Laundry Soap

So, the economy stinks...laundry detergent is crazy pricey, even the cheap stuff. SOOooo, I recently found the love of Borax after making flubber with my boys. I previously posted about my love affair with Borax and it's uses, so I decided to see what else I could do with it, and as luck may have it, both Pinterest and Google have great links to homemade laundry soap!! I thought about my expenses and realized I spend about $19 per week give or take on soap. RIDICULOUS. So I thought I would try the homemade stuff. My rule, must clean and smell good. All blogs/sites guarantee this, so I combined a few and this is what I came up with....Needed: A grater, 3 packages of Fels-Naptha or Ivory bar soap, Arm and Hammer super washing soda 2 boxes and 3 boxes of Borax.

Grate the Fels-Napth I used a trashcan and liner to mix (also an eager kid to help)

After this, add all the boxes of powder and mix, I got this large glass jar ($9 at Wal-Mart) and another butter dish full. Use 1-2 tbsp per load, plus you can use fabric softener of choice.

Next project, chalk board paint for my jar!!