How to make Valentine Soap

Here is a fun crafty Valentine's project. Make small soaps for a gift or for yourself. Use a mild soap such as Ivory soap. If you have scraps of soaps of soap on hand you could recycle them for your own use. If giving the Valentne's soap as a gift I would recommend buying brand new soap. Children can even make this soap with an adult's help. These soaps make a wonderful gift for Valentine's day.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• mild soap
• small heart shape cutter cutter
• craft knife
• netting or tulle
• Valentine decal

1. Slice a bar of the soap into thin layers with the craft knife.

2. Position the metal heart cookie cutter on a slice of soap and press down to punch out the heart shape.

3. Push out the soap. Decorate with decals secured with a few dots of glue on top of the soap if desired.

4. Wrap up the soap with the netting or tulle. Put soap on a pretty soap dish. Or if giving the soap as a gift put it in a pretty gift box.

Tips & Warnings

• Tie up the soap at the top with a pretty ribbon.
• Buy or make a Valentine's card to give with the gift.
• Give in a pretty box to highlight the Valentine gift.
• Add the decals for a more creative feel.
• Use craft glue sparingly.
• If children are making soap make sure they have parental supervision.
• Be careful when using a craft knife so as not to get cut.

[Wasatch]

on 3/12/2009 Good craft for my kids. Thanks

[staysik]

on 2/10/2009 This is a great way to avoid the occupying the whole kitchen while making soap, and perfect timing!!

[vallain]

on 2/10/2009 These heart shaped soaps should look nice in the guest room for Valentine's Day.

[vallain]

on 2/10/2009 These heart shaped soaps should look nice in the guest room for Valentine's Day.

[awesomesauce]

on 2/10/2009 What a great idea! It's making soap without the mess of actually making the soap.