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I’ve got a REALLY fun and RIDICULOUSLY easy science experiment for you to do with your kiddos after school today. I’m going to show you how to make soap clouds. I found this super cool trick inside Dad’s Book of Awesome Science Experiments
Let’s get started!
This is really all you need! I would suggest using a dinner plate instead of a salad plate, though. The soap cloud gets REALLY big! And there’s simply no substitution for the Ivory soap. The book explains why it has to be this particular brand, but just trust that it must be Ivory! 🙂
Get your child involved by having them unwrap the soap and place it on a paper towel-lined plate, and setting the microwave for no more than 2 minutes (1:30 was enough for us).
Then watch this happen!
Tim and I were every bit as excited as Darah as we watched the bar of Ivory soap turn into beautiful, fluffy cloud-like shapes. It was awesome! And for the frugal folks out there, don’t you worry…you can totally still use this as soap…it just looks a little different and probably needs a plastic bag to hold all its contents. Or you can just plop it into the bath and let the kids have a whole lot of fun and get majorly clean. I think it is worth every penny of the .75 that the bar costs. 🙂
As for the science behind the experiment, I’m going to leave that secret in the book so you can read for yourself. This is just one of dozens of fantastic science experiments you can do with your kids at home. We are enjoying Dad’s Book of Awesome Science Experiments
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I’ll be doing this with my nephew.
My husband and kids would have a blast doing this.
I’d do the experiments with my son and husband.
my grandsons would be doing them with Grampy
I would be doing these experiments with my older son and my daughter who would both love them.
i would do this with our son. i am tony l smoaks on rafflecopter.
I would love to give this to my son
my nephew
I would be doing these experiments with my grandchildren and my youngest son. This looks like fantastic fun!
Would love to try these experiments with my two sons.
With my family.
I could see this being something that my kids would get really excited about. Except for my youngest who is only two, my seven and nine years old have a curiosity about how things function that would have them enjoying these.
I would being doing the science experiments with my family. We have a couple of OLD type of books similar to this but they are no where near as cool sounding.
With my son
This is the kind of things my husband loves to do with the kids! I would definitely give it to him for a father’s day gift to do with the kids!
Super!! The ideal gift for my son!
I’d like to do with my granddaughters
My teen son and 6 year old daughter would both love this book! Thanks!
I would love doing these experiments with my husband and our 3 children! We’ve done a few, like a volcano in the sink and colored ice balls, and we all had a blast. We would love to try out some new ones 🙂
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The kids I babysit 🙂
My kids would love to try this!
I’d love to do these experiments with my daughter
These experiments would be so fun to do with my son!
My fiance and my son would be doing them together.
I think the whole family would want to do these together.
We’d be doing them with our son. He turns 3 next week.
I’d do them with my grandchildren.
I’d do them with my 8-year-old sister!
I’d be doing some experiments with my 3 kids. This looks like a lot of fun!
I’d do them with my nephew!
My son loves all things science.
I hope I win!!
I would do these experiments with my 5 year old son!
I would love to do this with my class- I teach STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and I would also do this with my three kiddos.
I would love to add this to our homeschool library!
I can see my husband and I doing these with our 4.5 year old, and our 9yr old niece & 8yr old nephew. When our 3 month old daughter grows up, I know we will do them with her also!!!
My daughter and husband would love this book!
id love to do these with my son. It would be fun to do at the grandparents house too!
I’d love to do these experiments with my son and husband
My 2 daughters!!
My niece and nephew would think that was amazing! (and I think it is pretty neat, too!)
I would be doing these experiments with my 7 year old grandson. He is always making “special potions” and doing experiments with things he finds in my kitchen and laundry room.
My family loves to do fun experiments. Recently, we made Flubber and it is super fun to play with. My daughter would love to have some new experiments to try. Thanks for the review and opportunity.
This would be perfect for my auntie nephie days!!!
My two sons, Parker & Grant! We love to do experiments!!
My daughter and I definitely would get a kick out of doing these experiments over the summer together. I love science!
I’d love to do them with my little one!
I love science !!!!!
I would show my nieces and nephews this
I would do it with my kids!
My son and daughter
I would do these science experiments with my boys
My son
Both my sons would love these experiments!
I have two boys and two daycare kids who would love to try this out.
With my son
my four kids!
With my nieces. nephews and stepson.
i’d be doing these with my son – who loves science, especially when it explodes.
i would do with my son and niece!
love experiments that kids can do!
if i won, i would use it with my niece 🙂
We’d be doing them with my 6 yr old daughter.
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My Grandkids
I would make lots of use out of this book. I would use it with my two boys and with my preschoolers in my classroom.
My kids!
My son will love this. 🙂
I’d be doing the experiments with my 6-year-old nephew and my 4-year-old niece. My nephew is always thinking of little experiments he can try — but since he invents them they don’t always work out.
I would love to do this with my little guy!
This would be so fun with my 4 boys!
My mind has gone “Poof!” trying to figure out (without Googling it!) why nuked Ivory soap makes clouds…..anyway, my oldest daughter and I would love to do some science experiments together.
I would like to do these projects with my daughter
Glad you liked it! Soap Clouds always make for good, messy fun. Thanks so very much!
Mike
my grandson would have fun
I would do the science experiments with my grandson.
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I would try these with my daughter.
We would try some out in my preschool classroom! How fun!
My little one and I would have so much fun with this book!
My husband would love to do these experiments with the kids!!
I have been waiting and waiting until James gets big enough for these types of experiments 🙂 Now we aren’t super sciency people (both history majors and books worms-no that hasnt changed) but these are they types of things we can do with him and have FUN.