The rice has finally left the tub! After hours and hours and hours of messy fun I've finally put it away for a bit. Today we created what I call suds n TP. I'll tell you what we did and I'll tell you how it could be improved upon.
First we grated a bar of dove soap. We put that in the tub and then tore up a whole roll of toilet paper. If you are opposed to the idea of wasting that much toilet paper then I suggest you don't do this activity.
After shredding the TP, add some warm water to make a gooey mess. We added about 6 cups of water at first and then Daphne added another few cups later.
This created enough suds n TP that you could probably do this in an XL salad bowl. We added some bowls, measuring spoons, shovels and buckets for a good time.
NEXT TIME I will have them tear up the toilet paper before they get their hands on the grated soap because it was much more interesting to play with the grated soap. Along that same vein, we will shred the paper a little better next time.
Naomi played in this for about 10 minutes (compared to hours and hours in the rice) because she isn't a fan of messy hands. Even though I tried to convince her that her hands were actually clean because it was soap.
Daphne, on the other hand, probably played in it longer than she usually plays in the rice. This morning she played in the rice for about 15 minutes before she wandered off and this afternoon she played in this gooey mess for a half an hour until I got her distracted with pictures on the computer inadvertently.
I'm not sure how long this concoction will stay "fresh". I put the lid on the tub so we'll see...
