How to Make Homemade Soap for Kids

Homemade soap for kids can be given as a gift or used as a way to get kids to take a bath. Despite your reason for making soap for the special child in your life, the soap should be kid friendly with an appealing color and shape. Making homemade soap is not difficult. It can be made in as little as an afternoon and be ready for use within a week. To make homemade soap for a child correctly, you will need to follow several steps.

Things You'll Need

• Soap flakes
• Food coloring
• Pot
• Water
• Spoon
• Ice cube trays
• Wax paper
• Measuring cup
• Bowl
• Microwave

Instructions

1. Place 1/4 cup of water into a pot and bring to a boil.

2. Pour 1 cup of soap flakes into a measuring cup and add to the boiling water. When adding the soap flakes, put them into the water very slowly and stir the water constantly.

3. Remove the soap from the pot and place it in a bowl.

4. Add food coloring to the soap and stir it until the soap is the color that you are striving for. When choosing a color for the soap, use the favorite color of the child who you are making soap for.

5. Fill ice cube trays with the colored soap. Use trays that are shapes that the child will like, such as hearts and stars.

6. Heat the filled ice cube trays in the microwave for 15 minutes. This will help the soap dry out. Make sure the microwave is set to low heat.

7. Set the ice cube trays on the counter for 3 days so the soap can completely dry.

8. Remove the soap from the ice cube trays by turning the trays over.

9. Put the soaps onto wax paper and let them sit for another day before giving them to the child.

Tips & Warnings

• If you are using the same measuring cup that you used for the water, wipe it dry first or the soap flakes will stick to the sides of the measuring cup.

References

• Kitchen Crafts N' More: Homemade Soap