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Soap Pal

Your preschool child will love making -- and using -- this washcloth buddy!
By: Trish Kuffner, author of The Preschooler's Busy Book

Soap Pal


 
Materials

  • Bar of soap
  • Washcloth
  • Thread
  • Needle
  • Fabric or felt scraps

Directions

  1. Make bathtime more fun by providing your child with her very own soap pal.
  2. Wrap a washcloth around a bar of soap and sew the open ends together, encasing the soap completely.
  3. Cut eye shapes out of fabric or felt, and sew the eyes on top of the soap bundle.
  4. If you like, sew on a mouth, nose, eyebrows, and any other details for more fun.
  5. Give your child the soap pal and let her lather up in the bath.

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