We all deserve some relaxation and recuperation. Learn how to make your own hand scrub. It’s surprisingly easy! Prepare these for yourself or to share as a gift.

Leisure and benefit outcomes

-Sensory: incorporates sight, touch, smell

-Soothes muscles

-Practices following step-by-step instructions

-Helps to stimulate cognition by measuring and combining 

-Social

-Cognitive

Required Supplies

Coarse sea salt

Epsom salts

Baking soda

Essential oils

Food colouring

Small glass jars to store hand scrub (optional)

Group Size

Min: 1
Max: 5

Hazards

Ingestion of ingredients

Fragile Container (if using glass)

Sensitivity to smell of essential oils

Activity Instructions

In a large bowl, combine 6 parts coarse sea salt, 3 parts epsom salts and 1 part baking soda

Add a few drops of essential oils and combine

Add a few drops of food colouring until you achieve the desired shade

Activity Instruction Adaptations

• For a lighter tint for the hand scrub, 3 drops of food colouring is recommended. Add more if desired. 

• If participants can tolerate a longer session, incoporate the essential oils into a mini memory program by passing around the scents and asking participants what each scent reminds them of and a story associated with it.