The kiddies & I decided to spend an afternoon this past week trying out a melt & pour soap kit we picked up at a garage sale a little while back. The whole process couldn't be simpler, and was a great activity choice, as it was fun whether you were 4, 7, 11, or 32.
I cut up a big chunk of glycerin, meltable soap and put it in a pot.
Once it was liquid, we added about a half dozen drops of scented oil, and a few chunks of soap dye.
The kids each chose a couple of molds, and I poured the pretty smelling green liquid in. They pressed some dried flowers into the back of a couple, for a "fancy" effect.
A short play-time later, the soap was ready to come out of it's mold, and we all admired our pretty handiwork.
One of these days, I plan to make some soap the longer way, but for now, this was unanimously a satisfying way to spend a quiet afternoon!
fun fun! what scent did you use?
Posted by: colleen | September 06, 2009 at 07:57 PM
It dried so differently from it's "wet" color!
Posted by: Sara | September 07, 2009 at 04:16 AM
Cute! Did the molds come with the kit? I love the aqua color!
Posted by: Lorette | September 07, 2009 at 08:00 AM
What good clean fun :) (Sorry couldn't resist!)
Posted by: Sarah | September 07, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Sounds like Christmas presents for teachers and relatives to me! We did candles once when I was growing up with an aunt, but she was insistent that we do it "her way", so some of the creativity was squelched.
Those soaps are pretty- nice water-ly colour.
Posted by: Judy G. | September 07, 2009 at 02:34 PM