Making Hand Washing Fun for kids - Arts, Crafts and DIY

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Good hand washing discipline is important for kids to learn, especially when they start going to the toilet on their own. Here’s a quick easy way to make hand washing much more fun! Your children who (if they are like mine) once avoided washing their hands, will now be enthusiastic to wash them

Material

1 Hand soap gel in a pump container
2-3 Plastic creatures (dinosaurs, sharks etc)

Method

Remove the labels on the soap pump. You might need to soak the bottle in some hot soapy water or rub a little diluted eucalyptus oil over the outside to remove any sticky marks left by the labels.
Unscrew the pump and add the plastic animals.
Rescrew the pump back on. Your fun soap is now ready to use.

Notes

Check the size and shape of the bottle first to check that the plastic creatures will fit through the top!

You can buy plastic animals like this from cheap shops so this is a mega cheap project

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- angel_mon
- 13 Mar 2014
  12:14 am

74 Comments

- - mom19782016 said
  - 17 Oct 2020
    8:30 pm
That is so clever, I’ve never thought of that before

- - mom81879 said
  - 12 Oct 2019
    10:12 am
I know if I did this for my grandson, he would be happy with it, but would end up wanting the toys out. Which would be difficult

- - mom152736 said
  - 14 Aug 2019
    2:31 pm
that sure is so cute… gonna do it with dinos and elephants..love it.

- - kjgarner said
  - 19 Jun 2018
    8:11 pm
That is a fun way for kids
- kjgarner replied
  
  20 Jun 2018 , 1:34 pm
  You would have to make sure they are small enough to get in the hole of the container
- - mom111059 said
  - 29 Nov 2017
    11:59 am
We tried it with shells we collected from the beach. Looks great. Thank you.

- - mish06 said
  - 29 Oct 2017
    12:05 am
What a fabulous idea. I have never seen this before. Thanks for sharing.

- - mom112217 said
  - 25 Feb 2017
    6:34 pm
A fun idea for kids and adults! Thanks!

- - mom111059 said
  - 10 Oct 2016
    7:46 pm
What fun for the kids. Thanks for a super idea.

- - mom19782016 said
  - 02 Feb 2016
    1:02 pm
I’ve seen one of these with lego in it – such a good idea.

- - mom109229 said
  - 30 Sep 2015
    10:42 am
This is a brilliant idea! I will definitely try. Where did you get your animals?

- - dannsbuild said
  - 21 Sep 2015
    8:22 pm
So cool! What a great idea! Thanks for sharing this!

- - mom125971 said
  - 10 May 2015
    7:20 pm
ooh, I love these! we are totally going to making these in our household this week!

- - mom61924 said
  - 25 Jan 2015
    4:10 am
So cute! Lego also does the trick

- - Momfunster said
  - 14 Dec 2014
    9:34 pm
I have seen this with lego bricks in them too – great idea

- - mom93821 said
  - 18 Nov 2014
    8:22 am
Thanks again for sharing; made with butterflies and love!
- mom93821 replied
  
  18 Nov 2014 , 8:23 am
  Should read: made with butterflies and love it!
- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Nov 2014
    2:43 am
what a great idea! i wonder if my kids will try to take the top off and get the toys out though….
- mom94125 replied
  
  07 Oct 2015 , 2:01 am
  cheers on posting. great thinking.
- - mom93821 said
  - 11 Oct 2014
    9:55 am
Thanks for sharing this clever and creative idea. I love it and the possibilities are endless.

- - mom101330 said
  - 07 Oct 2014
    4:26 pm
What a great idea. My son would love dinosaurs. It is a great way to get kids to remember to wash their hands too. So creative!! Can’t wait to see my son’s face when I make this for him.

- - mom57522 said
  - 05 Oct 2014
    6:21 pm
How clever! I’d love this for my own bathroom with some shells or flowers.

- - ginoula5 said
  - 04 Aug 2014
    11:32 am
what a brilliant idea, wow so many ideas running in my head to make different ones, thanks so much