This is a 2fer: Ivory soap in the microwave makes soap clouds (fun for the kids) and the soap clouds turn to powder easily (no more grating soap for homemade laundry soap). Warning: this will make your micro &amp; house smell like soap (but hey, it could smell worse!) More kid friendly ideas on the site too. Reminds me of whipped ivory soap flakes we mounded on the branches of our Christmas tree &amp; sprinkled w/ clear glitter-beautiful! (Don&#x27;t put it on a living tree! Tree died-lesson learned)