The Soap Barn Free Book of Kiddies Ideas

Gelatine (Soap Barn)
Marshmallow fragrance (Soap Barn)
500ml liquid soap (Soap Barn)
Liquid soap colourings (Soap Barn
Dessert cups (Chocolate Den)
Cake decorations (Chocolate Den)

Method:

Measure 3 level tablespoons of gelatine and put them into a jug. Now pour half a cup of just boiled water over the gelatine and stir very well till all the gelatine has dissolved. Add your marshmallow fragrance and a couple of drops of liquid soap colouring. Mix through well. Now add one cup of clear bubble bath to your mixture. Again, mix this through very well till you have a smooth, even mixture. Pour your jelly into a dessert cup and leave to set. You can also place it in the fridge to set. Once it has set you can pipe marshmallow bath mousse (see below) on to the top as the cream. Decorate with cake decorations.
Bath jelly is wonderful bubble bath. Place some scoops of jelly into the bath under the running hot water for a fabulous bubble bath.

Requirements for Bath Mousse:

500ml Bath/Shower mousse base (Soap Barn)
Marshmallow fragrance (Soap Barn)
Piping bag and nozzle (Chocolate Den)

Method:

Take the lid off the mousse base and place the container of mousse in the microwave on high for thirty seconds. Then empty the contents into a mixing bowl. Add the marshmallow fragrance and beat the mousse with an electric hand beater till it mousse is thick and creamy. Then pipe it over your marshmallow bath jelly through a piping bag and star nozzle. This is the most heavenly bath/shower product. Cover yourself with this luxurious, soap creme and have the most delicious wash you have ever had in your whole life.

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Bubble-Doh Cup Cakes

Requirements:

1kg Bubble-Doh (Soap Barn)
Marshmallow fragrance (Soap Barn)
Mother of pearl glitter (Soap Barn)
Powder colourings (Soap Barn)
Half round mould (Chocolate Den)
Cup Cake mould (Soap Barn)
Cake decorations (Chocolate Den)
Piping bag and nozzle (Chocolate Den)

Method:

Remove some of your Bubble-Doh from the sealed bag. (Always keep your Bubble-Doh in a tightly sealed bag to keep it from drying out.) Mix your fragrance into your Bubble-Doh as much or as little as you like. I think your Bubble-Doh should always smell heavenly so be generous with your fragrance. Add some powder colour and knead the Bubble-Doh well till the fragrance is mixed through.
Dust your mould with bicarbonate of soda to help the Bubble-Doh release easily. Fill your half round mould with Bubble-Doh and then gently knock the shape out of the mould into your hand. Dust the mould again with baking soda and repeat the moulding process. I always find that you get the best results by moulding each shape twice. Do the same for the bottom half of the cup cake. Place the half rounds and the cup cake bottoms on a thick wad of old newspaper covered in paper towelling. Leave them to dry and set.
After about 3 days your Bubble-Doh cup cakes are ready to be decorated. Stick the half round on top of the cup cake bottom with melted glycerine soap (or a little craft glue!)
You can mix some Bubble-Doh with water so you can pipe with it. Colour and fragrance it too. Pipe it around the edges of your cup cake with a piping bag and nozzle just where the two parts are joined. You can also pipe over the top of your cup cake. Sprinkle some glitter onto the cup cake. Now decorate it beautifully with small icing decorations.

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Bath Snow Sorbets

Requirements:

500g bath snow (Soap Barn)
Marshmallow fragrance (Soap Barn)
Powder colourings (Soap Barn)
Red glycerine soap for the cherry (Soap Barn)
Vanilla glycerine soap for the chocolate flake (Soap Barn)
Brown liquid soap colour (Soap Barn)
Green glycerine soap for the leaves (Soap Barn)
Leaf cookie cutter (Chocolate Den)
Dessert cup (Chocolate Den)

Method:

Add marshmallow fragrance to the bath snow and mix through well. Divide your bath snow up and colour each part a different colour. Fill your dessert cup with layers of different coloured marshmallow snow.
Melt your vanilla glycerine soap and add brown colouring till you get a chocolate brown coloured soap.
Pour your brown soap onto the counter and leave it to set. Once it has set you can take a big meat knife (non-serrated) and draw it along the top of the brown soap to get thin soap curls which you group together to make a chocolate flake.
Melt the green glycerine soap and pour that also out on the counter. When it has set you can cut your leaves out of it with a leaf cookie cutter.
Cut small chunks out of your red glycerine soap for cherries.
Finally you can pipe your bath mousse on the top of the marshmallow snow sorbet. (See Bath Mousse instructions below). Put your flake into the mousse as well as the cherry and leaves.
Bath snow is an amazing bubble bath and is great for a cleansing relaxing bath after a long hard day. Put a handful of bath snow under the hot water tap as you run your bath. Relax in a wonderful bubble bath that has all the added qualities of bath salts too!

