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August 24, 2011 by Mariel

Homemade Glycerin Soap (she: Brandy)

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I’m Brandy. A wife and a mother with a love for all things domestic. Being in the Coast Guard, we move around every few years, but two things remain constant, our home and family. At Gluesticks, you’ll find ideas to create a house a home. Whether you are interested in new recipes, kids crafts, family activities or simple sewing projects, we welcome you!

We made homemade soap for the first time last week and it was SO MUCH FUN! I had no idea how easy it was to make and inexpensive! For some reason I thought it had to be done in a double boiler, mix ingredients, etc. Now that I know how easy it is to make I want to make more! Different types of glycerin, different molds, colors, herbs and other add-ins….the possibilities are endless! And they would make great gifts!

To make your own you’ll need:
Glycerin (I bought a 2 lb. bag of opaque glycerin for $6.99 and we didn’t even use half of it)
Glass measuring cups
Popsicle stick for stirring
Scents (optional)
Coloring (optional)
Molds
I found everything I needed at Hobby Lobby. Place your bars of glycerin in the glass measuring cups and microwave on high 30 seconds at a time (stirring after each 30 seconds) until melted. Ours took about 45 seconds and we did 3 blocks at a time.
 Add your colorings and scents….we used “apple” and stir. Kaylee loved mixing colors and stirring.
Aaron (who is 5) was able to pour the glycerin into the molds.  He did a great job! Let stand for 1 hour, then pop out of the molds.

 That’s it! They smell amazing and are so bright and colorful! We decided to save the rest of the supplies to use another day when these run out. We can’t wait to make more!

~ Brandy

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  1. the sleepy time gal says

    August 24, 2011 at 7:12 am

    beautiful! i love them.

  2. orsoshesays says

    August 24, 2011 at 9:10 am

    My kids would love to make those!  Thanks for such a fun post 🙂

  3. ButterYum says

    August 24, 2011 at 9:42 am

    These are adorable.  Surely they motivate little ones to wash up.

  4. Lynette Ballard says

    August 25, 2011 at 10:47 am

    how fun!

  5. Kelly says

    August 25, 2011 at 1:41 pm

    Super easy to make- but it might be helpful to note that you really need ‘soap coloring’ – food coloring comes off in the bathtub… 

  6. Parul0482 says

    January 8, 2012 at 11:05 am

    wow   love it…

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