Bath Bombs
Ages 4 and up. Always check for allergies before using any products on your skin!
These bath bombs may look luxurious but are secretly a great chemistry experiment. Perfect for cold winter days, these bath bombs rely on the interaction between baking soda and lemon juice to make them fizz in your tub.
This activity is also a good opportunity to talk about chemical reactions with our skin. For example, baking soda and citrus juice feel fine on our skin but would not feel nice in our eyes. Coconut oil and Epsom Salt are bath bomb ingredients that can be beneficial to our skin. Some essential oils can smell nice and ingredients like peppermint or eucalyptus oil might make us feel better when we have colds. While lots of chemistry may require us to wear safety equipment, even simple activities can actually be an opportunity to become scientists because science is everywhere, and everyone can be a scientist!
