Do your own make-up: That's what makes hand-washing fun
Washing children and hands is such a thing. But if the soap can be kneaded, the fun promises in the bathroom and schwupp, the children are voluntarily at the sink and knead the filthy Patsche hands brightly.
It sometimes feels like a shuttering board with a crack, constantly washing the words "hands"? repeated. Now it is only necessary to knead a round of soap and then it goes to the bathroom, without repeated request. In addition, children can make the soap themselves and this banishes boredom on a rainy day. In the beginning I was rather skeptical and thought the hands are colored by the colorful clay soap. But this is not the case. The hands are actually clean.
That is needed
- 2 tablespoons washing lotion or shower gel
- 1 tbsp organic coconut oil (or rapeseed oil)
- 1? 2 drops of food coloring
- 2.5 tablespoons cornstarch
How to do it
For four to five soap balls, place two tablespoons of liquid soap or shower gel in a beaker and mix with a tablespoon of native organic coconut oil. Alternatively, rapeseed oil can also be used. But then use a little more cornflour, otherwise the whole thing becomes too liquid. Next, one to a maximum of two drops of liquid food coloring are added. Please do not take too much color, otherwise the washing dough could rub off later. When the color is stirred, the starch is gradually added. It is kneaded with so much cornstarch with a fork until the mass sticks to your fingers, you can knead well and it feels very silky soft.
If the clay is too dry and crumbly, then simply add some coconut oil, it is too moist and sticky, some starch is mixed. Form about five balls from the mixture and keep them protected from drying out in a glass with a screw cap or a mason jar. However, the balls are usually already used up before they can dry out. Nevertheless, always make a small amount and make a few days later just new balls. The balls can also be taken in the tub. They dissolve there, however, if they are immersed in the water for too long.
