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Easy Peppermint Bath Salts Recipe with Free Printable Gift Tags

December 18, 2017 By Angie Kauffman · PRINTABLES TIP: Always go toward the end of a post to find the printable. · Disclosure: This Post May Contain Affiliate Links. {I may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on my links.}

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Post Preview: You’ll find a fabulous peppermint bath salts recipe that’s perfect for Christmas. These homemade bath salts are a great gift kids (or adults) can make. In this post, you’ll also find free printable homemade peppermint bath salts gift tags (called “candy cane bath salts” on the tag).


Homemade gifts are so much fun to make with kids. I always love how much pride they have in the finished product. Of course, sometimes those kinds of projects can cause a lot of stress for the adults helping. But, I think it’s worth it anyway.

One of the first gifts that I ever had the kids work on when they were small were these homemade peppermint bath salts. They were in preschool at the time, and they were so excited to help to make gifts for their preschool teachers and the aides in the room.

Although that was many years ago, especially considering those boys are now a junior and a senior in high school, I decided to share this easy peppermint bath salt recipe this year. To help you prepare your gift jars, I also made a set of free candy cane bath salts gift tags.

Homemade peppermint bath salts are a great DIY gift for the holidays! Here's a recipe for candy cane bath salts plus a free printable set of gift tags. #HomemadeGifts #PeppermintBathSalts #KidMadeGifts

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Homemade Peppermint Bath Salts Recipe

These peppermint bath salts would be perfect for making and keeping for yourself or for a gift to give in a jar or in a decorative baggie. As I already mentioned, I think this is a great homemade gift that kids can make. Young children may need some assistance though, of course. (Here are more ideas for easy homemade gifts kids can make.)

Toward the end of the post, I have a set of free printable tags that you can include with your jars or packets. If you are using small jars or packets, you may want to print the tags at 75% of their normal size. That’s what I did with mine in the picture.

Homemade peppermint bath salts are a great DIY gift for the holidays! Here's a recipe for candy cane bath salts plus a free printable set of gift tags. #HomemadeGifts #PeppermintBathSalts #KidMadeGifts | Real Life at Home

Ingredients for Peppermint Bath Salts Recipe

Note: This amount makes around 2 1/2 cups of your candy cane bath salts mix. Make sure to increase amounts based on how much you need, especially if you will be making a large number of gifts.

  • 2 cups Epsom salts
  • 1/2 cup sea salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon of glycerin (optional)
  • 3 – 5 drops of peppermint essential oil
  • 2 – 4 drops of red food coloring

Note about the glycerin: This is great for skin softening, but you can skip this part of the recipe if you really want to. If you want to add it, you can often ask for it in the pharmacy or you might be able to find it in the baking area, as Wilton has glycerin in a bottle.


Directions for Homemade Peppermint Bath Salts

1. Add all ingredients (except food coloring) to a large bowl and mix until well combined.

2. Divide mix into two separate bowls.

3. Add food coloring to just one bowl and mix well to distribute the color throughout until you have one bowl with a pink mix.

4. Add salts to clean jars, alternating colors to make a candy cane effect. Add a tag (free printable farther down) to your jar.

If you decide to make baggies of peppermint bath salts: You won’t be able to have layers of different colors, obviously, but it will still be a fun effect to combine both colors in the baggie. Or, you can skip the food coloring and just have all of your peppermint bath salts be white.

Homemade peppermint bath salts are a great DIY gift for the holidays! Here's a recipe for candy cane bath salts plus a free printable set of gift tags. #HomemadeGifts #PeppermintBathSalts #KidMadeGifts | Real Life at Home

Free Printable Candy Cane Bath Salts Gift Tags

Add a little something special to your homemade peppermint bath salts gift by adding one of these free printable tags!

Homemade peppermint bath salts are a great DIY gift for the holidays! Here's a recipe for candy cane bath salts plus a free printable set of gift tags. #HomemadeGifts #PeppermintBathSalts #PrintableGiftTags | Real Life at Home

These tags are in color, but if you do not have a color printer, they will print black and white just fine. I would recommend printing on white cardstock.

Each page has eight tags. If the tag size is too large for your project, you should be able to scale them down while you are printing them.

This download is free for personal use.

This set cannot be sold, published, or hosted on other websites. (Example: an individual or another blogger may not upload the file onto their website for others to download there.) If you want to pass along the printable though, please feel free to share a link to this post with others.

Using the printable means you agree to the terms. Thanks!

Download Your Free Printable Here

Download the Candy Cane Bath Salts Free Printable Tags (as a large PDF file)

Download the Candy Cane Bath Salts Free Printable Tags (as a smaller file size JPG file)

Other Great Homemade Gift Ideas:

Homemade hot cocoa is a perfect gift for the holidays! Here's a recipe for hot chocolate in a jar (or baggie) plus free printable hot chocolate gift tags. #HotChocolate #HotCocoa #PrintableGiftTags

Want to get your kids involved in Christmas gift giving? Let them help out and make homemade gifts for your family and friends. Don't miss this list of homemade gifts kids can make. | Real Life at Home #HomemadeGifts #KidMadeGifts

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Homemade peppermint bath salts are a great DIY gift for the holidays! Here's a recipe for candy cane bath salts plus a free printable set of gift tags. #HomemadeGifts #PeppermintBathSalts #KidMadeGifts | Real Life at Home

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About Angie Kauffman

Angie, mom to three very fun kids, is the founder of Real Life at Home.  With degrees in elementary education (B.A.) and special education (M.S.Ed.), as well as being a former homeschooler, she is passionate about supporting both parents and teachers by providing printables, crafts, and activities to help children learn and grow.

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  1. Staci says

    December 18, 2017 at 12:19 pm

    We layered bath salts in clear plastic ornaments for teacher gifts this year. They looked so cute!

    Reply
    • Angie Kauffman says

      December 18, 2017 at 12:29 pm

      I love that idea. I bet it was super cute!

      Reply
  2. Bree says

    November 17, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    Hi I am making these for all my neighbors this year, I want to get them made a few weeks early, do you think the colors will bleed together if I do it this early? Thanks!

    Reply

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