Soap making is an idea that gives over and over again making it a 5 star activity in my eyes. Soap is fun to make for your own use and for gifts. The first time we made soap we used a kit we had purchased on Amazon. I love kits as they make a new activities easy to do. The directions included using a double broiler to melt the wax. Through the years we’ve refined the process, thanks to Pinterest, and now we melt the soap in a pyrex measuring cup in the microwave. We’ve made goats milk soap and glycerin soap. Both pretty options. Let’s get started!
Ingredients needed:
Soap base. Soap base for making soap can be purchased easily from Amazon. The soap comes in large blocks, 2 pounds usually and is scored for easy cutting. Look for glycerin for the clear soap and organic/plain goat milk.
Mold for soap.
Color Dye for soap. Essential oils or scents.
Instructions:
Continue to stir and then pour into a soap mold.
There are several molds available on Amazon. Look around your house you might have a silicone mold that you’ve used for baking.
If using a soap base put the mold in the freezer for 10 minutes. If using glycerine the soap will just harden. Give a good amount of time, 4-6 hours and then un-mold. You have soap ready to use or gift!
Tip 1:
Gifting the soap is a fun way to personalize the soap. Look for flowers or plastic animals to put in the soap.
Tip 2:
When making the soap think about the scent. Aromatherapy is a fun way to preselect the scent and stimulate your senses. Line up 2-4 scents and smell them. Put them in a cotton ball and really smell them. Try to select the scent you like the best.
Tip 3:
Purchasing dried flowers is such a fun adventure. I ordered some organic flowers from Amazon and was so impressed with the flowers and the packaging. Also, the flowers are kosher certified..
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