What a fabulous idea, Melissa! We’ll make it!

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They stay rather soft because of the toilet paper being soft and fluffy.

I love a mom who doesn’t mind a bit of mess!

Any white, mild soap will be fine for the Fairy Mud, Bridgette. It’s just the expanding Ivory Soap experiment (microwave) that you can only use Ivory for. Other soaps can scorch and burn.

Oh gosh, we glitter-phobes do make things difficult, don’t we, Marja? I’m so sorry she took her glitter-intolerance to such an extreme!

Oh we do lots of glittery, feathery, flowery crafts and baby doll activities when the boys are here, just as we do lots of muddy, dinosaur, cars and trucks activities with the girls. None of our activities are exclusive, nor do I pitch them to be “for girls” or “for boys”. On the day of this activity, I simply stated that because I had only girls with me, I provided them with an activity that I knew they would particularly enjoy. We’ve repeated this activity many times with both boys and girls here.

Glad to hear it’s a hit at your house, too, Crystal!

Any kind should work, Rosemary. I never take note of the brand that I use, and we’ve made it lots of times over the year. I’m sure I probably use a different brand every time because I only ever buy what’s on sale, so it varies from week to week here.

We did this today with Dove sensitive fragrance-free soap. Worked perfectly! Thanks for the idea!

Wonderful, Bryony! I like the idea of adding coconut oil!

We (nearly 2 and 4 yr old daughters) used a normal bar of soap and it worked well.. We used a teaspoon of coconut oil afterwards to help replenish the skin afterwards 😉

Thanks, will try it out provided I can find ivory soap in Asia Singapore…

We’ve never had a problem with either, Kent. Ivory is a very mild soap, and it’s never left our hands feeling dry, even after playing in the mud for an hour. I suppose if someone were to rub their eyes with soapy hands it could be a problem, but we’ve never had it happen. You could keep a basin of clean water and a towel nearby if you felt someone might need rinse off before touching their eyes while playing.

Go for it, Crystal. 🙂

Not long, Rosie. The flower petals really discolour everything after several hours. If you left those out, you could probably get a couple of days out of it, but it will eventually either dry out or if it’s kept air tight it will go mouldy.

Ours moulded fairly quickly last year, Janine – within a few days.

LOL 😉

It’s the high air content that makes it so unique, Vicki, and that’s why it expands so much. I don’t think there’s any other brand that is whipped with air the way Ivory is. If you can find a soap that floats, it might work. Ivory is so light and airy that it floats.

Because otherwise you’d just be playing with wet toilet paper?

Well, I guess if they put their soapy hands in their eyes it would be, Bryony. We’ve never had it happen here, but if you think your 2 year old is likely to touch her eyes while playing with it, I’d hold off until she’s a little older.

Thanks for linking up at Artsy Play Wednesday. It’s been pinned to our group board. Hope to see you again this week!

I’m ok with messes that can be cleaned up relatively easily – hosed off, wiped off, scrubbed off etc. But glitter – it lingers forever!

Smiles!

I’m so glad you popped over for a visit! I absolutely love what your blog is all about too! I’m looking forward to following along with you!

Thank you!!

So glad you found us! I hope you’ll follow along with us on Facebook and Pinterest too! You can click on the buttons at the top of my sidebar on my blog. I’m glad you enjoyed this post so much! We have loads of activities that your son might enjoy!

Hi, Shannon. Yes, we played with it for a couple of days. I don’t know how long you can store it for. I tried storing a batch of the un-coloured “clean mud” once, and when I checked on it a few weeks later it had gone moldy. It should be good for a few days though if you just keep it in a sealed container. When we finished with it we used the star shaped cookie cutters to make moulds, and we dried them in the sun for a few days. I’m not quite sure what we’ll use those for, but I don’t have to worry about it quite yet because it poured rain on them (they were still sitting outside in my “sunny spot”), so now they’re soaking wet again. Haha! Because it’s just soap and t.p., you could just add them to your compost bin when you’re finished with your mud.

I can’t say for sure because I’ve never used anything but Ivory, but I can’t see why it wouldn’t work with another brand, Liz. Maybe just make sure it’s a white soap so it doesn’t interfere with the colour of your “mud”.

🙂

Thanks, Ann! It really was neat stuff!

Thanks so much, Debra! I’m glad you’re loving our stuff! I so wish I could have everyone over for a big play-date!

Oh yeah. There was nooooo way we were doing that inside, Becky!

Aw, thanks, Shannon! Have fun with your Fairy Mud!