2014 Pinterest Challenge - Not Your Momma's Soap

Soap isn't just for the bath - or so says Pinterest.  I read that if you microwave a bar of Ivory soap, it turns into moldable mush that you can play with.  

I had to try it with Little Lady.

My supplies:

Food coloring, cookie cutters, wax paper, Ivory soap, cup of water, bowl and spoon

Now my goal was to preform a bit of a science experiment with the Ivory soap in order that Little Lady could play with some different textures.  BUT, mid project, I thought why waste a perfectly good bar of soap...

This adventure led to a super fun time for Little Lady, and a fun craft afterwards!

Step 1: Unwrap Ivory soap from paper

Step 2: Place unwrapped soap on wax paper and place in microwave (I set the microwave for 3 minutes but it only needed about a minute and a half to grow pretty large).

The Ivory soap will start to grow into a giant Ivory soap cloud!

 Step 3: Place the Ivory cloud on a paper plate and play!

Little Lady went from what is this Mom?, to OHMYGOODNESSTHISISGREAT in about 1 minute

The craft begins when you are done playing!

Step 4: Place Ivory cloud into bowl, add a couple tablespoons of water, and stir until it is a thick paste

Step 5: optional - add food coloring 

Step 6: Smoosh soap into cookie cutter molds

(I think I added a little too much water because the soap was slightly too soft to properly mold but it worked anyways) 

Step 7: Wait a couple of hours and you will have bars of soap to use for play or bath time! (I put the molds into the refrigerator to speed up the hardening process but you could leave them out overnight to achieve the same effect).  

A West Highland White Terrier, a heart, and a bat :)

I think this craft would definitely be more fun with an older child who could actually watch the Ivory cloud grow in the microwave, but it was a great activity for Little Lady to play with a different texture and have a lot of fun in the process! - says the village idiot