Teddy Soap Making Kit Instructions
Making your own soaps with your children is a fantastic way of introducing healthy skin care in a fun and bright way. Make bath time fun and rewarding with a product made by little hands.
Safety Guidelines
Melt and Pour Soap does not need to be boiled so make sure you heat gently until the soap is just melted. If you are worried about little hands getting burnt use a plastic measuring jug so you have a handle to move the soap around and it is nice and easy to pour.
Soap Making Checklist
First time making melt and pour soap. Ensure you have all you need with our soap making check list.
Make sure you have the teddy bear mould like this denny teddy craft mould.
Melting Your Soap
You will need 200g of soap to make 4 bear faces. Cut your soap into small chunks and return to the microwave container. Melt the base slowly on a low setting starting with 40 seconds. Then burst of 10 seconds until all the lumps have gone. Try to avoid boiling as this will affect the quality of your finished soap.
**SAFETY** Ensure children are supervised when cutting and heating soap.
Colouring Your Soap
You now need to work fast once your soap base has melted. Add your colour a few drops at a time until you reach your desired colour. Add colour slowly because you can always add more but you cannot remove colour if it gets too deep.
If you want to make a brown bear, try adding some cocoa powder just a little from your kitchen cupboard. Will make the bear smell divine and give you a chocolate brown looking bear. The more cocoa powder you add the darker the bear.
REMEMBER: Only use our cosmetic grade colours and take care handling these colours as they are very concentrated. Protect all clothes and work surfaces.
Add Your Fragrance
Add you cosmetic grade fragrance oil in a general ratio of 2mls per 200g of soap base which is one fifth of a glass bottle. The intensity of the fragrance is personal choice but in general do not add more than 10mls per kilo especially for sensitive kids skin. Choose a fragrance that your children love.
**NOTE** Chocolate, coconut and vanilla can change the colour of your soap.
Pouring into the Soap Mould
Pour an equal amount of soap into each teddy mould, letting any air bubbles rise to the top. Lightly spray the top of the soap base with surgical spirits and the bubbles will disappear. Allow the soap to cool for one to two hours then place in the freezer for a few minutes. This helps to release the soap from the mould.
Removing The Soap From The Mould
Turn over the mould and press with your middle two fingers to release the soap. Press gently at first gradually increasing the pressure until your soap pops out. It should take around 15 seconds for the soap to release, do not exert sudden pressure on the mould as this can damage the mould.
Wrapping Your Teddy soaps
As your soap contains natural glycerine, it will attract moisture from the air so you will need to wrap it in a protective layer. Use cellophane or cellophane bags to keep your teddies safe for bath time.
Where To Start?
You can either pop along to our shop with your shopping list and select what you need or try our teddy soap making kit which has everything you need except the microwave.
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