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ok, I homeschool my son, whose soon to be 11. What I need to know is how to make homemade toothpaste, or should I say organic if possible? My son wants to make it for a homeschool project.

I know this maybe a wierd question, but I thought it was a neat question, & something even neater to learner for the future.

Answer 1

Neat question. I think you and your son will have fun with this one.

Try these sites (I just googled them).....

http://mizar5.com/toothpst.htm

www.makeyourown.net/toothpaste2

http://pbskids.org/rogers/parentsteacher...

If you check on the Colonial Williamsburg website, you will find toothpowder for sale, and you can buy tooth powder at a Civil War Reenactment Camp. They also use to use licorace (spelling???) root for cleaning their teeth back in the day { you would chew on the end of the root and then use the chewed end to 'scrub' your teeth} {FYI-- the root has a nasty taste when you are chewing on it, but it will not harm you in anyway}.

Have fun.

Answer 2

I know you use baking soda... sorry idk the other ingredients

Answer 3

What a neat project!

Here is a link to the teacher's page for a NASA toothpaste making project.  There is a link to the student page at the bottom of the teacher page.

This is for grades 9-11, but I am sure you can adapt it for your son.

Let us know how it goes.  :)

http://www.nasaexplores.com/show_912_tea...

Answer 4

http://pbskids.org/rogers/parentsteacher...

Here is a recipe from Mr. Roger's section of PBS Kids