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Valentine Soaps

Heart-shaped soap is easy to make and is a nice gift for teachers, friends, and family members.

Materials

Heart-shaped cookie cutters, baking sheet, and tape (or foil liners and miniature muffin pan)
1 1/2 cups pure soap flakes or grated bar soap
1/2 cup water
Red food coloring
Funnel
Cellophane and red or pink ribbon

Directions

Place several heart-shaped cookie cutters on the baking sheet and crisscross 2 strips of tape over each cookie cutter to attach it firmly to the baking sheet. Or if you like, use foil liners in a miniature muffin pan to make little round soaps rather than heart-shaped ones.
Have your child mix the soap and water.
Add enough red food coloring to get the color you want.
Pour the soap into the molds using a funnel.
Let the soaps harden before you remove them from the molds.
Wrap the soaps in cellophane and tie them with red or pink ribbons.

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