recipe for bathtub crayons?? ADDED PIC

[Lil Outlaws]

Anyone have a recipe for bath crayons using MP? Would it just be a small soap that has extra coloring in it?

Is there anything I can add to MP to make it cure up harder/more durable??

Thanks!

Added link to pic of testing..

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[Lindy]

Hi there - I only know about CP, what I can tell you though is that I understand that you use food colouring to make crayon soaps. I'm sure that the MP experts will be able to tell you how to harden your soaps.

Cheers

 

[Lil Outlaws]

So food coloring as opposed to soap colors? I have some of those, can certainly try it

 

[Lindy]

Here's a couple of sites that deal with making soap crayons, but they're not MP so you'll need to make some adjustments - since I do CP I can't tell you what those adjustments would be.....

http://homeparents.about.com/cs/recipescooking/a/crsoap.htm
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/recipes/soap_crayons.htm

Cheers

 

[Lil Outlaws]

Alright well I'm taking a guess I'm sure the ones by Crayola have tons of crap in them.. but I think (hope I'm right) that I read you guys saying that coconut oil makes your CP bars harder? So I added a little to my MP base, along with FO and food coloring (as opposed to soap coloring, which feels strange to do lol) - it's curing up now so as soon as it's done I'll bathe kids (or myself! heehee) and give it a try!

Cross your fingers for me!

 

[Lindy]

Yay you! Pictures, pictures, pictures please........

 

[Lil Outlaws]

Round 1 - slightly successful. Could stand to be a bit harder, as well as a bit darker - however it DOES write on the tub

Cut up and remelted the bar and added a touch more CO and a little more coloring. Curing now.

I wish I had some beeswax..

 

[Lil Outlaws]

Round 2 - works GREAT, doesn't stain the tub even after letting a red one sit on the edge (wet) overnight.. Only issue I'm having is that after sitting overnight, the "crayons" have white spotches on top, apparently coconut oil that seeped out.
I need either a new method to get it better incorporated, or I need to make it work with less CO.

Pics coming later!

 

[Lindy]

What about just adding extra food colouring in a little bit of water of a lighter oil light Sweet Almond?

I so can't wait for pictures......

 

[Birdie]

I'm not sure that just adding CO to MP will make it any harder. CO in a CP or HP recipe will harden those but it is saponified in the end result.

 

[Deda]

Your post intrigued and inspired me to try making Bath Crayons.

I think I've come up with a good formula:

.5 oz of Stearic acid melted into 16 oz. of MP, I've found that mostly clear with a touch of white gives the best results. Stir in .25 oz of white kaolin clay and color using FD&C or D&C colors. Pour into molds. Ikea makes a long thin ice cube mold that's perfect for Crayons.

HTH, Deb

 

[AshleyR]

Thanks for the inspiration!

I just grated up and melted down a basic white (non-scented) batch of soap I made a few weeks ago, and added some Wilton colour gel. Turned out great and the colour is nice and dark. I'll give them a try tomorrow and report back!

Don't mean to hijack, but does anyone know how to get rebatched soap to NOT look so messy/gloppy in the mold? If this works I may invest in some crayon molds but they still look really sloppy from spooning the rebatched soap in. :\

 

[AshleyR]

Just updating.... they already set (I had grated a basic recipe that had lard in it, so it hardened fast!!) and they turned out perfect!

I just tested them on my tub and they worked well and washed away easy with no staining.

 

[Lindy]

Pictures................................... 8)

 

[Lil Outlaws]

Been one of those weeks!

Okay I've tweaked a lot, ended up not using the CO (it was seeping out and leaving white blotches after it cured - guess the whole saponification thing was right) but I did re-melt and cure it again which seems to have made it harder.

I've done about 8 colors, and I started doing them in ice cube trays because it makes the perfect size for little hands and they're not flimsy like in other molds. Just a good ol' chunk o' soap crayon

I thought about trying Wilton colors but those stain SO bad on everything else, I'm afraid to use them. I used plain ol' food coloring and here's what I got..

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[carebear]

look good. do they stain the grout?

 

[Lil Outlaws]

Nope, no staining on anything. I took a RED one and drew all over the tub, edges, grout, shower wall.. and I left it for over 24hrs.. no staining whatsoever, I'm thrilled!

I already have orders for more than 6 dozen, too!
w00t!

 

[ChrissyB]

6 dozen? Wow!!
You've cornered the market on soap crayons!!
Congrats!!

 

[Lindy]

Nice!!!!

That is way too cool that you've got so many orders. After Christmas I'll try those too.

Cheers
Lindy

 

[Lil Outlaws]

So far I've sold out of all that I had made (about 8 dozen for now) and have more orders already! I didn't realize how quickly these would go over!