An experiment on Pinterest caught my eye a while back and we finally had a chance to give it a try.

I asked the kids what they thought would happen to the bar of Ivory soap when we put it in the microwave.  Shecklets #2 and #3 said it would melt.  Shecklet #1 said it would explode.

Turns out Shecklet #1 was correct.

After the experiment, we added a little water to the poofed up soap pile, pressed it flat and the kids used cookie cutters to make their own personal soap shapes.  Good clean fun!