If you’re scrambling for ideas for teacher’s gifts, or you want to make some “just in case” gifts to keep on hand, you can’t go past these simple Christmas bath salts. They smell and look wonderful, and are simple enough for children to make with minimal supervision. They are also divine to bathe in!
Ingredients
Epsom salts, 1kg pack
glycerine
peppermint essential oil
red or green food colouring
glass jar – washed and dried jam jars work perfectly
Christmas ribbon
Candy canes
All of these items are available from your local supermarket.
Method
1. Divide the Epsom salts between two bowls.
2. In the first bowl, add a cap full of glycerine and several drops of peppermint essential oil. Agitate to combine and leave to dry.
3. In the second bowl, add a cap full of glycerine, several drops of peppermint essential oil and several drops of food colouring. Agitate to combine and leave to dry.
4. Once your salts are dry (allow to dry overnight for best results), you can begin to layer them evenly in your jars.
5. Finish by tying with festive ribbon and adding a matching candy cane for decoration. You could also add a gift tag with instructions for use.
Health benefits of Epsom salts
Did you know that bathing in Epsom salts is said to relieve pain and reduce inflammation, as well as replenishing the levels of magnesium in the body? Combined with a little peppermint essential oil, it is the perfect pick me up after a frantic day of Christmas shopping!
6 Comments
Courtney
November 29, 2014 at 2:41 pmHi, these look amazing! Just a question (might be a silly one)… Will the salts when added to a bath turn the user green/red or should it be diluted enough not to matter? I don’t want to turn the inlaws green! 😛
Rachel
November 29, 2014 at 2:54 pmI was wondering that aswell 🙂
Cath
November 29, 2014 at 4:23 pmHi Courtney and Rachel,
Good news – there is no staining to skin or bath as it is diluted by large amounts of water. You made me chuckle at the idea of turning your inlaws green!
Cath 🙂 🙂
Courtney
November 30, 2014 at 3:32 pmHahaha thanks Cath 🙂
Lou Wright
November 29, 2014 at 5:30 pmHow many jars (based on your jar size) will a 1kg bag of salt make and how many baths do you get from one of the jars?
I have some small jars which I guess would be 1 bath only and thought they would be nice as table favours on Christmas Day. Thanks xx
Cath
November 29, 2014 at 5:43 pmHi Lou! I filled 3 jars from 1kg of Epsom salts. We’ve been using approx half a jar per bath, but you could probably use less. What a fabulous idea to use them as party favours on the Christmas table! Cath 🙂