Every year we do handmade gifts.. last year it was "Cookie Mix in a Jar" as wells as "Gourmet Hot Chocolate in a Jar" and "Mexican Horchata Mix in a Jar"... it was really fun and they turned out so pretty with all the layers showing through the glass jars..ok but that'll be another post....
This year: Soap!
This was easy.... all I needed was my 40% off Micheal's coupon, went and bought a 10 lb block of glycerine soap base and some color base (I read somewhere you can use plain old food colring, but that the blue looks "muddy" so I sprung the 2.79 for the special soap colorings... cause I love blue)
Got some old tupperwares and some plastic utensils to mix with, my dough cutter-thingy and sent to work!
I had saved 5 half-gallon carboard milk/juice containers...rinsed and coated lightly w/petroleum jelly.
Melted the base in the micro...(first chunked into 2" cubes). Then added color and scents. Here are some of the combos we came up with:
Root Beer (scented with a sarsapilla flavoring base I had in my pantry)
Almond (almond extract)
Mint (peppermint extract)
Cucumber Melon (purchased)
Lavender (essential oil)
Pear-Berry (purchased)
Lemon-Mint (extracts)
Raspeberry-Almond (yummyy... extracts)
You can really go nuts here!
Here are the results after packaging with clear cellophane treat bags and ribbon! I can believe how many we made! Perefct gifts for all the family/friends handmade by us... love it....
This year: Soap!
This was easy.... all I needed was my 40% off Micheal's coupon, went and bought a 10 lb block of glycerine soap base and some color base (I read somewhere you can use plain old food colring, but that the blue looks "muddy" so I sprung the 2.79 for the special soap colorings... cause I love blue)
Got some old tupperwares and some plastic utensils to mix with, my dough cutter-thingy and sent to work!
I had saved 5 half-gallon carboard milk/juice containers...rinsed and coated lightly w/petroleum jelly.
Melted the base in the micro...(first chunked into 2" cubes). Then added color and scents. Here are some of the combos we came up with:
Root Beer (scented with a sarsapilla flavoring base I had in my pantry)
Almond (almond extract)
Mint (peppermint extract)
Cucumber Melon (purchased)
Lavender (essential oil)
Pear-Berry (purchased)
Lemon-Mint (extracts)
Raspeberry-Almond (yummyy... extracts)
You can really go nuts here!
Here are the results after packaging with clear cellophane treat bags and ribbon! I can believe how many we made! Perefct gifts for all the family/friends handmade by us... love it....
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How fun! I love this idea...they look so pretty. Thanks for joining my party :)
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful soaps! Love the scents - a butter rum extract would be heavenly.
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