How to Make Soap at Home: 8 Ways
Making your own soap is a very fun and satisfying DIY project. You can experiment with different colors, shapes, and designs to create your own original products. Also, it makes a perfect gift for your friends and family.
5-Minute Crafts has prepared 8 homemade soap ideas that you can try in your free time. Also, there’s a surprise at the end of the article for everyone who loves handmade soap and creative ideas as much as we do.
What you’ll need:
- A soap base (white and clear)
- Coloring (red, blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, or other colors of your choice)
- Reusable silicone molds, plastic molds and cups, and a baking ring
- A measuring cup and a measuring spoon
- A knife to cut the soap and wooden stir sticks
- A pan and bowls to melt the soap in a water bath
- Bubble wrap, a rubber glove, and a suction cup for the hand soap
- Sesame seeds, sprinkles, or other natural decorative materials that you prefer
- Loofas for the loofa soap and gelatin to create a jelly soap
1. Soap hand
2. Soap balls with roses
3. Gemstone soap
4. Honey and milk soap
5. Loofah soap
6. Birthday cake soap
7. Juicy watermelon soap
8. Seashells jelly soap
Bonus: a soap-making kit designed exclusively by 5-Minute Crafts
We created this cool hobby box specially for beginners so you won’t have to buy each ingredient separately. And you don’t have to search for soap-making guidelines either since the box comes with simple step-by-step illustrated instructions.
Here’s what you’ll find in the box:
- 1 bag of white glycerin soap base
- 1 bag of clear glycerin soap base
- 4 essential oils (strawberry, apple, pineapple, and fig)
- 4 different shades of coloring (red, blue, green, and yellow)
- 3 glitter packs (gold, silver, and unicorn/pearl)
- 1 reusable silicone mold (hearts, flowers, and cupcakes)
- 1 Play-Doh-style modeling compound pack to create your own custom molds
- Natural decorative materials (wild flowers)
- 1 measuring cup
- 1 knife to cut the soap
- 1 small spoon for the glitter
- 3 wooden stir sticks
- Shredded pink paper filler
All components are safe for child use and dermatologically tested.
- You have the unique opportunity to get the first Hobby Box in 5-Minute Crafts history with a 50% discount.
- As a pre-order bonus, you will receive a letter from the 5-Minute Crafts team telling you how we came up with the idea for the Hobby Box product line and how we designed it.
- Also, you will receive a special digital bonus — a behind-the-scenes peek at how we film our ads.
🎁 Buy the 5-Minute Crafts Hobby Box here now.
Dimensions and delivery:
- 1.1 lb (0.5 kg)
- 9.1″ x 9.1″ x 2.6″ (23 cm x 23 cm x 6.5 cm)
- Free delivery across the USA and EU, pre-order with delivery before Christmas.