How does soap get made? With Klutz soap-making kits, it's easy for kids to explore the steps involved in the process.
Using Klutz kits, your child can melt the ingredients, then mold soap into a variety of shapes and styles, including soap jellies, mermaids, and squishy soap dough. Making soap is a highly creative project: Your child will choose shapes, colors, scents, and add-ins, and make a number of other artistic decisions.
The process of making soap also offers valuable scientific lessons. Your child will need to master basic steps like measuring, mixing, tracking time, and analyzing results. Plus, every kit comes with a book of clear, illustrated instructions, which make it easy for your child to absorb and follow the directions. The Klutz: Make Your Own Soap kit also includes ideas for simple soap-based experiments that your child can do in the kitchen.
Soap-making is an apt way to engage your child’s senses. For example, Klutz Jr: My Squishy Soap Dough offers a hands-on tactile experience for preschoolers — after mixing glycerin with soap powder, your little learner can mold and shape the clay-like dough to form soap in whatever shape catches their imagination. A bonus: Sudsing up is far more exciting for kids when it’s done with a soap made with their very own hands.
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