Our un-challenge entry is inspired by the Beatle's Yellow Submarine. That was the song my granddaughter chose right from the start and even though we listened to several other songs for the next couple of days while she was making up her mind, it is the one she stuck with. I gave her full rein to choose whatever song she wanted and to direct the design choices.
She also drew a picture that we used as our guide, but I don't have picture of her drawing, so am including a photo of a T-shirt instead.
We used turmeric infused in a small amount of walnut oil to color the double butter (mango & shea) glycerine MP (ArtMinds) for the hull of the submarine, as well as for the sail & the tailfin. We made the hull in two halves with a cavity inside for adding additional surprises within the soap. Originally the plan was that the top could be opened like a box lid, but changed our minds because of the tailfin, so more MP went in with soap dough embeds reminiscent of Beatles psycheldic displays from their movies. The MP and embeds inside helped secure the top and bottom, as does the tailfin. Soap dough makes up the exterior embellishments, including the periscopes and railing on the top of the Yellow Submarine.
This was a really fun family project with my granddaughter. Not only did she choose the song, she drew a picture that we used as a guide and helped a bit with the camera work, as I wanted to make a video, too so I can learn how to make a soapmaking video. And of course together we carved, shaped and sculpted the soap, as well as worked with the soap dough embellishments. We worked on it at home (her home) as well as while we were away on our trip to Panama City Beach. I taught her how to contain the mess of soap carving on a tray while we sat on a bed watching tv, so dual lessons about soapmaking and limiting messes to make for easier clean-up. Being the smart gal she is, when we worked on it at home, she made the same suggestion to use trays in front of the tv so we could watch a little iZombie while we worked.
Next up on the agenda for me is to continue learning digital video editing, as my DIL began teaching me last night (until the cat ran up a tree and was too afraid to comeback down and had to be rescued.) As we were choosing footage to include in the video, she commented proudly on granddaughter's beautiful hands as she was sculpting the hull of this soap. My son also participated a bit with some photography help, lots of compliments and general all around fatherly pride. A fabulous family project. Thank you,
dibbles!