Requirements for Bath Mousse:

500ml Bath/Shower mousse base (Soap Barn)
Marshmallow fragrance (Soap Barn)
Piping bag and nozzle (Chocolate Den)

Method:

Take the lid off the mousse base and place the container of mousse in the microwave on high for thirty seconds. Then empty the contents into a mixing bowl. Add the marshmallow fragrance and beat the mousse with an electric hand beater till it mousse is thick and creamy. Then pipe it over your marshmallow snow through a piping bag and star nozzle.
This is the most heavenly bath/shower product. Cover yourself with this luxurious, soap creme and have the most delicious wash you have ever had in your whole life.

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Gel Candy Candle

Requirements:

Gel wax (Soap Barn)
Glass vase
Wick (Soap Barn)
Sustainers (Soap Barn)
Kebab sticks (Chocolate Den)
Romance fragrance (Soap Barn) – Smells exactly like those little pink sweets
Candies:
Jelly beans
Romantics
Mini liquorice allsorts

Method:

Start by cutting your wick to size (and a bit). Melt the gel wax in a pot directly on the stove over a very low heat. When the gel is melted it will run like water. Dip your wick into the melted gel and hold it up so it can set straight. Fasten your sustainer to the bottom of your waxed wick. Position the wick in the middle of the vase using a tiny bit of prestik under the sustainer. Tie the top of the wick onto a kebab stick that balances on the top of the vase. (If you ultimately wish to have a bigger flame you can cut three pieces of wick and plait them. Then dip them in the wax and position them just as you would do with one strand.) Add Romance fragrance to your melted gel and then pour your melted gel into the glass1/5 of the way up. Leave to cool. Drop an assortment of your candies into the gel and leave them to suspend and set in the gel. Leave that layer to set and then pour your next layer and repeat the method till you have filled your vase to the top with different layers. You have to make this candle in stages because you need your sweets to be suspended throughout the candle and if you just fill your vase with gel and drop in the sweets all your sweets will just sink to the bottom. Your candle will burn for months because gel wax is a very slow burner. The house will be filled with the gorgeous scent of Romance.

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Happy Happy Happy Pills

Requirements:

Soap Dyes (Soap Barn)
Fragrances to match your dyes (Soap Barn)
Bath salts fine (Soap Barn)
Empty Capsules (Soap Barn)
Small PVC Envelope (Soap Barn)
Tag Label download here

Method:

Divide the bath salts into small bowls. Add different dyes to each bowl and matching fragrances. For example if you are making Happy Pills for friends or colleagues then you can do pink - rose, purple - lavender, yellow - lemongrass, orange - honeybush etc. If you are making Happy Pills for children you will use fruit fragrances instead. For example red - strawberry, blue - bubblegum, yellow - banana, green - apple etc.
Fill your capsules with the coloured and fragranced salt. Put the filled capsules into small glass bottles or into a small PVC envelope. Label the Happy Pills with the labels you download from the website. Bring joy and happiness to everyone you know this festive season!
WHY DO HAPPY PILLS MAKE YOU HAPPY?
Drop a couple of Happy Pills into the bath and you will instantly be happier! The Happy Pills will colour and fragrance your water. If you are soaking in a lime green bath breathing in the wonderful fragrance of lemongrass how could you not be happy? If you are soaking in light blue water with the wonderful scent of ocean mist surrounding you - please tell my how you could possibly not be happy?! If you are relaxing in a orange bath with the smell of pina colada surrounding you - how on earth you could you not be absolutely delighted?!

