I have
bought bath crayons and almost immediately thrown them away because they
created such a mess. I am talking hard to clean mess that left my pretty white
bathtub stained green and blue and red… Needless to say I was not happy.
I
originally thought about making the soap all on my own and just letting the
kids play with the crayons in the tub. But the boys really love to help me in
the kitchen and they adore mixing things and making projects, so the making of
the homemade bath crayons was a project in and of itself for the boys. The kids
had a lot fun experimenting with colors and mixing the soap.
While
shopping for some arts and crafts supplies online I happened upon glycerin soap
and remembered a recipe a friend gave me for bath crayons. I have been wanting
to make some homemade bath crayons for the kids to play with for a while now
and have simply been too busy to get to the store for the supplies that I
needed. I wanted to make bath crayons that would not stain or leave a big mess.
So I clicked a button and bought some glycerin soap for our project.
What you need:
Glycerin
Soap (I bought the transparent kind online but you can find some at an arts and
crafts store and usually can use a coupon to get it for half off)
Food
Coloring
Mold
{I prefer to use the silicone molds becaue it is easier to remove once done,
but you can use ice cube trays, muffin tins, or cups as well.
How to make it:
Cut
the glycerin soap into small squares.
Put
the glycerin soap squares into a microwave safe measuring cup or bowl for 30
seconds. {yes the packaging says 45 seconds, but that is really too much and
can discolor the glycerin soap.}
Take
it out and stir it. Microwave again at 15 second intervals if needed.
Once
the soap is entirely melted, add the food coloring to the liquid soap and stir.
After
you have mixed the color with the melted soap pour it into the mold {or
whatever tray you are using}.
Set
aside to let the soap cool down and set
for an hour before popping it out of the tray.
This
was a super easy project to make and the cleanup was ridiculously easy. I will
NEVER buy bath crayons again. Seriously. These are essentially colored soap, so
they clean up easily and the kids are helping to clean while they are playing.
Can it get any better than that? The boys were super excited to play with them
in the tub too!
Do you make your own
craft supplies {crayons, chalk, paint}?
