On Friday I promised I would show you how to make soap petals. What are soap petals? Soap petals are silk flower petals dipped in scented melt and pour soap to make a one-time-use soap. There are two different methods for making soap petals that I will show today.
Collect supplies.
Supplies for both methods:
Silk Flower Petals
Transparent Melt & Pour Soap
Spoon
Transfer Pipette
Container for melting soap and dipping petals (It is okay to have more than one container)
Fragrance Oil of your choice (I will be using Wedding Blossoms Fragrance Oil.)
Old newspaper, parchment or waxed paper to collect any possible drips of soap.
Putting petals in melted soap.
Tweezers
Metal Cooling Racks or Baking Sheets lined with parchment
Supplies for the second method:
Needle
Thread
Tray for dipping petals
Place to hang cooling petals
Petals in the soap.
Using the tweezers to pull a petal out.
Drop several silk petals into the melted soap and stir until the petals are completely coated with the soap. Using the tweezers pull the petals out of the soap and gently shake them to allow excess soap to fall off your soap petal.
Cooling petals on paper.
Red petals on string to be dipped.
Thread the needle with doubled thread for strength and stability while dipping the silk petals. Thread the petals onto the needle and thread. Leave adequate spacing for the petals to cool without sticking to each other. Once the petals have been threaded onto the thread, remove the needle from the thread. Make sure you have left enough room on the thread to hang the thread on place you have designated for hanging the threaded petals.
Dipping red petals into the soap.
Cooling petals.
1) Package in a clear gusseted bag and tie with ribbon or raffia.
2) Place in a small shallow glass dish or basket and shrink film the basket.
3) Fill a small jar with petals for traveling.
Dye left after dipping one strand of petals.
Note:
We also decided to make red petals and we scented one pound of Transparent Melt & Pour Soap and for a moderate scent level, we added 7 mL of Endless Love Fragrance Oil. However, the red petals would bleed excess dye every time we dipped them.
Have fun!
Hi Andee,
I really like the idea of your soap petals! I had never thought or seen this before. I was wondering though, do you think using other kind of fabric would work well too?
Julie ^_^
Julie,
I think another kind of fabric would work well.