Rose Petal Glycerin Soap
If you're looking for something different from flowers and chocolate for a Valentine's present consider making handmade rose petal glycerin soap. It's easy and super affordable.
Glycerin soap, also known as melt and pour soap, is a fun craft and super easy to work with, even for kids. Another throw back to my herbal gift shop days, the ability to make this handmade quick gift is easier than ever today. You can buy the base soap at craft stores and many places online. Walmart also sells it. You can also experiment with using clear glycerin bar soap sold in pharmacies, grocery stores and department stores. You can buy molds too however, I used dixie cups, an empty yogurt container and a large wax coated cup leftover from Christmas. The idea was to use something that I could easily tear off the soap.
The fun come in while dressing it up. In my case I had some leftover rose petals from my rosebud ornament project and some dried calendula petals. I used essential oils and food coloring but you could leave them unscented. Also, food coloring while safe, does not last long. However, you can find soap colorants in the craft store.
It was a lot of fun and something you could definitely make with your kids. I like the idea of the dixie cups because then you can put 3 or 4 together in a bag and give them as a nice gift.
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Love it!
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Thank you Patti, for a lovely post. I've been wanting to experiment with soap.
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Glad you like it!
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