Homemade Soap Crayons

**thriftybargainmom** · 06-09-2007, 12:00 AM

Homemade Soap Crayons

Ingredients:
1 c Soap flakes
Food colouring
2 tb Hot water

Have one large bowl and several small bowls, one for each color. You will also need an ice cube tray with different sections, or containers to act as small molds.

Put soap flakes in a large bowl and drop the hot water into the soap flakes, stirring constantly. The mixture will be extremely thick and hard to stir.

Spoon some of the soap into each of the small bowls and color each separately, adding the color by drops until the soap has the consistency of a very thick paste.

Press spoonfuls of the soap into your molds and set the crayons in a dry place to harden. They should take a few days to a week to dry completely.

When dry, remove from the molds and allow to dry for a few more days before using.

**mommaof2** · 06-11-2007, 01:51 PM

my daughter will love this ty

**cheriede** · 06-12-2007, 10:16 PM

Cool--Thanks so much!!

**pita1213** · 07-03-2007, 10:49 PM

if you can't find soap flakes (ivory no longer makes soap flakes but detergent flakes) finely grate a bar of soap.
i had emailed ivory a few years ago since i couldn't find soap flakes and asked about ivory snow. i was told it is detergent and they no longer make soap flakes. they suggested grating a bar of soap. it works pretty well, just use the fine grater side of your grater. it cleans up easy since it's just soap.