Green Options » craft with the kids http://greenoptions.com/tag/craft-with-the-kids Posts tagged 'craft with the kids' Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:00:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en New Year Resolution #1: Make My Own Soap http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/02/new-year-resolution-1-make-my-own-soap/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/02/new-year-resolution-1-make-my-own-soap/#comments Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:00:50 +0000 Jamie Ervin http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/02/new-year-resolution-1-make-my-own-soap/ Let’s get real here… I like to do crafty things. If you don’t roll that way, it’s okay! There are plenty of options out there for purchasing natural, handcrafted soaps (which are better for you, better for the environment and better for small business). I’ve been “going to” make soap for about six months now. Well, it’s a new year and that means its time “to”.

If you want to jump on the handcrafted soap bandwagon… Here’s how!

First, jump on over to Bramble Berry and purchase an Eco-Chic Soap Kit ($15.45). The kit includes: 2 lbs of Organic Melt and Pour Base, 1 ounce spirulina, 1 ounce cranberry seeds and two essential oils. You provide coffee grounds, oats, rubbing alcohol, and recycled containers of choice (think shape/texture- tofu containers, yogurt tubs, the bottom of a 20oz soda bottle, small milk cartons, etc…).

Read more of this story »

]]> http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/01/02/new-year-resolution-1-make-my-own-soap/feed/