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The kids had so much fun with making the bath bombs that we decided to do another fun project with Melt & Pour Soap.
We had the kids pick some fun molds that they wanted to use. They chose some animal and flower molds! They also wanted to embed some objects in the soap. We decided on using a bag and embedding some sea creatures into some of the Melt & Pour Soap that we colored blue to make it look like the ocean water. Ava chose an octopus and coral to place into her soap and Dylan chose a fish, shark and a treasure chest to place into his soap. If we added ALL the objects that the kids wanted, we would have ended up with the largest soap ever! After melting the soap, we colored it with some premixed Ocean Blue color. We allowed the soap to cool for a little to help prevent the bags from melting and leaking everywhere. Once the soap was cool enough, we then poured the soap into a plastic bag and placed the objects into the soap. After placing the objects in the soap, we set the bags of soap with sea creature embeds into a bowl until completely cooled. The kids will definitely enjoy their showers and tubs as they wait for their sea creatures to come out of the soap! For the flower and animal molds we melted the Melt & Pour Soap, added in some color and poured directly into the molds. Allow to cool completely, then pop them out of the molds. If you have bubbles on the top of your soap from enthusiastic mixing, lightly spritz the soaps with some rubbing alcohol to help the bubbles pop. You do want to spritz your soaps shortly after pouring into the molds before the soap has time to set. Soaps stuck in the molds? One easy way to remove your soaps from the mold is to spray a thin coat of oil into each mold prior to filling with soap. This was a super fast and easy project to do with the kids. I hope this inspires you to come up with some fun projects to do with the kids during the summer break. What a fun way to keep them active as well as create some fun memories with the kids! Enjoy! |
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