Lush Sunderland hosts family-friendly Munching Bunny bath bomb workshop

Lush Sunderland turned a store visit into a make-it-yourself session on Monday, May 18, as families came in for the Munching Bunny bath bomb-making workshop at Lush Cosmetics Sunderland. The format was built for beginners, with the Eventbrite listing saying it was best suited for ages 5 and up, protective gloves were provided, and attendees should wear clothes they did not mind getting messy. For a community hobby space that often starts with curiosity and ends with a finished product, that simple setup mattered.

The workshop was listed as a two-hour session, and that extra time gave the experience a different feel from a quick purchase at the till. Instead of leaving with a boxed item, families made the bath bomb themselves, which is exactly the kind of low-pressure entry point that helps newcomers understand the craft before they ever think about making one at home. The Munching Bunny theme also gave the session a playful seasonal edge, keeping it squarely in the Easter lane without losing the practical appeal of a hands-on class.

The Sunderland store itself, at Unit 30, The Bridges Shopping Centre, Sunderland SR1 3LB, is set up for more than standard retail. Lush lists parties, skincare consultations, haircare consultations, gift consultations, corporate gifting, work events, vegan consultations, plastic free consultations and Click & Collect among its services, and the bath bomb workshop fit neatly into that broader in-store events model. In that setting, the class was not a side attraction. It was part of how the shop brings people inside, teaches them something useful, and sends them home with a product they made themselves.

The timing also lined up with Lush’s 2026 Easter collection, which launched exclusively via Lush Club on February 10 and arrived in stores and online on February 19. Bunny-themed bath products gave the Sunderland workshop a clear seasonal tie-in, while the company’s own bath-bomb history gave the event deeper context. Lush traces the original bath bomb to Mo Constantine’s 1989 prototype in a Dorset garden shed, and the company was awarded the bath-bomb trademark on April 27, 1990, a date it now marks as World Bath Bomb Day. From roughly 30,000 bath bombs sold in the UK in 1995 to more than 20 million sold globally each year now, the line has grown into one of Lush’s signature products, and the Sunderland workshop showed why that still works best when people are invited to make, not just buy.