Pumpkin Spice Soap

No one tell Brooke about this post, she is going to be so bummed I made soap without her, she loves it! But unlike when she makes it I only made a few bars and was in and out of the kitchen in minutes :).

Doesn't it seem like Pumpkin Spice is everywhere and in everything? I needed a quick little gift and saw this on Pinterest (click here for that post)- pumpkin spice soap in 10 minutes. Perfect, just what I'm looking for. This would have only taken me 10 minutes but I had to run upstairs for additional molds. Otherwise it was easily a 10 minute craft and turned out really nice - I had to keep reminding myself to not lick my fingers tho, it's creamy and smells so good!!

Cube up about a pound of white opaque soap (you can buy this in blocks at the craft store), put it in a big microwaveable glass bowl and melt it in the microwave according to package directions. After it's melted add 2 Tablespoons pumpkin pie spice and a few drops of yellow and red coloring (you can get those at the craft store where the soap is). Stir well and pour into molds. Let it get hard before removing from the molds, takes about 30 minutes or pop them into the freezer for just a few minutes.

About a pound of cubed melted soap made 6 small bars.

To give as gifts I wrapped the individual bars with a coordinating piece of patterned paper. Cute, practical, and smells great.                    

Soap with Spiders

                                                                                                                   

My niece and I made spider soap yesterday (she won't let me make soap with pieces of barbies in it anymore...fun sucker...but floating spiders are ok). We LOVE to make soap and it's an excellent way to spend lots of time together with fairly easy clean up (it's soap - easy clean up hahaha...anyway...). I buy blocks of soap from the craft store and melt it in the microwave according to directions; add scent, colors, and any items you want to float in the soap; then pour into molds. (note: I've been in charge of the microwaving and until recently the pouring into molds but I have her stir in the scent and colors - she's getting old enough now though that she can pour, I just have a bowl of ice water handy in case she gets any hot soap on her fingers!) We put them in the freezer to speed up the hardening process, especially if you are making layers of different colors. Pop them out of molds when done and put them next to a sink where you'll get the most shock value :)

this is two layers of clear soap, the bottom is colored
orange and the top we left clear

we made this just using clear glycerin soap