Essential oils aren’t only a sensation! They are helpful to minting a healthy lifestyle. We love using essential oils at home, so I thought of finding ways to use essential oils safely with my children. I made a list of ideas for you on ways to use essential oils with kids so you can use them, too.
Ways to Use Essential Oils with Kids
Ways to Use Essential Oils with KidsCitrus Fresh Play Dough – Living Life and Learning
Add citrus essential oils to make a refreshing play dough recipe your kids will love to play with.
Essential Oils Rainbow Surprise Bath Bombs – Living Life and Learning
Place a toy inside these bath bombs so that your kids can discover a surprise while playing with them.
Aromatherapy Play Dough – Doterra
Play with this calming and sweetly scented and bright play dough! The website is from Doterra, but it can be used with any essential oils.
Calming Glitter Slime – Lemon Lime Adventures
Slime is a safe sensory experience for young kiddos. This slime has green food coloring and glitter for an extra sensory experience. It is filled with a mixture of calming essential oils.
Treat Soap – Kids Activities Blog
This treat soap makes hand washing fun! It has a small toy inside, that can help motivate kids to use the soap!
Montessori Sensorial: Smell Bottles (with essential oils) – The Natural Homeschool
Here is a great activity to use essential oils to learn olfactory discrimination.
Homemade Bedtime Lotion – Parenting Chaos
This soothing bedtime lotion can be woven as part of a nighttime routine. It is moisturizing, and smells wonderful!
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Smelling Sensory Bottle – Things to Share and Remember
These sensory bottles come in a variety of different scents. There are also some free printables for labels.
Fizzing Bath Dough – Tried & True
This fizzing bath dough is safe and kid approved! It brings a sensory experience to bath time and fizzes when it hits the water for some extra fun.
Lavender and Glitter Sensory Salt – The Imagination Tree
Sensory salt has an interesting texture and gives a unique sensory experience. The added lavender essential oils is calming and soothing.
Soothing Therapeutic Sensory Bin – Growing a Jeweled Rose
This sensory bin is filled with eucalyptus oils and rice, for a gentle sensory bin. Due to its simplicity, this can work as an intro sensory bin, since rice has a gentle and non threatening texture.
Lavender Scented Beans – And Next Comes L
These beans are a light purple color and can be remixed and played with like sand. The lavender scent also makes it extra pleasant.
Essential Oil Play Dough – The Pinning Mama
This brightly colored play dough can be made in many different colors, and offers a sensory experience with
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Sick Day Slime – B-Inspired Mama
Feeling sick? This sensory slime has a variety of immunity building essential oils when you don’t feel that well.
Homemade Dinosaur Egg Bath Bombs – Totally the Bomb
These dinosaur eggs are mixed with a variety of natural oils. In plastic eggs, stick a small dinosaur in them. When placed in water, they begin to fizz up!
Homemade Minecraft Creeper Soap – Simplistically Living
Do your kids love Minecraft? Try this Minecraft themed soap, made from some lush essential oils.
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