Bath Crayons

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• Step 1

  First, pick your soap carefully. My niece ended up being allergic to the bar soap I used.

  Grate up the bar. Watch your fingers when you get near the end!

• Step 2

  Very slowly add about two(2) tablespoons of water. You don't want it to end up too watery. You can add more, but you can't take it out! Mix it up with a fork.

• Step 3

  Split the soap into three equal sections (Or less if you want more of just one color of soap)

• Step 4

  Mix in a good squeeze of food coloring. I would warn against using red, because it does have a tendency to stain the tub more so than other colors.

• Step 5

  Shape it into a crayon like shape, or press it into a mold. Let dry for about two days in a cool dry place.

  Just a warning that it ends up being super slippery and hard to grab a hold of. So something other than a crayon like shape might be easier to hold!

  And they will change the water to whatever color the crayon is :)

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Awoken Cello · 14 projects 8th August 2010

I should make some of these for my little bro. I remember having some as a kid and I loved them! Thanks for the how-to =D

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Craftie Auntie · Medford, Oregon, US · 55 projects 20th May 2010

Jess, I didn't notice any of them really lingering on my nieces skin, and she was having a lot of fun coloring her belly. But it all rinsed off.

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Jess · Phoenix, Arizona, US · 6 projects 19th May 2010

That. is. awesome.

One question though, will it dye the kid's skin?

If not, I'm totally making this for my niece. Thanks for the tute!

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Jet H. · Haarlem, North Holland, NL · 108 projects 15th April 2010

thanks for your recipy i like to try this out!;-D

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Craftie Auntie · Medford, Oregon, US · 55 projects 14th April 2010

Linsey, I've heard people suggest using Soap coloring before. But I am not sure how well it would work for a crayon. I didn't have any other than a pale pink color, so I wasn't able to try it out. But maybe this weekend I will give that a go, and see how it turns out!

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Linsey · Byrnes Mill, Missouri, US · 8 projects 14th April 2010

I love this idea! I so want to make these for my little man. Is there something else other than food coloring that can be used to make the colored "crayons"?

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JusteMoi 14th April 2010

Lmao awesome, just the other day I tried writing in the water droplets on the wall juring a shower. I'm THAT cool. ;P

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KMOM14 · Fort Wayne, Indiana, US · 378 projects 13th April 2010

My son would have loved something like this when he was little.

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Love in a Thunderstorm · 7 projects 12th April 2010

Awesome.

I remember using bath crayons when I was little!

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Scarlet-Begonias · Everett, Washington, US · 15 projects 12th April 2010

That is such a rad idea!

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