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Bath Time Puzzle

Requirements:

White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Fruity fragrances (Soap Barn)
Neon paste colours (Soap Barn)
Puzzle mould (Soap Barn)
Large two row box(Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your white Farmhouse soap, fragrance and colour it and then pour it into the puzzle mould.
Colour the soap with neon/luminous colour paste. Let me warn you that the yellow one smells absolutely terrible and you need to add lots of fragrance to cover that smell. I would leave it out altogether but it makes the most amazing neon yellow and green colours. The yellow mixes with a little blue to make a gorgeous green and the pink mixes with a tiny bit of blue to make a stunning purple. The pink and orange pastes are fabulous by themselves and unlike the yellow they don’t smell bad. Leave to set. Leave for two hours and when the soap in the mould feels cold you can pop it out of the mould. It will feel wet immediately after you unmould it. Leave the soaps for an hour and they will feel dry.
Package your soap puzzles in a large two row box for a wonderful gift. (I leave the box flat and not made up so the pieces fit in nicely. I punched holes at the ends of the box and I threaded ribbon through.

Farmhouse Soap Cupcakes

Requirements:

White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Fruity fragrances (Soap Barn)
Neon paste colours (Soap Barn)
Cupcake mould (Soap Barn)
Large pyramid box (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your white Farmhouse soap, fragrance it and pour it into the bottom half of the cupcake mould. Then colour the remaining soap with neon/luminous colour paste. Let me warn you that the yellow one smells absolutely terrible and you need to add lots of fragrance to cover that smell. I would leave it out altogether but it makes the most amazing neon yellow and green colours. The yellow mixes with a little blue to make a gorgeous green and the pink mixes with a tiny bit of blue to make a stunning purple. The pink and orange pastes are fabulous by themselves and unlike the yellow they don’t smell bad.
Pour the melted, coloured and fragranced soap into the top part of the cupcake mould and leave to set. Leave for two hours and when the soap in the mould feels cold you can pop it out of the mould. It will feel wet immediately after you unmould it. Leave the soaps for an hour and they will feel dry. Then melt a little left over soap and pour about a teaspoon of soap onto the bottom half of each cupcake. Quickly put the top half over so that it is glued with the melted soap.
Package your soap cupcakes in the large pyramid box for a wonderful gift.

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Soap Crayons for Christmas

Requirements:

White Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Fruity fragrances (Soap Barn)
Neon paste colours (Soap Barn)
Crayon mould (Soap Barn)
Bulldog clips (Soap Barn)
Clear cellophane (Soap Barn)
Crayon labels (Soap Barn)
Small drawstring bag (Soap Barn)

Method:

Cut the crayons out of the mould with half a centimetre border around the side. Also cut out the flat, bottom part of each crayon (not the point!). Clip the two sides of the crayon together with bulldog clips. Stand the mould point down in a mug or jug.
Melt your white Farmhouse soap and colour it with neon/luminous colour paste. Let me warn you that the yellow one smells absolutely terrible and you need to add lots of fragrance to cover that smell. I would leave it out altogether but it makes the most amazing neon yellow and green colours. The yellow mixes with a little blue to make a gorgeous green and the pink mixes with a tiny bit of blue to make a stunning purple. The pink and orange pastes are fabulous by themselves and unlike the yellow they don’t smell bad.
Pour the melted, coloured and fragranced soap into the crayon moulds and leave to set. Leave for two hours and when the soap in the mould feels cold you can take off the bulldog clips and pop the soap crayon out. The crayons will feel wet immediately after you unmould them. Leave them for an hour and they will feel dry.
Wrap the body of the crayon in cellophane and then stick on your soap crayon label. You can then put three crayons in a small drawstring bag as a wonderful gift.

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Magic Fruity Bath Tea

Ingredients:

Bath Crystals (Soap Barn)
Powder Dye Colourings - all the colours (Soap Barn)
Fruity Fragrances to match your colours (Soap Barn)
Sealable Tea Bags (Soap Barn)
Half Cube PVC Box (Soap Barn)

Method:

Add 2 cups bath crystals

Add powder dye this will colour the crystals and also the bath water. Match your colour and fragrance.

I have so many fruity fragrances you could choose from: apple, apricot-peach, black cherry, black currant, blueberry, coconut, cranberry, lemon, mango, melon, mulberry, orange, papaya, pear, pearberry, pineapple, pink grapefruit, pomegranate, raspberry, strawberry and tutti-frutti.

