Triple Heart Soap Part 2

As promised, here is Part 2 of the Triple Heart Soap Project

 

If you missed part 1, you can find it here.

First, admire the layered hearts that you made.

 

Weigh out 10 ounces of white soap base.

Melt in microwave in 15 second bursts.

Add 1 teaspoon of fragrance oil.

Add pink or red body safe colorant.

Stir to combine.

 

Place loaf mold at an angle.

You can do this by propping up a long side.

I used some little measuring cups

And a wooden dowel.

Oh, and some cans of peanuts.

The weight of the peanuts

Kept the mold from sliding around.

 

Pour the pink soap into the mold.

Be careful to not pour on the sides.

If that happens, you can clean it up

After the layer hardens.

 

Now you need some patience.

Wait about a half hour or so.

What to do?

Clean the bathroom.

Read.

Do some laundry.

Take a walk.

 

Now it’s time to melt 10 ounces of clear soap base.

Add 1 teaspoon of fragrance oil.

Add red coloring and some glitter.

Tilt the soap mold the opposite direction.

The pink soap should be against the counter.

Make sure the red soap is between 120 and 125 degrees Fahrenheit.

Spritz the pink layer.

Carefully pour the red layer into the mold.

 

Now it’s time to wait again.

It will need a half hour or so to set up.

Things to do while waiting?

Read more of that book.

Sing a Song.

Play cards.

Play a board game.

Surf the web.

Read other SoapArt blog posts.

 

Okay.  Now it’s time for the finishing touches.

Melt 12 ounces of clear base.

Add 2 teaspoons of fragrance oil.

Add some glitter.

 

Place the mold flat on the work surface.

You now have a V where the layered hearts can sit.

When the clear, glittery soap is at 120 – 125 degrees Fahrenheit,

Spritz the pink and red layers.

Then pour a small amount of the clear soap into the V.

 

 Spritz each layered heart.

Be generous with your spritzing.

Place each heart in the clear soap.

I placed them very near each other.

I went pink to pink and white to white.

 

Wait 10-15 minutes for clear soap to solidify.

Spritz again.

Heat clear base for 10-15 seconds.

Once it is back to 120-125 degrees Fahrenheit,

Fill the remainder of the mold

With the clear glittery soap.

 

Wait for four hours or more.

 

Once soap is cool and solid,

Unmold and cut into individual bars.

 

Don’t want to make your own?

 

 

You can pick up a bar here for a limited time.

 

Thanks for reading!

 

 



Flying Frog Soaps

Making fun soaps with kids has inspired me to make some more kid friendly soaps.

Here's the latest.

The base is clear so the frog is easier to see.

The glitter adds sparkly fun.

The frog is a stretchy toy that will fly through the air.

Sort of like a rubber band.

How fun to have an acceptable way to

shoot a rubberband at your sibling.

Mom, "Go to your room.  You know better than to

shoot a rubberband at your brother/sister."

Child, "But Mom, it's not a rubberband.

It's a flying frog."

Mom, "You just doubled your time out."

Meanwhile, Dad is stifling his laughter and

amusement lest he end up in trouble as well. 

As Mom makes sure child is headed for said room,

Dad might even shoot the frog.

Just to see if he can get it to fly as far as his child did.

And because it looked like so much fun.

If he's really daring,

he might even shoot the frog at Mom.

Maybe by the time the child's time out is over,

Mom will shoot the frog at Dad.

I'm a Mom.

I know about these things.

Do I need to put a warning on the label like this:

SHOOTING THE RUBBER BAND FROG

TOWARD A PERSON (SUCH AS YOUR SIBLING)

MIGHT PUT SOMEBODY'S EYE OUT

Or it might land you in time out.

So shoot it when Mom's not looking.

And don't shoot it at Mom's backside.

You know she has eyes in the back of her head.

You don't want to go putting those out.

Then you'll really be in trouble.

For a while, anyway.

After that, maybe you can get away with lots of things

since she can't see behind her back anymore.

Maybe I'll include a warning about running with scissors too.

Just in case.

Do you have any fun stories about shooting rubberbands (or frogs)?

Come on.  I'll bet you've shot one - at least once.

If not, it's high time you gave it a try.

Just don't put any eyes out.

Thanks for reading!