Making Laundry Detergent

We have been making our own laundry detergent for a while now. It is really easy and really inexpensive plus making it can be a lot of fun. The first time we made it Chance didn't help, I can't remember why maybe he just wasn't into it or maybe we did it when he was asleep since it does require using the stove and handling borax. Thinking about it, he probably wasn't able to follow direction well enough to help that time. One batch makes 5 gallons and that lasts a long time so now he is fully able to help and what a good little helper he was too. He helped pour in the ingrediants then he mixed and was really good at pouring the finished product into individual containers for storage.

Make your own:
1 cup borax
1/2 baking soda
1 bar of soap.

Cut or grate bar of soap into pot, add some water and simmer until melted.
Add melted soap water to other ingredients in 5 gallon bucket. Add water to fill bucket, stir till blended.
I also added a few drops of Lavender essential oil and a couple scoops of oxy clean as a booster this time but the first time we just used the recipe as is and it worked great. So, I wouldn't have put the extra ingrediats in if I didn't already have them laying around the house.

With this recipe it costs the same money as one bottle of regular store bought detergent to make about 15 gallons of homemade detergent so it is totally worth it.