A Back-to-School Melt and Pour Soap

I made this crayons soap using a silicone molding putty to make the custom crayon mold.

I suggest removing the paper first, which I knew I should have done, but for some reason didn’t.  Here’s why.

The paper came out of my mold easily enough using rubbing alcohol, and I went on to make a variety of soap crayons.

I made the yellow one last.  It came out the most realistic because I used more colorant.  If I were to do this again, I would make all of the crayons like that.

Make sure to use non-bleeding colorants for this project, or else the crayons will bleed into the rest of the soap.

Pour a layer of clear soap (fragranced, if desired) into your mold.  Spritz the crayons with alcohol and place them into the clear soap.  Allow to set.

Use white melt and pour base, or add titanium dioxide to clear base, for the final layer (fragranced, if desired).  Be sure to spray the first layer with alcohol before pouring the white layer.

Allow to fully harden and pop out your crayons soap.  What a cute gift for your favorite teacher, or a great way to get your students or children to wash their hands.

You could get creative with this project and make a yellow box of crayons soap with a clear soap “window” that you can see the crayons through.

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2 Responses to A Back-to-School Melt and Pour Soap

  1. Lori says:

    These soaps are cool. Maybe too cool for school!

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