The idea of one-time-use soaps has been intriguing me lately. So I decided to try my hand at making some snowflake soaps. With Christmas right around the corner, I am in need of some inexpensive, thoughtful gifts to give my coworkers and these just seem to fit the bill.
For this project I used:
Felt pre-cut snowflakes
Clear Glycerine Melt and Pour Soap
Peppermint Soap Scent
I found the pre-cut snowflakes at the Dollar Store. They were a bit too big for my purposes, so I trimmed them down to a size that seemed appropriate for soaps.
My original plan was to cut my own felt, but I found out rather quickly that I apparently don’t own a sharp enough pair of scissors and the proper patience to do it. So the Dollar Store came to the rescue.
Clear Glycerine Melt and Pour Soap can be found at any craft supply store. It is rather inexpensive and even more so if you are armed with a 40% off coupon, so this project ended up costing me under ten dollars including all supplies. I also purchased peppermint soap scent to make the soaps even more Christmassy.
Put some of the soap into a microwave safe dish or measuring cup and microwave for 30 seconds at a time. Stir and microwave another 30 seconds. Repeat until most of the soap is melted.
At this point, remove it from the microwave and stir until the final pieces have melted. This is important as you do not want to overheat the soap. The residual heat after removing it from the microwave will melt the rest of the soap. Add five or six drops of scent to the liquid soap and stir. Try not to go too overboard on the scent. You don’t want to overpower things.
Now dip the felt snowflakes in, one by one and lay them on wax paper or foil to dry.
Here you can see the sheen of the soap on the felt. Just enough soap for a good hand washing and the felt inside makes a little disposable washcloth.
This project took very little time and I ended up with some great little gifts. I wrapped a few snowflakes in a cellophane bag, tied it with a pretty blue ribbon and will be giving them to my coworkers along with a Christmas card.
And cleanup was so easy! Just allow the leftover soap to harden in your container and pop it out. You can store it to reheat for your next project! My kitchen now smells like peppermint soap. Not too shabby.
Now that I have completed the project, I have thought of a few tweaks that might make it more interesting. Maybe use white soap instead of clear or blue felt instead of white with the clear soap. There are so many possibilities!
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I was just browsing the craft sites your snowflake soap idea is fabulous I definetly try this next year. Thanks Irene
Absolutely ♥ this idea… oh what a little prettiness such as these could bring into my very ordinary '60's style bathroom… cannot say just how much I ♥ LOVE ♥ this crafty idea!
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What an awesome idea!!! I love how the felt acts as a washcloth also.
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I seen another blogger who had done the one time use leaves and I thought then it would be neat to do snowflakes for the winter season. I've looked all over for snowflakes, thanks for sharing where you found them. I love the idea of the snowflake being felt and doubling for a cloth!
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What a lovely idea! ANd it looks to be pretty easy too! Love it!
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What a wonderful idea!! In my opinion, one of the best that I have seen in quite sometime. I envision using this idea to make lots of snowflakes and have them arranged in a cute basket in the guest bath for folks to use during our parties. Also, I'll wait until after Christmas cause our dollar store marks any remaining decorations half off…even better.
Thank you so much for a wonderful idea.
Fondly,
Ann
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That is such a cute idea. Thanks for sharing over at Tuesday Tell All.
Awesome idea!
These are so cool!! I love the idea – I saw you over at Tickled Pink and had to come check it out. Thanks so much!
I am featuring these today at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com
What a great idea!! Awesome! Thanks for sharing & Linking up for Craftify It Thursday!
What a great idea!
This is a great idea! Will be checking out your other tutorials … thanks for sharing!
What a fun idea and so pretty too!
What a cool idea! Thanks for linking up!
I am in LOVE with this idea!! That is just so cool! I hit my goal of 50 links, so be sure to come back next week cuz I'm having a giveaway!!!!! Thanks for linking up to gettin' crafty on hump day!!!!!!!
I love that you just linked these to Hump Day Link Love over at Olivia Renn. I was just working on my Sunday Funday post (featuring cool things I found over the week) this morning and I added you tutorial to it. Check back on Sunday and feel free to grab my button!
These are cute! What a great idea to make snow flake soaps.
Jo
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These are great! I am going to feature these tomorrow. Thanks for linking these up today!!!
Stacy @ Not JUST A Housewife
What a fabulous idea! I think I could even make these! Thanks for sharing (coming over from Not Just A Housewife linky party)
I will def be doing this next year. This is an inexpensive way to make a little something for everybody.
Wow these are really awesome!
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What a cute gift idea! Love it!!
Thanks for linking up at Giggles, Glitz & Glam!
This is awesome! I would never have thought of this. Great idea–thanks for sharing!
What a cute idea! I want to make a little gift for our Christmas play directors, and this is perfect!
I've never seen this done before! I love this idea!
Thanks for linking to A Round Tuit.
hope you have a fabulous week!
Jill @ Creating my way to Success
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These are amazing! Love them! Thanks for sharing with the Pink Hippo party!
This idea is awesome! thanks for sharing!! (oh and i just didn't spell check my last comment)
Hi, I like your blog, and hope to see you on mine. I'm your newest followers now.
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Wow, what a great idea. After looking at your picture on a few parties I finally stopped by to see exactly what this was. Fabulous idea for a single use soap. I might just have to try this myself.
This idea is awesome, I love it. I would love it if you added this to my Snoflake Linky Party over at my blog… http://naptimecrafting.blogspot.com/2010/12/snowflake-linky-party.html
Jenny- The felt inside the soap can be used as a disposable "washcloth".
suzy
how great! love them!
Oooh, they look great!!
coming from mad crafts…love this simple idea~
I found you on One Pretty Thing! I think that this is the cutest idea. They would be great for gifts or just holiday decor. So much fun!
what a great idea! come on over and link up to MMM
What do you do with the felt snowflake after you wash with the soap?
what a sweet idea for Christmas!
I would love to make some of these for my guest bathroom…just adorable!
Missy
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You always have such cute ideas here! There's a surprise waiting for you on my blog
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These would be so nice in the powder room at holiday time! Lovely AND practical.
clever idea…come by and see me if you have the time!
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Those came out great! Seemed like they were not too stressful to make either.
Super cute! Almost too pretty to use!
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