If you are looking for a new craft that's relatively easy and fun, you might want to consider making bath salts. They make great gifts for friends and family—nearly everyone enjoys a long, relaxing bath with great-smelling bath salts! Read on to learn more about how to make bath salts.

• Bath salts can make a regular, everyday bath a luxurious, fragrant experience. Why buy expensive bath salts when you can make your own at home for a lot less money? Bath salts make fantastic gifts for the bath lover.

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• To make personalized bath salts, you'll need a few basic items to get you started:

1. Two cups of epsom salt
2. One cup of sea, rock or coarse salt
3. Mixing bowl
4. Food coloring
5. 1/4 cup of glycerin
6. Essential oil
7. Jars for packaging

• This project, which creates approximately three cups of bath salts, will work best on days with low humidity, as the salts will absorb moisture.

• Now that you've gathered all your items, it is time to create your bath salts!

1. Mix your epsom salt and other choice of salt together in a bowl
2. Add your food coloring; just a few drops should suffice
3. Mix again
4. Add essential oil and glycerin
   1. Be careful not to add to much oil or your mixture will clump
   2. Make sure your mixture has thoroughly dried before you begin packaging

• Once you have created your bath salts and waited for them to dry, you should package them in clean, air tight dry jars. Glass jars that have tight seals are a good choice. Carefully pour the salts into the jars. If you are making bath salts using different fragrances, be sure to label the jars.

• If you've always wanted to create beautiful, homemade gifts, bath salts are a great option. Your fragrant creations will make excellent gifts!

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