Melt and Pour Soapmaking Service Activity

Someone had donated A TON of plastic easter eggs to our church. So for a Relief Society (a women’s church group) activity, we decided to use the eggs as molds to make soaps to donate to a local women’s shelter.

The church budget covered the soap and supplies, all found at Michaels—don’t forget to use coupons— but we did encourage the ladies to bring their own “additives” such as herbs, lemon peel, or cinnamon and ground oatmeal, basically whatever they wanted. We had a good time.

Melt and pour soaps are the way to go for first time soap makers—which we ALL were. It was so EASY. I’m not going to run you through a tutorial as there are MANY online, and written by more experienced soap makers than me.

I want to encourage you not to shy away from this type of activity. If we could do it, so can you and your group and you’ll enjoy the evening.

I created labels to be tied to each soap. On the back we wrote the scent so the women at the shelter could pick a favorite.

If you CLICK HERE, you’ll be able to download and print the file for the tags. 

File Notes:

1. There are two kinds of soap tags, goat milk glycerin, and plain glycerin. Use the sheet that matches which soaps you made. 

2. Cut marks have been included in the files.

3. Print the pattern on the back of the tag sheet.

QUICK "HOW TO" REFERENCE 
1. Drill a hole in the egg form.
2. If the additives are larger than the hole, put them inside before closing the egg.
3. Close the egg and tape around the seam so the hot soap won’t leak out.
4. Pour some hot soap into a little cup and mix in the scent, coloring and additives.
5. Pour the mixture into the egg form and allow to cool. Preferably overnight.
DON’T FORGET TO WRITE THE SCENT ON THE MOLD.
6. Getting the soap out of the molds was a little difficult. I found it helpful to wrap a warm rag around each egg to melt the soap slightly. Some soap makers suggest using some kind of spray on the form for an easier release. (What you can use without ruining the soap depends on the type of soap, you’ll have to do a little google search for that information but it’s easy to find.)

Above: Vanilla Cinnamon Oatmeal. This one was my favorite. It smelled heavenly!
If you choose to do this as a group activity, have fun!