In my many many journeys through Pinterest I have stumbled upon the Pin of putting Ivory soap into the Microwave and watching it grow into a large soap cloud. This seems fun and for the 2 minutes it's in the microwave it is pretty entertaining. However I could not imagine doing this and being left with a hard cloud from what once was a perfectly good bar of soap. So I searched on to find out what we would do with this cloud after we cooked it..the end result....messy hands for me and a lot of laughs and priceless memories, it was well worth it!!
Here's what you will need:
Materials:
Bar of Ivory Soap (no substitutions)
Food Coloring
Small Cookie Cutters (will make aprox 3)
Waxed Paper
Old Bowl
Microwave
1.Cover your microwave with waxed paper you want the piece big enough so that you can take it out with out touching the soap as it will be hot.
2. Place the bar of Ivory soap inside on top of the waxed paper and set it for 2.5 minutes..you may not need to cook it the whole time.
3.Stand back and watch the cloud grow!!
4.Once it's done growing place it into an old large bowl and allow to cool.
5. Now let the kids smash it into powdery chunks of soap. This happens fairly easily as the cooked soap turns mostly into powder.
6. This part I advise you do not allow the children to do as it is extremely messy and clean up is not easy..divide the soap into 3 equal amounts and add a small amount of water (1tsp or less) and food coloring to each batch. Mix thouroughly with your hands and press into the cookie cutters.
7. Allow a 3 hours to dry and then you should be able to press them out to finish drying overnight.
8. There will be dye from the food coloring released when this soap is used. It will not stain your tub, sink or skin because of the soap mixture. However it will make bath time more fun by coloring the water and giving them something cool they made themselves to play with.
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