Ghost mud was the perfect thing to make today, on this last day of October, to celebrate Hallowe’en. I first read about ghost mud over at Teacher Tom’s.
Grate a bar of Ivory soap and add it to about 1 cup of hot water. Stir it around a few times until it’s melty and mushy.
Meanwhile, toss a roll of toilet paper to your little people, and challenge them to get all of the paper off of the roll. Enjoy the giggling and squealing that follows. 
Now, just pile all that t.p. into a large bin or basin, and have the kiddos rip it into a million pieces. How fun is this activity? And we haven’t even gotten to the “mud” part yet!
Once your t.p. has been shredded, pour the soapy water into the basin and start mushing and mashing everything all together with your hands. It feels good, and smells great, and you wind up with this awesome slippery, silky, moldable “dough”.
I’m not sure if ours turned out exactly as it should have. I’ve heard others say it should have the consistency of cool whip. I don’t believe ours ever did. It was pulpier than that, but maybe we didn’t rip our t.p. enough. You know what though? It totally didn’t matter.
This stuff was awesome!
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This is such a fun idea. Makes me glad the weather is still nice enough to do it outside though- can’t imagine how much I would dislike having that all over the living room
We are going to try Ghost Mud for sure. We will have to give it a new name for a new season:) Thanks for linking to Every Day Sensory Play today:)
we call this clean mud!! and we love it!!!
This is one of my favorite sensory activities! So fun!
Can this work with liquid ivory soap or does it have to be a soap bar? Would dove body wash work?
I don’t know if liquid soap would work, Dassi. I’ve only ever seen recipes that call for grated soap. It doesn’t have to be Ivory, but that’s the recipe that I see most often.
I have always called it Clean Mud. It’s a great activity for kids!
Looks like you can finish up the activity by making your own paper with it! Just take the leftovers, put it in a frame (you can make one by taping old window screen to an old picture frame) press out the extra water with a sponge, and let dry!
One of our favorite activities! I never would have thought to call it ghost mud, how cute!