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Learn how to make 6 roller bottle recipes for kids that offer aromatherapy and a grounding practice for your child’s routine. With aromas ranging from bright and cheery to fresh and cool, you’ll find one that suits your kid!
Making essential oil recipes for roller bottles is a great way to apply properly diluted essential oils to the skin easily. Rollerball bottles are also excellent travel storage containers and are a great, cheap way to store each of your customized essential oil blends.
I have shared tidbits of information throughout the blog about using essential oils on kids, and it has quickly become one of my most asked questions. So I thought it would be fitting to share a master roller bottle post on the subject.
My kids love using roller bottles to apply essential oils topically. I’ve found that rolling the oils is a fun experience for them, it gives a nice grounding routine during transition times throughout the day, and the aromatherapy is very beneficial!
Safety Notes
- Be sure to always consult with your doctor before using essential oils on your children.
- It is important to note that essential oils must always be diluted before applying them to the skin. For kids, they should be even more diluted than you would for an adult. Be sure to check out my essential oil dilution chart for a complete list of how to dilute essential oils properly.
- Each of these recipes below is diluted for children 5 and up.
- Keep essential oils out of reach of children and don’t allow use without adult supervision.
- Avoid getting essential oils in the eyes, nose, and mouth.
Blend #1: Wintertime Boost
What goes in it
- Frankincense
- Rose
- Wild orange
- Oregano
- Carrier oil
How to make it
- Add 4 drops of frankincense essential oil, 3 drops of rose essential oil, 2 drops of wild orange essential oil, and 1 drop of oregano essential oil to a 10mL roller bottle.
- Top the roller bottle off with a carrier oil; my favorite one is fractionated coconut oil.
- Secure rollerball top and shake well.
Blend #2: Peaceful Blooms
Ingredients
- Frankincense
- Lavender
- Melaleuca
- Helichrysum
- Carrier oil
Get these oils bundled wholesale here.
How to make it
- Add 4 drops of frankincense essential oil, 3 drops of lavender essential oil, 2 drops of melaleuca essential oil, and 1 drop of helichrysum essential oil to a 10mL roller bottle.
- Top the roller bottle off with a carrier oil.
- Secure rollerball top and shake well.
Blend #3: Fresh and Cool
What goes in it
- Eucalyptus
- Peppermint
- Lemon
- Lime
- Carrier oil
Get these oils bundled wholesale here.
How to make it
- Add 4 drops of eucalyptus essential oil, 3 drops of peppermint essential oil, 2 drops of lemon essential oil, and 1 drop of lime essential oil to a 10mL roller bottle.
- Top the roller bottle off with fractionated coconut oil or your carrier oil of choice.
- Secure rollerball top and shake well.
Blend #4: Soothing
Oils needed
- Copaiba
- Lavender
- Wintergreen
- Frankincense
- Carrier oil
Get the oils for this blend bundled wholesale here.
How to make it
- Add 4 drops of copaiba essential oil, 3 drops of lavender essential oil, 2 drops of wintergreen essential oil, and 1 drop of frankincense essential oil to a 10mL roller bottle.
- Top the roller bottle off with fractionated coconut oil or your carrier oil of choice.
- Secure rollerball top and shake well.
Blend #5: Calm and Relaxing
Essential Oils Needed
Get the oils for this blend bundled wholesale here.
How to make it
- Add 4 drops of lavender essential oil, 3 drops of roman chamomile essential oil, 2 drops of cedarwood essential oil, and 1 drop of vetiver essential oil to a 10mL roller bottle.
- Top the roller bottle off with fractionated coconut oil or your carrier oil of choice.
- Secure rollerball top and shake well.
Blend #6: Bright and Cheery
Oils Needed
- Wild Orange
- Sandalwood
- Lavender
- Bergamot
- Carrier oil
Get the oils for this blend bundled wholesale here.
How to make it
- Add 4 drops of wild orange essential oil, 3 drops of sandalwood essential oil, 2 drops of bergamot essential oil and 1 drop of lavender essential oil to a 10mL roller bottle.
- Top the roller bottle off with fractionated coconut oil or a similar carrier oil.
- Secure rollerball top and shake well.
How to Use Essential Oil Roller Bottles
Simply swipe the roller ball across the skin to apply the diluted essential oil. Roller bottles can be applied behind the ears, on the inner wrists, on the neck, or on the bottoms of the feet. Essential oils can be applied as needed for aromatherapy benefits.
