Kids Stuff: Crazy Soap (Review)

Last year when I went to the MAD Blog Awards, I received a can of Crazy Soap in my goody bag, which was put to good use with The Boy during messy play sessions as the mouldable foam was great fun to make shapes with.

Crazy Soap (for those not in the know) is a bathtime product designed to make bathtimes more enjoyable for all involved while gently cleaning the skin. There are several items in the range; the original crazy soap, body paint and bath goo. The crazy soap comes in white or pastel green foam, the paint in red or blue gel-type substance, and the goo is vibrant yellow. All are paraben free.

Now while all are PH balanced formula to gently cleanse and moisturise delicate skin, unfortunately The Boy has very sensitive skin and eczema so I was unable to use the products in the bath with him, as they are intended. However, a few weeks ago it was a beautifully sunny bank holiday Monday and he had the paddling pool out, so I decided to let him have a play with the products, to see how much fun they are.

Crazy Soap

As you can see the foam is great fun, and he had a brilliant time making icebergs in the water, then clapping his hands and it flying all over mummy! He also really liked the body paint and how the colours could mix together to make purple. If there were a few more colours (green, orange, yellow?) then it would be even more fun at bathtimes. The bath goo he didn't particularly like because it was a bit too gloopy for him and he didn't like the sensation.

The full range of Crazy Soap products can be found here and are very reasonably priced and available from supermarkets. These are designed for use with children and have been formulated to be gentle and kind to skin, but I did find that his very sensitive skin couldn't cope with it. We also tend to use unfragranced products, but the gentle zest of these were a pleasant aroma on a Summer's day of garden play.

I was sent these products for the purpose of this review, my opinion is honest and unbiased.

Days 55-61 of Project 365

55-61 of 36555. 'Hello! Anyone there?' (We went exploring in the woods and had a great time squelching through the mud and finding our echo.)

56. 'Spiderman' (This cargo net is always the first thing he heads for in a local park, it's a bit of an ongoing challenge for him as it is designed for infants and juniors, having different size nets as well as different sized ladders. He likes to measure his progress by how easily he can get over the bigger gaps, but has yet to attempt climbing up the sail of the 'boat'.)

57. 'Can' (He's been using a Reading Eggs app called 'Tap The Cat' to practise his reading, spelling and writing, and under my site's host's recommendation I bought this pen for him to use with the iPad. He's finding it so much easier to overwrite and it's better than finger tracing for the development of his writing skills.)

58. 'New teeth' (He finally got stuck into the chocolate Gruffalo we bought him for Christmas and relished eating various parts of him to make him less scary!)

59. 'Underwater lights' (Kara from Innocent Charmer recently recommended this underwater bath light to me, which arrived this week, and has brought a whole new level of fun to bathtime!)

60. 'National Pride' (St. David's Day!)

61. 'Lean' (We've been exploring Caerphilly Castle today in the most gorgeous Spring sunshine, and in one half of this photograph you can see the leaning south east tower of the castle. More on that in this weekend's Country Kids post.)

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