Dan&Darci Dino Soap Making Kit for Kids, Dinosaur Science Toys Kits, Gifts for Kid All Ages, DIY Activities Craft - Art Crafts Gift Set for Boys and Girls Age 3 4 5 6 7 8 12 Year Old Boy

Used this with my 4 year old. There are molds which must be snapped together properly. Everything you need is in the box. In other sets I've seen you need to buy other supplemental products, but in this one - the colors you can add, and scents (if you want) are there. Detailed instructions on how to use these additions -as well - as how to do multicolors. The only criticism I have is that there is a 'stand' to hold the mold while it cools and it can only hold one soap at a time. So if you want to make more than one at a time, you need to set up another stand (we used a dish rack) to hold the molds as they cooled. They cannot be laid down flat or the liquid will pour out. Just be prepared in your set up - read all the instructions first and you'll be fine. it was a lot of fun to make - and to use the soaps later. Great product and would buy again.

This was a fun, easy craft for my kids to do the day after Christmas. Everything needed is included in the box (except a microwave safe cup) and adult assistance is required for handling hot liquids. You need to move quickly after heating the soap base as it re-hardens fairly quickly, so make sure all you've pre-selected and opened the dye, scent, and glitter containers. It can get a little messy, so i recommend putting down a plastic disposable table cloth before starting. Colorful dino soaps were ready within 45 minutes and my kids are excited to bathe with them tonight!

I got this kit for my nephews (10 and 15) for Easter since they're a little too old to dye eggs and they wouldn't eat them anyway. This was such a fun activity, easy and clean up (since it's soap) is a breeze. I took off one star because the soap does harden quickly. Like from the microwave to the mixing cup, to the mold. We figured it out by the end though, and that was to not exactly follow the directions. The boys loved the finished product and actually wanted to wash their hands - if you've spent anytime with boys, you know they are gross, so this was amazing. We will 100% be buying more soap base and reusing the molds.

You definitely need to read the directions for this project. It requires careful use of a microwave. Do not let a child do the microwave part. Heads up, watch the clear soap base very closely while microwaving it. We needed less than the recommended microwave time because we have a strong microwave. The kit comes with the four basic colors (red, yellow, green, blue). Our 7yo saw the example dinosaur with four colors and decided he wanted to do it that way on our first try, which made the creation take much longer (each layer needs at least 45 minutes of cooling or else the colors mix in an unpretty way) and required me to read the directions at least 20 times to make sure I was doing it right. It would have been easier to start with one color, but it sure does look cool with four colors. The soap is not breaking apart where the colors touch; it's holding together as if it were made all at one time. Currently, it is used as a toy rather than soap, so I can't speak to its cleansing properties.

I purchased this kit for my five year old and I to do together. This kit left me irritated, and annoyed. There are so many problems in my opinion. First problem- The booklet says to microwave for 10 seconds, however as soon as it's done, it starts hardening extremely fast. I ended up having to put it in for 20-25 seconds per each time...sometimes twice in total like 10 times for one soap! It would still harden while pouring it in the mold. At this point I will admit, I dropped a few small curse words, maybe an f-bomb once or twice! Second problem- The liquid soap would harden,and clog up the mold. I would poke things in, to unclog, and reheat and pour,and it would just keep clogging it up and then overflowing. Ugh....at this point I felt like I was losing some of my sanity. I wanted this to work. My daughter was so excited for this purple blue red orange glittery dinosaur soap, so we trudged on. I have to mention, I accidentally poked 2 holes in this stupid mold with a metal oven thermometer, while trying to unclog it, because the soap would not go into the tail. I poured and poured and still an empty tail. My daughter was upset. She didn't want a dinosaur soap without a tail. I wouldn't either...so I finally pried the mold apart with my hands and poured liquid soap in the tail, and closed it back up. We have a tail. Also, it took more than one little bar to fill up one dinosaur mold. I believe I used one and a half., which is ridiculous,considering there is so much residual you have to cut off after you unmold it. I am saving it, to remelt...maybe... At the end of this craft project, we had one cute dinosaur soap, but to get it, in my opinion was not worth it at all. A complete pain in the derriere. I don't think we are going to revisit this kit. My daughter said she wanted flowers and butterflies, so I think I'm going to get some molds on etsy and some soap base elsewhere, and we will do that instead. Also I think you are supposed to get 3 different dinosaur molds, and we got 2 of the same and 1 different. Just a side note: I enjoy doing crafty projects, even the labor intensive crafty ones with my child. We do them all of the time.

I know there were a lot of reviews saying that it was a total mess or dried too fast.. but we had none of these issues. If it gets a bit too dry for pouring, literally pop it in the microwave for like 2-3 seconds and it's good to continue pouring again. My 8 year old twins had a lot of fun picking their color scheme, scent, and adding glitter. I did help with a lot of it to avoid spilling, and because of the heating, but it was a success. And they smell really good!! (we got lemon and green apple options) We did two so far (one each) but there's enough left over for 4 more. (2 more each) Clean up is way easy, as well. whatever leftover doesn't scrape off, just heat it up and wipe it off. Or use hot water. Definitely recommend these if you are willing to help out a bit with the process. I had fun and so did the kiddos. And a great price for the experience!! 😊 🦕🦖🧼

I love Dan and Darci products but I’m really struggling with this one. I followed the directions and heated the soap as instructed but we just can’t seem to have luck with one block of soap filling the mold and also the timing for perfect melting point. Our block definitely did not melt after 10 seconds even with stirring. Adding another 10 seconds in the microwave did help but it still wasn’t melted, but then a third 10 seconds just caused it to bubble up leading to a lot of the soap becoming solid on the side of the measuring cup… sadly then making it unusable. Tried to scrape it off the sides, but it’s hardened at that point and can’t be poured into the mold. Still cute. And fun but we never got any real looking dinosaurs ha!

I loved the colors and smells. It was great for a party activity. The molds were super hard to put together, but easy to open and pop the soap out. There was one I finally gave up on and they did still bleed a bit out of the dino mold area. I didn't use the dishes to stage the soap while they cooled as we had a bunch of kids. I put them in the fridge for about ten minutes and that worked great. The soap didn't bleed out of the molds, so that was great. They were also super easy to clean.