Bath Crayons for Kids

You can actually make your own bath crayons if you want to get a little creative. They are fun to make with your child as well! My daughter will help for about 10 minutes before she decides to run off to do something else.

Here is a list of things you will need to make your soap crayons:

1) soap and cheese grater
or prepackaged soap shavings
2) food coloring
or washable tempera paint
3) warm water
4) ice cube tray or other molds
5) mixing bowl

1. Shave a piece of soap into small shavings with a cheese grater into a bowl or container that you can easily mix in, I prefer my favorite scented cucumber melon soap. You can also get scents from hobby stores and add them into prepackaged soap shavings (not detergent).

2. Mix in a small amount of warm water, enough to make a pasty texture. I mix it up with my hands because it is hard to mix with a utensil.

3. Add liquid food coloring (not the paste!) for pastel colors, or washable tempera paint for brighter colors. Add as much as needed to get the color desired.

4. Scoop out the paste and smush it into an ice cube tray or mold. (or you can just make golf size or tennis ball size balls in your hands) Put the tray or mold in the freezer for quick and more durable hardening. Let them thaw out for a while and they are ready to go!

Finished Soap Crayons!


The soap that I used was a yellow bar of soap, so it ended up causing the animals to be a little discolored, but the coloring your child does in the tub will ends up being the color of the tempera paint that is used.

Always test your soap crayon on a small area of your tub and let it sit there for about 5 minutes then make sure it rubs off easily. Some food colorings and paints are still hard to remove if you use a large quantity in the mixing process. Because they are made of soap, they will wear down quickly while in water unlike real bath crayons.

Give them to your children in the tub and let them enjoy!