Fill your teabags. I find they take about 1 tablespoon of mixture but you could put less if you like

Seal your teabags with heat. You can use an iron or even a heated teaspoon handle. I didn't have an iron with me at work so I used a teaspoon handle. I turned on the stove put the teaspoon handle on the plate for a few seconds and then pressed it down on the open end of the bag for 1-2 seconds. The bags seal very easily. I also thought of using hair straightening tongs and of course a sealing machine will work if you have one of those. Whatever method you use they are all quick and easy.

Finally you can pack your teabags in a half cube PVC box. I got between ten and twelve bags in a box.
Decorate your box attractively because packaging is everything!

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Bath Confetti

Requirements:

1kg soap noodles (Soap Barn)
Soap colourings (Soap Barn)
Fragrances (Soap Barn)
PVC sheet or cellophane (Chocolate Den)
Tub for packaging (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt 1kg soap noodles 5lt water in a pot on the stove. When all the noodles are dissolved divide the mixture into five bowls.
Colour and fragrance the mixtures in each bowl.
Pour each mixture onto your kitchen counter and leave it 20 minutes to set.
When the mixture has set, lift the soap off the counter and place it on a PVC sheet or on cellophane.

Take a butter knife and cut lines down and across the soap - so the soap is divided into tiny squares

Leave the soap to dry for two days and then gently tap it off the PVC sheet or cellophane, then gently separate the tiny squares. Throw the soap confetti into your bath for a colourful, fun and soapy bath!

Fruit Salad and Ice-Cream Soaps

Requirements:

Glycerine soaps: clear, white, vanilla, red, orange, yellow, pink and green (Soap Barn)
Brown soap colouring (Soap Barn)
Ball mould (Soap Barn)
White paper muffin cups (Chocolate Den)

Method:

Gently melt your white soap and pour it into the ball mould

Chop up your coloured glycerine soaps into small fruit squares

Leave your muffin cup inside other muffin cups to help it hold its shape. Fill your muffin cup with chopped up soap

Pour melted clear glycerine soap over the coloured chunks. Fill the muffin cup to the top with clear soap. With more melted clear soap stick a half ball of white soap on the top and stick a small red piece of soap on that as a cherry

Colour your melted vanilla soap with brown soap colouring to make the hot chocolate sauce. Then pour some over your fruit salad and ice-cream. You can then peel the paper muffin cup off your soap

Soap Doh

Requirements:

Brand New! Soap Doh (Soap Barn)
Powder soap dyes (Soap Barn)
Fruity fragrances (Soap Barn)
Cookie cutters (Chocolate Den)

Please click here to print out labels for this recipe

Method:

Colour and fragrance the Soap Doh. I like to use the powder soap dyes because they will change the colour of the bath water. (Use plastic gloves when mixing to avoid brightly coloured hands!) Add lots of fragrance for a sense sensation! Your children can play with Soasp Doh in and out the bath. It is soft and gentle on the hands, works just like play dough - but is also a soap! Roll it, shape it, cut it! The children can use the Soap Doh just like that or they can leave it to set for a day so they have fabulous little Soap Doh cakes to play with and wash with in the bath!

Lego Soaps

Requirements:

Glycerine soaps - all colours (Soap Barn)
Lego mould (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your soap gently in a pot on the stove over a low heat, or in the microwave in a plastic jug on defrost. Leave your soap to cool a bit. Then pour the soap into the lego moulds and leave two hours to set. Use Lego soaps for building and washing fun in the bath!

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Bath Time Finger Paint

Requirements:

Silky liquid soap (Soap Barn)
Soap dyes (Soap Barn)
Fragrances (Soap Barn)
25ml tubs (Soap Barn)
Square PVC box (Soap Barn)

Please click here to print out labels for this recipe

Method:

Divide your liquid soap into small mixing bowls to make separate colours
Dissolve a tiny bit of soap dye in a couple of drops of water and then add it to the liquid soap.
Add a couple of fragrance drops to the coloured soap - try match the colours to the fragrances eg. red strawberry, blue bubblegum, yellow banana, green apple...
Pack your coloured soaps in tiny jars and package them in a square box
Use the paints to lure your children into the bath. They will love painting bright and fragrance pictures all over the bath. The beauty is that the paints are soaps and not only wash your children but also wash off the bath with no trouble at all.

