how do you make soap? Needs to be safe to do with little girls!?

Answer 1

You will want to use melt and pour--you won't have to work with lye and you can get quite creative with scents, shapes and additives. My favorite supplier:

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Answer 2

Regular soap wouldn't be good to make with little girls because it involves lye. You can do melt-and-pour soap, which is generally a glycerin base, you can melt it in the microwave (note: it will get hot, so the girls will need supervision), add some color and/or scent, pour it into a mold, let it set, and voila, practically handmade soap! There are kits available at larger craft stores (like Michaels in the US) that have the basic materials, and you should also be able to purchase individual refills and maybe an instruction booklet as well.

Answer 3

You have several options that are child safe.
1 - melt and pour glycerine - you can pick up glycerine (solid) at stores like hobby lobby and michael's - all you have to do is follow the instructions on the package to melt (in pyrex dish in the microwave is safest) then mix in soap coloring and soap scent (also at the craft stores) pour it into a mold, i have found that ice cube trays can make lots of little soaps for kids, and you can mix them in the mold so that you have a lot of different fun colors!

I would let the girls do the coloring and mixing but not the pouring and melting. also make sure you spay your mold with plain cooking spray!

2 - hand milled soap from beauty bars

the same as melt and pour glycerin, just get white household soap (like ivory) grate it up and melt it, a double boiler would work or in a pyrex dish in the microwave, just make sure you melt gradually and STIR if it burns, its ruined.