In my e-book, Three Ghost Friends: Learn About Opposites there is a spread with the text "Ghosts dirty. Ghosts clean." Amazingly, we created quite a "dirty" mess playing with Ivory Soap in the kitchen when we made "clean" ghosts. The mess was totally worth it because my two boys had a blast exploding ghost soap bars in the microwave and then making the Three Ghost Friends with the leftovers.
What You Will Need:
1. 3 bars of Ivory Soap
2. Paper Towels
3. Microwave
4. Sharpie Markers
5. Large mixing bowl or bin
6. 1 roll of Toilet Paper
7. Measuring Cups
8. Water
9. White plastic lids
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| My son unwrapped an Ivory Soap bar and added a ghost face with a Sharpie Marker. This was not exactly easy, but he managed to draw on the slick surface of the soap. Below is a video of my son microwaving his Soap Ghost for 90 seconds. The time may vary on the power of your microwave. We did many trials and microwaved up to 2 minutes without a problem. I hope you enjoy the video! He was quite excited about watching his ghost come to life! |
We could have stopped there but there was more we wanted to do with the soap! We found many recipes on Pinterest for Clean Mud. We improvised with our own recipe.
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| We had the leftovers from exploding three Ivory Soap bars in the microwave. We gathered up all the soap and put it into a bin. |
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| We unraveled a whole roll of toilet paper and tore it into small pieces. These pieces were added to the bin with the soap. |
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| We then added about 1 1/4 cup of water to the bin. |
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| We mixed everything together until the it formed a moldable dough. We added more water to get the consistency that was best for playing and forming shapes. |
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| I made few Three Ghost Friends faces by drawing with a Sharpie on a plastic lid. |
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| We pressed the faces on a few balls of ivory soap dough to make our Three Ghost Friends. |
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| This activity was great hands-on fun for my boys! |
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