I mentioned yesterday that I received a Mom VoxBox from Influenster recently. One of the complimentary products was Ivory bar soap. I've personally used Ivory soap for years, since childhood actually, and always loved it. Ivory's a great quality soap and is quite inexpensive, so I don't mind using it for experiments or carving.
Through the Influenster campaign I learned from other members that Ivory can also be used for a fun kid's science experiment, so my daughter and I decided to try it out this morning!
I read online that an entire bar is too large for most microwaves, so I quartered the bar. I'm really glad I did because just the one piece was fluffing off of the plate towards the end!
I put the quarter on a microwave safe plate and cooked it for about 50 seconds. My daughter was so excited with how huge and fluffy it looked.
We had a blast breaking it apart. It felt soft and kind of crunchy at the same time. I guess this is a pretty common children's experiment, but I had never done it, so I was just as amused as my daughter.
We ended up making a huge mess and my daughter spent a half hour playing with the flakes. I was impressed that it was able to keep her attention for so long!
I wasn't going to throw away perfectly good soap, so after she was done playing, we scooped up all the flakes and poured them into an empty mason jar.
I'll be using the flakes for laundry, and letting my daughter crumble the soap was much easier than using a grater on the bar. I ended up with about a cup of flakes, which is great for only a quarter bar of soap!
Cleanup was also very easy. I ran a vacuum over the floor to pick up all the crumblies then ran a damp towel over the table and chair. That's it! There was no residue or stickiness left anywhere and we ended up with nice, clean hands.
This was a great project and I found two new uses for Ivory soap! Thanks to Ivory and Influenster for making it possible.
I found this great video on Youtube explaining the science behind the fun.
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