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Alphabet Soap Soup

Requirements:

Glycerine soap assorted colours (Soap Barn)
Fantasies fragrance (Soap Barn)
Alphabet cutters (Chocolate Den)
Clear liquid soap (Soap Barn)
450ml Maxi jar (Soap Barn)

Method:

Slice your soap tubes into 5mm slices. Cut your letter soaps out of those slices and place them in your maxi jar.
Fragrance your clear liquid soap with Fantasies fragrance. Pour your fragranced liquid soap over your alphabet soaps filling the jar to the top.
This Alphabet Soap Soup makes a wonderful gift for all children at Christmas. Pour some alphabet soap soup into the bath as you fill it with hot water. It will make a glorious bubble bath and the children can find the letter soaps below the bubbles. WHAT FABULOUS FUN!

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Bubble Balls Soap

Ingredients:

Gelatine (Soap Barn)
Powder colourings and glitter (Soap Barn)
Fragrances (Soap Barn)
Clear liquid soap (Soap Barn)
Ball moulds (Soap Barn)

Method:

Cut the half round shapes out of your mould, leaving about 1cm around the edges. Also cut a small half moon (size of 10c piece) out of the one side at the edge. Clip the moulds together with bulldog clips. You will have a complete ball shape with a small hole on the one side for filling.

Measure 8 level dessert spoons of gelatine. Put them in a jug and add a pinch of powder colouring. Now add 5ml of fragrance because you want your bouncing bubble bath balls to be very fragrant. Add half a cup of just boiled water over the gelatine and stir very well till all the gelatine has dissolved. You can put the mixture into the microwave for 30 seconds - this will help it dissove further. Now add one cup of clear bubble bath to your mixture. Again, mix this through very well till you have a smooth, even mixture. Add your glitter. Pour this mixture into the ball moulds you assembled earlier. You can either stand them upright on their bulldog clips or place them in a bowl so they remain upright with the entry hole on top. Leave them to stand for about half an hour and then place them in the fridge to set. They should be fully set within half an hour. Remove them from the moulds and have loads of fun!

Leave the balls to air dry for a day or two before you package them. Package them in PVC boxes so that they can don't dry out and harden but can still breathe.

Using Bubble Bath Balls :

These gorgeous, wonderful smelling balls make the best bathtime toys. Throw one into the bath as you run your hot water. The ball will slowly dissolve and your bath will be filled with beautiful smelling bath foam. Your children (and the child in you) will love playing with these balls in the bath.

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Bath Art Soap Crayons

Ingredients:

White glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Fruity fragrances (Soap Barn)
Crayon dyes (Soap Barn)
Crayon mould (Soap Barn)
Bulldog clips (Soap Barn)
Clear cellophane (Soap Barn)
Crayon labels (Soap Barn)
Medium long PVC boxes (Soap Barn)

Method:

Cut the crayons out of the mould with half a centimetre border around the side. Also cut out the flat, bottom part of each crayon (not the point!). Clip the two sides of the crayon together with bulldog clips. Stand the mould point down in a mug or jug.

You can make bath art soap crayons by mixing in different matching colours and fragrances eg: Red dye and raspberry fragrance, yellow dye and banana fragrance, blue dye and blueberry fragrance, green dye and apple fragrance, orange dye and mango fragrance, pink dye and strawberry fragrance and purple dye with black cherry fragrance.

Melt your kilo of white glycerine soap gently in a pot on the stove over a low heat, or in the microwave in a plastic jug on defrost. Then add 10ml of fragrance and half a tub of dye to 200ml flexine (to1kg soap). Stir well till the dye has dissolved and the flexine is a bright, even colour. Add your coloured flexine to the soap and stir through well. The colour of the soap should be very intense. Leave your soap to cool a bit. Then pour the soap into the crayon moulds and leave to set. Leave for two hours and if the soap in the mould feels cold you can take off the bulldog clips and pop the bath art soap crayon out.

Wrap the body of the crayon in cellophane and then stick on your soap crayon label. You can then put a crayon in a medium long PVC box as a wonderful gift.

These crayons draw on the bath, on the tiles and on the children. Then they wash off! Best not to draw on non porous surfaces (like grout) because the colour may stain.

Get your children into the bath – keep them in the bath and teach them art!

