whip by hand for 5-7 minutes (the children can help with this) or electrically for 2-3 minutes (the electric mixer should only be handled by the supervisors)
mix in food coloring dye
using their hands, the children can smooth a thick layer of the detergent mix onto a piece of contruction paper
when the layer of detergent mix becomes firm, a child can press his or her hand in to form a handprint
each child can then add textured objects or decorations around his or her handprint
when the handprint art projects harden, each child can have fun feeling its surface and finding their own hand
Instead of making handprints, the children could use the same detergent mixture to make footprints.