A very special thank you to my staging client, Kallee Brister, for sharing this easy craft idea that you can do with your kids.

Simply take a bar of ivory soap, place it on wax paper and microwave for two minutes. The soap will grow into a giant fluffy cloud.

This process is really exiting for the kids.  But for me, I was left wondering what to do with this soap cloud now.  So I decided that we would make small decorative soaps with it.

First, put the fluff in a bowl and let your kids smash it to smithereens.  Then, in a food processor add a very little amount of warm water just until it comes together.  To test, grab some with your hands and if it holds together in a ball, it’s ready.

You can also stir in a couple of drops of food coloring to make colored soaps like I did and then let the kids press the soap mixture into molds.  After the soaps are molded, but still wet, you can gently push them out of the molds.  Let them sit in a cool, dry place for a few days and soon you will have little soaps to wash (or play!) with.

P.S.  Make sure your soap is fresh.  I had an old bar of ivory soap left over from a Christmas craft segment I did on Great Day Houston with Debra Duncan and it did not rise in the microwave.