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Bumbles Floating Bubble Bath Balls

Requirements:

Clear Liquid Soap (Soap Barn)
Colour dyes - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink and purple (Soap Barn)
Fruity fragrances (Soap Barn)
Large Balloons (Soap Barn)
PVC cylinder (Chocolate Den)
Download label here

Method:

Pour 100ml clear liquid soap into a jug. Add a pinch of powder dye and mix through well. We use powder dyes because they are very concentrated and will colour the bath water. Add 30 drops of a matching fragrance. eg. red-raspberry, orange-mango, yellow-banana, green-apple, blue-bubblegum, pink-strawberry, purple-pearberry. Pour the coloured and fragranced liquid soap into the balloon. Put the lip of the balloon over the end of your kitchen tap and gently fill the balloon with water. I filled mine enough so I could fit three in a long cylinder. But you can fill them as much as you like. Let’s say anywhere between the size of a plum and an orange. Then tie the balloon tight with a knot. Place the balloon in the freezer to prepare your Bumble for the bath. If you are giving the Bumbles as gifts or selling them then just package them with a note explaining that they must be frozen before use. The label will explain it all so you can print out this label and package your Bumbles using the instructions.

Using Bumbles:

Remove the Bumble from the freezer. Snip the balloon open. Pop the Bumble into the bath as you are running the water. Your Bumble will float on top of the water. As it dissolves it will fragrance and colour the water and make the best bubbles.

Bubbaloo Bubble Bath

Requirements:

Clear Liquid Soap (Soap Barn)
Water babies (Soap Barn)
Bubblegum fragrance (Soap Barn)
500ml bell bottles (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Put water babies into water to grow overnight - I use 3 - 4 packs per bottle, you can use less or more, up to you. Put your fully grown water babies (known by children as squishies) into your empty 500ml bottle. Pour 500ml clear liquid soap into a jug. Add 30 drops of bubblegum fragrance into the liquid soap and stir well. Pour the fragranced liquid soap into the bottle over the water babies.

Using Bumbles:

Use like normal bubble bath. Pour into the bath as you are running the water. Some water babies will pour out into the bath and your child will have bubbles and squishies to play with in the bath - What fun!

3-D Bubble Bath

Requirements:

Clear Liquid Soap (Soap Barn)
Bubblegum fragrance (Soap Barn)
500ml bell bottles (Soap Barn)
PVC sheet (Chocolate Den)
Puffy plastic stickers (Soap Barn)
Liquid colours (Soap Barn)

Method:

Cut 4cm strips of PVC long enough to fit from the bottom of the 500ml bell bottle to the top. You can use about three strips per bottle. Stick your stickers along the entire strip and then staple them on so they don't fall off in the soap. Put the clear strips filled with stickers into the empty bottle. Pour 500ml clear liquid soap into a jug. Add ONE drop of liquid colouring and mix through well. Add 30 drops of bubblegum fragrance and mix through. Pour the coloured and fragranced liquid soap into the bottle over the PVC strips. The effect is AMAZING! Your stickers will appear magically suspended throughout the bubble bath. I did three different themes: I did the princess and castle and frog theme, the under ocean theme and the Old Macdonalds Farm theme. They all came out beautifully.

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Soap Fluff Handwash for Children

Requirements:

Clear Liquid Soap (Soap Barn)
Liquid colours - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink and purple (Soap Barn)
Fruity fragrances (Soap Barn)
500ml clear foaming pump bottle (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Pour 250ml liquid soap into a measuring jug. Add 30 drops of a fruity fragrance and a couple of drops of liquid soap colouring to the liquid soap and mix through well. Then add 250ml water. Mix your 500ml diluted liquid soap and pour it into your bottle – Now you have wonderful soap foam for washing hands! The colours, fragrances and foam will make washing hands for children so much fun they will be looking for excused to wash their hands all day long!

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Bath Soap Crayons

Requirements:

1kg white bubblegum farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Crayon mould (Soap Barn)
Bulldog clips (Chocolate Den)
Soap powder dyes (Soap Barn)
Cellophane (Chocolate Den)
Medium long PVC boxes (Soap Barn)
Small drawstring bag (Soap Barn)
Download label 1 here
Download label 2 here

Method:

Cut the crayon shapes out of your mould with a 1cm boarder all the way around. Cut out the flat bottom of each crayon. Clip two sides of the crayon together all the way around with bulldog clips to make a 3-D crayon. Place your crayon mould in a large cup with point facing down and open bottom facing up. Gently melt the soap in a pot on the stove or in the microwave in a plastic jug. You will always get the very best results from soap that has been melted slowly over a low heat. The cooler your melted soap, the better your end result. Divide your melted soap into separate pots or jugs for all the colours you intend to make. Dissolve your powder dyes in a little water and then add them to the melted soap. Stir through well till the soap is dark with colour. We make these crayons dark so they can be used for drawing on the bath and drawing on the body in the bath. Leave the soap to cool and thicken. When it is cool pour it in to the mould right to the top. Leave for two hours to set. Remove the clips from around the mould and un-mould your crayon soap. Leave your soap a day or two to dry and harden. Then wrap the crayon (not the point, just the body) with cellophane and then complete your product with the label you have downloaded from the website. You can either package each crayon separately in a medium long PVC box or you can pack three crayons in a drawstring bag.

