Prayer Space Activities
To explore prayer through making and using soap.
Melt and Pour Soap Base, soap pigments, fragrances safe for use with soap making, selection of small objects (buttons, beads, religious symbols etc.) to put inside the soap.
First you need to cut up some of the melt and pour soap base into small chunks. Then put the chunks into a microwavable jug. Make sure you have an adult with you for this activity when handling knives and using the microwave. Microwave the melt and pour at 30 second intervals, until it has melted. Add a few drops of the colour you have chosen for your prayer soap and the fragrance. Pour a little of the soap base into the molds and then add your button, bead or symbol. Fill the mold with soap base. If you would like multi coloured soap leave room in the mold to add a different colour. Leave the soap in the molds to set overnight. Once set, take the soap out of the molds and use. As you are using your prayer soap, what does it
feel like? What does it smell like? What do you think when you look at the symbol inside your prayer soap? Is there a situation or someone in particular that you would like to talk to God about? You can make prayer soap as a gift for someone or make them to sell in aid of a charity.