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We all want fun stuff to do with our kids - but many times the kids activities we find are too complicated and require way too much work. Not these!

Using dish soap and a few common kitchen ingredients, you can create amazing dish soap science projects that your kids will talk about for days to come.

I want to be a fun mom. Don't you?

However, I must admit that I get a tad overwhelmed. Many kid activities also come with a huge list of needed supplies.

Go out and buy this obscure glue from a craft store across town. Get this size (and only this size) of plastic baggies - and then of course your local grocery store is out of everything you need.

Let's stop the madness!!

Here are three activities that you already have the supplies for:

No, really.

Pepper Magic

Colored Milk Art

Dish soap silly putty

Not only can you pull these items together in five minutes flat, but they will also amaze your kiddos.

Dish Soap Science: Pepper Magic

On our recent Disney cruise, one of our waiters amused my kids with this trick at dinner one night.

All you need is:

So easy, yes?

First, fill a shallow plate with water and sprinkle pepper on the surface. Ask your child to stick his finger right in the center.

Nothing will happen.

Now, you act surprised and tell him, "Here, let me see your hand." (secretly squeeze a little dish soap on your own fingers before)

"I forgot to give your hand a little bit of magic."

Massage his fingertips with your own.

"Now, try."

He will stick his finger in the water again. This time, his finger will repel the tiny pepper granules causing them to scurry to the edge of the plate.

Colored Milk Art

For this experiment, you'll need:

For another magical experience, fill a shallow plate with milk. Squeeze food coloring in the middle of the plate on the milk's surface.

Dab a cotton swab with dish soap and stick in the center of the food coloring.

Sit back and watch the color show!

Dish Soap Silly Putty

When you are all done with the magic, keep that dish soap handy and create a putty for your kids to play with on their own. All you need is:

I found this activity originally on Smart Schoolhouse. You will love how easy it is!

Simply mix together 2 tbs corn starch and 1.5 tablespoons dish soap. Stir for about 10 seconds. Pick up the clay and mix in your hands a little more.

And you're done. Seriously, that's it!

Enjoyable family activities need not be complicated. These dish soap science tricks use ingredients you already have in your kitchen.

What fun will you create tonight?

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3 Dish Soap Science Tricks You Can DO Right Now! - No Guilt Mom

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We all want to do fun stuff to do with our kids - but many times the kids activities we find are too complicated and require way too much work. Not these! Using dish soap and a few common kitchen ingredients, you can create amazing dish soap science projects that your kids will talk about for days to come.

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3. We added the sixth source, “Spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature” in 1987. Before that, we didn’t understand how important these Earth-centered traditions were to our spiritual lives. Women who were exploring their spirituality were the ones who introduced this change.

4. And if we go further back, we see how our understandings have changed, too. One of the older principles from 1961 when UnitarianandUniversalism were merged, said, “To encourage cooperation with men of good will in every land.” The compassion was there, but in those days, the word “men” was supposed to include “everyone.” But it really didn’t.  So now we use the word “humankind” instead of “mankind.” Our world has changed since then!

[Place the ice cube back into the glass, if there’s any left, and describe how it has changed. More water, less ice]

So, we can expect all sorts of changes in our lives.  Sometimes it isn’t easy to change, but that’s why we Unitarian Universalists are in it together. We have to help each other not only be open to change but also to help each other adjust, let go and embrace what’s new. Yes, we all change. But we’re also in it together!

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Here are 4 ways our faith has changed as our understandings change [pass the ice cube from one hand to another as you talk so the children can see the changes]:

1. Right now, we have a change to consider - that of adding an 8th Principleto our 7 Principles. We are learning more and more about racism and have grown and understand racism in ways that have changed. The 8th Principle, which has already been adopted by a number of congregations, tells us, “ We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”

2. We changed our second source to reflect a new sensitivity to gender identity. We have learned and grown in our understanding that there are many genders, not just male and female. So, we changed our language from “Words and deeds of prophetic women and men (which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love)” to “Words and deeds of prophetic people(which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love.)”[Depending on your age group, you can decide if you want to read the whole thing or concentrate just on the language change.]

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[check on the glass, pick up the ice cube and hold it some more. Then set it down]

Is the ice cube dying or changing?

When it turns to water will it stop changing? [No, it will evaporate] That’s right. Almost everything keeps changing and changing all the time, including us and our ideas.

We Unitarian Universalists expect change in our lives, and our beliefs. What we believe at age 4 will change when we become 8 years old. What we believe at age 8 may well change when we become 12 years old. What we believe at age 12 may well change when we become 20 years old, which may well change when we become 40 years, 60 years and 80 years old! We believe that is part of living and growing.

[How’s the ice cube doing? Check it again. This time keep it in your hand]

The ice cube always has hydrogen and oxygen molecules, H2O, whether it is ice, water or steam.

Pretend our commitments are like molecules - curiosity, change, conscience and compassion. These have always been there in some form in our faith, but our understandings, our language, what we leave out, and what we include, changes.

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All you need is a piece of ice in a cup!

Here’s an ice cube. It changes as I hold it in my hand. What happens to it? It changes into a different form - water. See it dripping? [Place it in a clear glass visible to the children] While we chat, let’s watch it change. [more about ice, water and steam HERE}

The theme this month is Commitment and we are exploring the 4 “C’s” of commitment for Unitarian Universalists. Our first week we explored our commitment to curiosity. This week we will explore change. The other two “C’s” are conscience and compassion, which we will explore later.

Commitment means that we act on what we value and hold important.

That means we expect change, just like the ice is changing. What’s it doing now?

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The author’s goal in writing this book may provide you with parenting tips for living with agnosticism and/or humanism.

“Harris: I wanted to give parents and educators tools to help ...children:

1) learn to identify the feeling of not knowing and develop language for talking about it.

2) become aware of the positive feelings associated with not knowing--awe and excitement.

3) learn to say "I don't know" with pride, rather than embarrassment or fear.

4) learn to ask questions.

5) begin to develop a capacity for postulating theories without censoring oneself.

6) learn to say "I don't know" by seeing it modeled in adults, which I believe is the most powerful way to teach children.” from the inside flap of the book

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Story Read Aloud

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I Wonder read aloud by Storytime Magic with Kylie