Soap

For school I thought it would be fun if we tried to make our own handsoap. Okay, so we didn't start from complete scratch! We got some generic soap from Garden of Francis, an online Homeschool, Montessori & Homemaking store.

Their soaps are all safe and easy to use even with young children. You can choose vegetable oil or animal fats.

The girls and I had a blast melting the soap and adding color, scents, and a few exfoliants that we had picked up from Michaels earlier.

When you order the soap it also comes with a basic soap making booklet that gets you started on the right track. The girls want to sell a few of their creations on my Etsy site as well as using them as gifts.

We decided to also do a give away. Please leave in the comments what your favorite soaps are. Deadline is July 10th. Winner will be picked at random on July 11th, and notified by email.

The soap and booklet that it came with.

Here are the girls grating and stirring the soap so it will melt and we can reshape it.

And then of course we had to try out the soap to make sure it works!!!