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Foaming Hand Soap Tutorial

This Foaming Hand Soap Tutorial is super easy and is just one part of how to teach kids to celebrate Earth Day. 

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With Earth Day coming up, it’s common to feel a certain social responsibility to help make the planet a better place to live in for ourselves and our children. However, kids need consistency so urging them to do something to protect the planet once a year may not be the best approach. As I was thinking about how I wanted to approach sharing the concept of Earth Day, I decided I would start making an effort to show them every day different ways they can make a difference to better their health and the environment.

Brady has really been outspoken lately about her desire to pitch in and help out with the housework. Not one to say no to help cleaning, I gave her a few chores which would help out but that she quickly tired of. There’s only so many times you can clean baseboards with socks on your hands before wanting to do something more. I wasn’t ready to let her help with anything that involved more than water for fear of exposing her to harsh fumes from cleaners.

So that Brady can safely assist with cleaning, I picked up some more natural cleaning products. Ones that are free of harmful chemicals like ammonia, chlorine bleach, DEA (diethanolamine), TEA (triethanolamine), parabens, phthalates, formaldehyde, nonylphenol ethoxylates, triclosan, SLS, and SLES. I can now teach my girls how to clean without worry. It’s so important to educate kids in the process about you’re making conscious decisions to avoid these chemicals such as protecting the Earth and your family’s health.

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Limiting exposure to chemicals isn’t just for cleaning your house, it’s for cleaning your body as well. I wouldn’t willingly slather harmful chemicals all over my children, so ensuring that their laundry is washed without chemicals and their hair and bodies are cleaned without them is so important.

In an effort to rid our home and my children of even more harmful chemicals, I created a super easy Foaming Hand Soap Tutorial for you.

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  1. Fill an empty foaming soap dispenser (that you’ve saved to use again, of course) with water, leaving about an inch and a half to spare.
  2. Then, add 3 tablespoons of Castile Soap to empty container. Don’t add the soap first or the entire mix will foam and bubble over making it impossible to get the right consistency.
  3. Insert pump, tighten, and slowly swirl mixture to combine.
  4. Wash those hands!

Don’t forget to teach your kids to celebrate Earth Day every day by stressing the importance of recycling. We’ve recycled as many items as we’ve been able to since my daughters were born, but giving that little extra commentary about why you’re rinsing out the bottles or breaking down toilet paper rolls is super important just to reinforce that message and the message to protect the planet on Earth Day and every day.

How do you teach your kids about Earth Day? Did you find this foaming hand soap tutorial useful?

Sara P. (@SensiblySara)

Tuesday 22nd of April 2014

I didn't see the Castille soap - but I'll have to go in and look again!

Ty

Monday 21st of April 2014

Thank you so much for the tutorial!

debra p

Monday 21st of April 2014

I had no idea you could make your own foaming soap! Thanks for the tutorial. Also, I agree, if we all recycled, we could make a huge difference!

Kait

Sunday 20th of April 2014

I really want to try this Ology out! I'm really into chemical free stuff and this looks great.

Elaina

Sunday 20th of April 2014

Thanks for the tutorial. I love oology products and use the bod y wash for my kids