Soap!

  

  




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Yesterday, we made soap!  It's SO easy, it barely counts as a craft.  But it's neat to do, and can be used up, or given away as a gift that can actually be used, not just take up space.  I did this project with 3- to 9-year-olds.  It could be messy without a good deal of supervision, but at least most of the mess is soap, so it should be easy to clean!  ;-) I got all this stuff at Hobby Lobby - they have an aisle with all the supplies together, so you don't even have to go looking for stuff.  The glycerin soap comes in a bag.  It's blocks of clear soap that you melt in the microwave.  It takes about 45 - 60 seconds to melt.  Then you stir in the color and scent (found in that same aisle!), pour into molds, and let harden.  You can pop them out of the molds in about an hour, maybe sooner, and they're done.  This morning, Libba Lu and I made an extra one each, and we added really fine glitter when we stirred in the scent and color.  You can add other stuff, but that was all I could think of.  The green wand and the pink shoe have glitter in them.

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