My latest quest in the search of things to do in my vast quantities of not-so-spare time is to make candles and, if the kids are ever gone to sleep long enough, soap...not melt and pour, but real live, use-the-lye-yourself, if I can find lye - of course -soap...I should probably also wait until the little monsters are asleep to do the candles....and maybe actually research it a bit first, might help to know what I am doing. or not.
http://candleandsoap.about.com/cs/candlemaking1/index_2.htm