Who knew that cleaning the toilet could be fun?! With these DIY Toilet Cleaning Bombs, cleaning the toilet will be one of the best chores in the house.
Cleaning the toilet has to be the worst chore ever. Not only is the toilet itself usually disgusting, but in order to clean it you have to use loads of toxic chemicals and cleaners. Well, not anymore! These DIY Toilet Cleaning Bombs have made cleaning your toilet 1000% more enjoyable. These fun toilet cleaning pods (have you ever used the words fun and toilet in the same sentence?) will quickly make this a chore you won’t mind doing. You simply just pop these pods made with natural ingredients into your toilet bowl, watch them bubble and sizzle, and then scrub with a toilet brush. It’s that easy!
Cost Breakdown:
1 cup baking soda: $.75
1/4 cup citric acid: $.75
1.5 tablespoons unscented liquid castile soap: $0.38
15 drops Purify essential oil: $1.08
Total: $2.96
HOW TO MAKE DIY TOILET CLEANING BOMBS
Ingredients:
1 cup baking soda
1/4 cup citric acid
1 1/2 tablespoons unscented liquid castile soap
15 drops Purify essential oil
silicone mold
Directions:
1. In a bowl, stir together baking soda and citric acid.
2. Add castile soap and essential oils and stir until the mixture resembles damp sand.
3. Divide the mixture into a silicone mold. Allow to dry.
4. Once dry, remove the pods from the mold and store in an airtight container.
5. To use, drop 1 pod into your toilet bowl. Wait until the pods stop bubbling and then scrub the bowl with a toilet bowl brush. Just flush and you are done!
Cleaning the toilet has never been easier. Kids will love these too!
By the way, if you liked this post you might also love to my DIY homemade copycat poo pourri recipe too! It works SO UNBELIEVABLY GOOD and is super easy to make too.
About Karrie
Food is my love language. But so is saving money. So I like to combine the two a lot and make thrifty make ahead and freeze meals to save time. Because life is busy, and freezer meals can come to the rescue for all of us. And yes, they actually CAN taste good. Read more...
Comments & Reviews
Jennifer Durtanovich says
What does 1/5 tablespoons mean thanks
Karrie says
It was 1 & 1/2 tablespoons. 🙂
Lucy says
Can these be used for other chores around the house as well like mopping?
Virgie says
Interesting recipe.
I’ve read lemon juice can be used instead of citric acid.
Kara says
How long do you recommend for the drying time? Tks.
Karrie says
Depending on your location/humidity it might take up to 24-48 hours to dry them completely.
Dara says
Hola !!
I was curious as to how many bombs this makes per recipe for the $ ??
Karrie says
I think that would depend on your mold sizes… for a small mold like this one it made 6 if I remember correctly.
Katie says
This is the absolute best recipe for toilet cleaner! Thank you
Susan Maher says
where do I get the citric acid?
PL says
Canning supplies at Walmart or Target
Minnesota Gee says
Do you have a printable version of this recipe? Thanks!
Minnesota Gee says
Do you have a printable version of this recipe? Thansk!
Jen says
Does it matter what size you make the pods?
Karrie says
I don’t think it matters too much, I wouldn’t get them too big though.. keep them on the smaller size.
Mary Jo DeMorrow says
Hi Karrie, I just made these and the mixture foamed up like crazy and just kept foaming. I could pat it down and pack it into the mold but it just kept foaming away. I probably didn’t use the right kind of soap. What did you use? Thanks!
Tammy McDowell says
Was it wet? Sounds like it might be a possiblilty bc the foaming is the chemical reaction between the baking soda and citric acid. Just like bath bombs foaming starts with the addition of water
Laura H says
Yes mine did the same thing do I add more baking soda??
Melissa Richards says
Can’t wait to try these! I have that EXACT same Wilton pan (so cute!) and a sunflower one. I’ll turn cleaning the bathroom into adorable task! 🙂