Always avoid getting essential oils in the eyes, nose, and mouth.
Frequently Asked Questions
This depends on the shelf life of each oil in the blend and the carrier oil. I like to use them within a year to ensure everything stays fresh and the roller ball doesn’t get gunked up.
Absolutely! You can always dilute the essential oils more (in other words, add fewer drops to the roller bottle). Just don’t dilute them less.
My personal favorite is fractionated coconut oil (be sure it’s fractioned so it’s always in a liquid state). There are many carrier oil options, though, and each one has different benefits that may better suit you. Learn more about the options in my post on the top 10 best carrier oils.
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Top 6 Roller Bottle Recipes for Kids
Equipment
Ingredients
Wintertime Boost
- 4 drops frankincense
- 3 drops rose
- 2 drops wild orange
- 1 drop oregano
Peaceful Blooms
- 4 drops frankincense
- 3 drops lavender
- 2 drops melaleuca
- 1 drop helichrysum
Fresh and Cool
- 4 drops eucalyptus
- 3 drops peppermint
- 2 drops lemon
- 1 drop lime
Soothing
- 4 drops copaiba
- 3 drops lavender
- 2 drops wintergreen
- 1 drop frankincense
Calm and Relaxing
- 4 drops lavender
- 3 drops Roman chamomile
- 2 drops cedarwood
- 1 drop vetiver
Bright and Cheery
- 4 drops wild orange
- 3 drops sandalwood
- 2 drops bergamot
- 1 drop lavender
Instructions
- Choosing from one of the blends above, add the essential oils to a 10mL roller bottle.
- Top the roller bottle off with fractionated coconut oil.
- Secure roller top and shake well.
Notes
- Be sure to always consult with your doctor before using essential oils on your children.
- It is important to note that essential oils must always be diluted before applying them to the skin. For kids, they should be even more diluted than you would for an adult. Be sure to check out my essential oil dilution chart for a complete list of how to dilute essential oils properly.
- Each of these recipes is diluted for children 5 and up.
- Keep essential oils out of reach of children and don’t allow use without adult supervision.
- Avoid getting essential oils in the eyes, nose, and mouth.
Love these! Thanks for sharing!
These are really awesome! Thank you!!
You’re welcome!
I love these blends so much! I love these rollers, such a great idea!
They are handy ones to have around!
I have a question regarding Essential Oil that are not recommended for Children- specifically The essential oil Wintergreen. I am new to essential oils and loved your video for top 6 essential oil rollers for kids; I started gathering oils to make those kids rollers myself when I came across the Kids Aches and Pains Roller with Wintergreen essential oil in it and was a bit confused as I had previously read from several different sources that Wintergreen should never be used on kids under the age of 10 due to the high content of Methyl Salicyate. I value all the educational content you have within your website as it is very helpful and informative so I wanted to inquire to see if there is any merit to the claim that wintergreen essential oil shouldn’t be used on kids as it can be confusing reading contradicting information about oil safety and kids and I don’t want to unnecessarily pose any health risks to my kids. Also, do you have a list of the oils to avoid with kids? Thanks!
Very good question and one that I get often. A lot of the articles you find online about essential oil safety for children, especially concerning the mint oils and eucalyptus, are talking about essential oils that are not pure. You really have to be careful on the oils you are using because they are to regulated by the FDA. Unfortunately, a lot of essential oils on the market have added fillers, contaminants, and chemicals that shouldn’t be in there. If you are using high quality essential oils and they are diluted properly all oils can be safe for children.
Here is a great article talking about this further: https://www.doterra.com/US/en/blog/science-research-news-peppermint-eucalyptus-use-children.
Wintergreen has also in its pure form toxic components and is not to be used on children! Please don’t underestimate this and do your own research.
Labels for roller bottles ..
Hi Laura – was just watching your video on 6 roller bottles for kids on YouTube.. you mentioned you had printable labels? Can’t seem to locate the link .. please advise.
Thank you..
Hey Cathy! You can find all the labels in my resource library. I have a link for that in the youtube description. Here is the direct link: https://ouroilyhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/KID-ROLLER-BOTTTLE-LABELS.pdf
Hi there, I have just watched a few of your videos on blends for adults as well as the kids. Love the recipes.
Thanks so much for the kind words, I am glad you are enjoying my content!
I love the blends you chose! I need to add them into our oily rotation!
Thank you!