Making Petal Soap for Mother’s Day
Petals are a nice personal touch to soap you're making so choose your mom's best kind! It’s such a fun way to make a special Mother’s Day gift.
What You Need:
- 100% Pure soap base
- Flowers – We’re using chrysanthemums and roses.
- Essential oils
- Shaped moulds (you can even use a yogurt pot and cut the bar into three pieces)
- Knife for cutting the soap base
- Cutting board
- Jug
- Scissors
- Cellophane and ribbon for wrapping your finished soap
Step 1:
(Check the package instructions for your soap base.)
Cut the soap into small chunks so that it makes it easier to melt.
We melted ours in a jug in the microwave, 30 seconds at a time.
Pour each melted batch into a second jug as you're done melting it, collecting enough for your mould.
Leave it to cool. You'll know it's ready to pour when a thick skin forms on the top.
Step 2:
Pick off the flower petals.
Step 3:
Stir the flower petals and a some essential oil (depends how scented you want it) into the melted soap base.
Step 4:
Pour the mixture into the mould and leave it to set. The mould should be cold to the touch before attempting to remove it. Put gentle pressure...
Step 5:
Try leave your soap to set for a day or two before wrapping it. Coloured cellophane works best.
You can use your mom’s favourite colour! Use some pretty ribbon to tie it together. Your mom will love it!
