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
Citrus 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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Ideas for Using Essential Oils With Kids
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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