Crayon Soap

I know this is a food blog, but for all of you who have little ones who like bathtime, I thought this would be a fun recipe to put up. I was inspiried to find this recipe by my sister Rhonda. She had made Savannah finger paint for the tub, and I was intrigued to find other forms of tub time paint, and I ofund this. I plan on making it this weekend and personally trying them out! Ok, maybe I will give them to one of my nieces or nephews and let them try them!

1 cup of pure soap flakes
Liquid food coloring
2 tablespoons of hot water
One Large Bowl
Several Small Bowls
Ice Cube Tray or Candy Molds for fun shapes. **IKEA has really cute sylicone icecube trays with a bunch of different shapes. Go look!**

Have a small bowl for each food coloring you plan to use. Put soap flakes in the large bowl. Drop the hot water into the soap flakes, stirring constantly. The mixture will be extremely thick and will be very hard to stir. Spoon some of the soap mixture into each small bowl. Add you food coloring by “DROPS“, stirring constantly until the soap mixture attains the consistency of very thick school paste. Press the colored soap mixture into the molds. Set aside and allow them to dry and harden. This can take a few days to a week, depending on the temperature and humidity in your area. SEE NOTES After they are dry, pop them out of the molds and let dry a few more days before you use them. This will make 15 to 25 crayons, it depends on the size molds that you use. Most ice cube trays make about 20 crayons. Candy molds will make more because they are generally smaller in size.

*If they are left in the bathwater where they dissolve just like a bar of soap *

I will take pictures of the finished product when they are done!