Comments on: Practical Life: Grating Soap

By: Jennifer Tammy

Jennifer Tammy — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 22:04:12 +0000

In reply to Dina.

Hi Dina,
You can use the grated soap to make clean mud https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/how-to-make-clean-mud/ or it can even be used to make a gentle, homemade laundry detergent – but I think the clean mud is a lot more fun and rewarding for the kids. This work originated when grated soap was used for a lot of household tasks, but I think it’s still worthwhile/relevant because it’s a task that mimics cheese grating, without having to keep cheese available to the kids for grating at all times.
I didn’t find any peelers that seemed super kid-safe to me (other than apple peelers which require a lot of adult involvement in setting them up) but when my daughter was about 6 I started her with a Y-shaped peeler (rather than the stick-style, if that makes sense?) and she’s never had any cuts with it.

By: Dina

Dina — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 20:21:11 +0000

Thank you so much for this. I have two questions if you don’t mind, the first is what do you use the grated soap for later? and second, is do you have guidelines on using a peeler? I know you have a couple of lines in this article about using a peeler instead but my son and I had a bad experience where he picked up a peeler on his own and cut himself so both of us are incredible nervous to try to say the least :(. I would be interested in what kind of peeler (handle long, short, peeler long/short, handle thick/thin, etc) and if you have a good one that worked well for your little one, I would grately appreciate it. My son is 27 months now.

By: Fredro

Fredro — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:49:28 +0000

Nice post!

By: Jennifer Tammy

Jennifer Tammy — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:58:46 +0000

In reply to Yuliya. Awesome!

By: Yuliya

Yuliya — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 18:31:53 +0000

What a fun idea! My kiddo has tried grating a few things, but never soup! I can’t wait to see the excitement on his face when I set this up 🙂