12 Essential Oil Recipes to Help Kids with School

Here are 12 back-to-school essential oil roller bottle and spray recipes to keep your kids healthy and strong. I love using essential oils to keep my kids healthy, which is the number one reason I started using them in the first place!

How to Make a Roller Bottle Recipe

For back-to-school essential oil roller bottle recipes, you need three things – a 10 ml. roller bottle, 1 tbsp. carrier oil, and approximately 10-20 drops of essential oils. The amount of essential oils varies depending on the age of the person and how strong or “hot” the essential oil is.

Carrier Oil

You need 1 tablespoon of any carrier oil. Carrier oils are not the same as essential oils – they are fatty and oily and help dilute the essential oils so that they can be applied to the skin without irritation. Essential oils are very potent, powerful, and very concentrated, so it's usually best to dilute them before apply to your skin. Here are some of my top favorites:

• Fractionated Coconut Oil
• Sweet Almond Oil
• Jojoba Oil (for the face and scalp especially)
• Olive Oil
• Grapeseed Oil
• V-6 oil (combo of 6 vegetable oils)

Roller Bottles

I buy the 10 ml. (1 tbsp.) roller bottles, and here are my favs!

• Clear with black top
• Brown amber with gold top
• Rose gold with gold top
• Clear with gold top

Making Your Roller Bottles

Put in the essential oils first (10-20 drops per bottle), then add the carrier oil. Push on the roller ball top, then screw on the cap. To dilute for children, see my guide here.

To apply the labels, wipe the bottle down with rubbing alcohol first, then dry it with a paper towel. Or, wash with soap and water and then dry with a paper towel.

My Favorite Essential Oils Company

I buy my essential oils exclusively from Young Living. I have found their quality and standards to be the best in the business! Their oils have worked better for me and my family than any other company’s oils. They have very strict quality standards, and I’ve seen them for myself as I’ve visited several of their farms. No pesticides or herbicides, and they hand weed their fields as farming equipment can damage plants and cause the essential oils that come from them to be less effective. 

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Back to School Essential Oil Roller Bottle and Spray Printable Label Set

Get these adorable roller bottle labels in my Etsy shop here! They include affirmations on each one that you can read aloud with your child as you roll on the essential oils, and they include usage instructions. You can use them with any brand of essential oils you like!

Perfect Attendance Roller

Use this to help keep your kids' immunity strong! Roll on their spines and bottoms of their feet daily.

• 5 drops Thieves*
• 5 drops Peppermint*
• 5 drops Lemon*

Homework Helper Roller

These oils help to stimulate the brain and keep your energy up – perfect for doing homework or big projects! Roll it on the temples, forehead, and back of the neck. You can also breathe them in.

• 5 drops Peppermint*
• 5 drops Frankincense*
• 5 drops Citrus Fresh*

Clean Hands Spray

Use this to help keep kids' hands clean without toxins or irritating ingredients! Spray onto hands, bookbags, door handles, toilets, or anything that needs cleaning.

• 5 drops Lavender
• 10 drops Thieves
• Pinch of salt
• 4 oz. water

School Night Roller

Use this to help kids calm down before bedtime. Roll on their spines and the bottoms of their feet.

• 5 drops Peace & Calming*
• 5 drops Lavender*
• 5 drops Cedarwood

You Got This Roller

Use for mental courage and strength! Perfect before a big presentation or for a kid who's apprehensive about going to school. Roll on the spine, wrists, chest and, put on the hands, and take several deep breaths.

• 10 drops Valor*
• 5 drops Frankincense*
• 5 drops Northern Lights Black Spruce

Breathe Roller

I use this roll-on at the first sign of sniffles, congestion, or a cough. I roll it on my kids' chests, spines, and bottom of feet several times a day until they feel better.

• 5 drops Raven*
• 3 drops Eucalyptus
• 5 drops Ravintsara

Smartie Pants Roller

These essential oils are small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier, which in English means they can help kids and adults alike to think more clearly and stay focused. They are like brain food!

• 5 drops Cedarwood
• 5 drops Frankincense*
• 5 drops Bergamot

Morning Sunshine Roller

• 5 drops Peppermint*
• 5 drops Frankincense*
• 5 drops Citrus Fresh*

Critters Be Gone Spray

Spray this on your kids' scalps and hair before going to school to help prevent critters like lice from deciding that your kids' scalp is a great place to hang out!

• 10 drops Purification
• 10 drops Tea Tree*
• 10 drops Lavender*
• Pinch of salt & 4 oz. water

School Lunch Roller

Roll this on your kids' bellies and abdomens when their stomachs need to feel better. Apply a warm compress (a wet, warm washcloth) after rolling on the oils to help the oils penetrate deeper into the skin.

• 5 drops Peppermint*
• 5 drops DiGize*
• 5 drops Orange

School Sports Roller

The perfect roll-on for active kids! Roll it on the muscles that need some relief and TLC as often as needed.

• 5 drops Peppermint*
• 5 drops Panaway*
• 5 drops Copaiba*

Teacher's Pet Roller

This helps kids get along with other kids and have a great attitude! These oils are known for being emotionally balancing and calming. Roll anywhere you like, but the spine and bottoms of the feet are always good places.

• 5 drops Ylang Ylang
• 5 drops Bergamot
• 5 drops Harmony

*indicates it’s in Young Living’s Premium Starter Kit – getting the essential oils in a kit saves you 40%, and you get a FREE diffuser that comes with a one-year warranty! You also get 24% off of all of Young Living's products for an entire year! See what comes in the Premium Starter Kit below, and click here to read more!