Frugal, Over the Top, or Good Family Fun?

At Christmastime when in Michigan, Lynn the bargain hunter (gift basket-eer extraordinaire) gave me a recipe for laundry detergent. Yes, you read that right-a recipe for laundry detergent. The stuff in many boxes and jugs in the grocery stores and super-centers. According to her this concoction costs $.01 a load.

So....S and I made some while J was busy earning a rock star outfit for her Club Penguin guy on the DS. Below you see the ingredients, the homemade detergent and some of the results. A mere tablespoon per load and honestly I haven't noticed any loss of cleaning power.

1 cup Arm & Hammer Washing Soda
(found it at Kroger)

1 cup Borax


2 cups grated Ivory Soap (recipe called for Fels Naptha - but I was told that was hard to grate and S is only 5...)

So...some moms make cookies (that are sold in the grocery store), some make pickles (again...already jarred in the stores) and we made laundry detergent. It was fun.

Photo 5 - Day 26