I have done a horrible job of blogging over the summer! You would think I would have the time, but alas I don't! I continued to do Wacky Wednesdays in my community for the month of July, which was a blast! I am determined to play catch up and blog about the projects. So without further procrastination, this was one of the days we made soap sculptures and splatter art!
Telling parents that kids were going to make soap sculptures, I got some quizzical looks. There was no way I was going to trust little kids with knives! But I was going to trust them with a microwave! Turns out you can microwave Ivory soap, and it will grow and turn into this really cool blob of coral looking soap! I got the idea from Pintrest which came from a blog called, Our Best Bites, you can see their post here.
So I had the kids take turns helping me blow up the soap in the microwave, the look of awe on their faces was so rewarding! We would place the soap on parchment paper, and microwave it until the bar of soap was no longer a square. Afterwards I had them color their sculptures with food coloring. I mixed it with a bit of water to be thrifty. They used brushes and eye-droppers to 'paint' the soap. Kids and things that squirt water are dangerous, proceed with caution!
The really great thing about this project is that it has a good use! They could use their sculptures for a fun, and very bubbly colorful bath time! One of the moms told me her bathroom has never smelt better!
We also made some splatter art by putting some paint on a page and using packing squares, and straws to splat it all over the paper.
Telling parents that kids were going to make soap sculptures, I got some quizzical looks. There was no way I was going to trust little kids with knives! But I was going to trust them with a microwave! Turns out you can microwave Ivory soap, and it will grow and turn into this really cool blob of coral looking soap! I got the idea from Pintrest which came from a blog called, Our Best Bites, you can see their post here.
So I had the kids take turns helping me blow up the soap in the microwave, the look of awe on their faces was so rewarding! We would place the soap on parchment paper, and microwave it until the bar of soap was no longer a square. Afterwards I had them color their sculptures with food coloring. I mixed it with a bit of water to be thrifty. They used brushes and eye-droppers to 'paint' the soap. Kids and things that squirt water are dangerous, proceed with caution!
The really great thing about this project is that it has a good use! They could use their sculptures for a fun, and very bubbly colorful bath time! One of the moms told me her bathroom has never smelt better!
We also made some splatter art by putting some paint on a page and using packing squares, and straws to splat it all over the paper.
