These are so easy to make and frugal too. No harsh chemicals, easy to store and keep dry in glass, natural fragrance from essential oils and are great for cleaning the toilet! You simply drop one or two in, put the lid down, leave to fizz, give a quick scrub with a brush and it’s done!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cup sodium bicarbonate
- 1/2 cup citric acid
- Small amount of water (maybe 50 mls or so) in a spray bottle to which you add the essential oils (about 30 drops)
- Silicone mould
- Bowl, spoon, fork or masher
Directions
- Place all dry ingredients into a bowl and stir together.
- Spritz lightly (2 or 3 times) with the spray bottle with water and essential oils in.
- Mix with fork or masher and keep repeating until the mixture slightly begins to clump together. (if you add too much water then the mixture will start to froth which means its too wet)
- Press into silicone molds.
- Leave to dry overnight.
- Remove the next day and store in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid until ready to use.
Essential Oils
The essential oils eliminate odours naturally. I like to use lemon, eucalyptus, lavender, rosemary, tea tree and peppermint! A mixture of two oils I find smells best!
C xxxxx
I’m gearing up for my big Autumnal house deep clean, and these would be a big help. I’ll have to trawl the charity shops for an appropriately sized mold. The ones I have are … well, about as big as the toilet bowl!
I love this! thank you for sharing Carolyn.
I just wanted to pop over here to say “Hi!”. I just found your blog and I love it. If you don’t mind, I’d like to stick around for a while.
I love your 1940s theme. That is my favorite decade and I’m nearly always looking for recipes from that era. Thank you for posting so many of them.
Best wishes for your surgery, Carolyn; good health to you always.
Thank you Valerie, tomorrow is the big day, the nerves are kicking in now xxx
I hope all went according to plan, and you are now resting comfortably. Wishing you an easy and uneventful recovery.
I love this idea and it’s so cute to even display in the bathroom! I will be trying this and checking in on other posts. Thanks!
This is a great idea! Will definitely keep this in mind for the next bathroom scrub. Tnx for spreading the zero waste mindset. Small steps make the difference 🙂