen moulds, and leave for about half an hour to dry.

Confetti petal bath bomb 

Step 6: After half an hour the confetti bath bombs should be dry enough to take out of the moulds.

Step 7: Leave your confetti bombs to dry overnight, and then wrap them up ready for Mother's day

Add some extra special touches like yellow rose petals and sprigs of lavender...

Wrapped and ready for Mother's day 

The great thing about bath bombs is you can add whatever you want. Why not add some lavender grain or scented oil?

Change the colours of the confetti petals for different ocassions; the colours I've used are perfect for Mother's day and Easter but you could add pink petals like our 'raspberry fool' or 'blush' for a Valentine's bath bomb, or make them for a friend using their favourite colours.

A personal, pretty homemade gift for a loved one!

Love as always SP x x