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Father Christmas Soap Puzzle

Requirements:

1kg white candyfloss farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
1 large puzzle mould (Soap Barn) OR
1 small puzzle mould (Soap Barn)
Soap Glaze (Soap Barn)
Drawstring bag for packaging large puzzle (Soap Barn)
Oblong PVC box for packaging small puzzle (Soap Barn)
Download Puzzle template here
Download Father Christmas design small here
Download Father Christmas design large here
Download Father Christmas label here

Method:

Gently melt the soap in a pot on the stove or in the microwave in a plastic jug. You will always get the very best results from soap that has been melted slowly over a low heat. The cooler your melted soap, the better your end result. Leave the soap to cool till it has formed a thick skin on top and then pour it in to the mould right to the top. Leave for two hours to set and then un-mould your soaps. Leave your puzzle pieces two or three days to dry and harden. You will need nine puzzle pieces for each puzzle if you want to use the templates and designs you have downloaded from the website. Stick the puzzle template on to the back of the Father Christmas design – sellotape it around the edges. Then cut out the whole design according to the template. Make sure you keep all piece in the right order! Stick each piece of the design onto the puzzle using the soap glaze. Only a thin layer is required. When the design is complete leave to dry before packaging. Complete your product with the label you have downloaded from the website. These puzzles are a win! They will provide hours of entertainment in the bath and very clean children too!

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Flirt Perfume

Requirements:

100ml Plain lip balm base (Soap Barn)
10ml Strawberry fragrance (Soap Barn)
10ml Lily of the valley fragrance (Soap Barn)
15ml Lip balm pots (Soap Barn)
Large PVC envelopes (Soap Barn)
Pink polka dot tissue paper (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Gently melt the lip balm base in a small pot or tin on the stove over a low heat. Add 10ml strawberry fragrance and 10ml lily of the valley fragrance. Stir through well. Pour mixture into lip balm pots and leave to set. Label pots using labels from website and broad sellotape. Put tissue paper into envelope and then the perfume. Seal envelope with sellotape. This perfume makes a wonderful gift for young girls and women at Christmas time.

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Christmas Bath Snow

Requirements:

Bath Snow (Soap Barn)
Powder colours - these are not the same as powder dyes! (Soap Barn)
Fragrances (Soap Barn)
Medium size stack pack (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Divide your bath snow into separate bowls for all the colours you would like to make. Add a little powder dye to each bowl and fragrance to match. Judge the amount of colour you need with your eye and the amount of fragrance you need with your nose. Mix each colour through well. Fill your stack pack with bath snow of many colours. Finish your product with the label you have downloaded from the website. This bath snow stack pack makes a wonderful gift for friends and family over Christmas it appeals to young and old because one is never too young or too old for a fantastic bubble bath. Using your Bath Snow: Throw a handful of bath snow into the bath under the hot running tap as you fill the bath with water. You will have the bubbliest ever bubble bath!

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Snowman Soap Puzzle

Requirements:

1kg white candyfloss farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
1 large puzzle mould (Soap Barn) OR
1 small puzzle mould (Soap Barn)
Soap Glaze (Soap Barn)
Drawstring bag for packaging large puzzle (Soap Barn)
Oblong PVC box for packaging small puzzle (Soap Barn)
Download Puzzle template here
Download Snowman design small here
Download Snowman design large here
Download Snowman label here

Method:

Gently melt the soap in a pot on the stove or in the microwave in a plastic jug. You will always get the very best results from soap that has been melted slowly over a low heat. The cooler your melted soap, the better your end result. Leave the soap to cool till it has formed a thick skin on top and then pour it in to the mould right to the top. Leave for two hours to set and then un-mould your soaps. Leave your puzzle pieces two or three days to dry and harden. You will need nine puzzle pieces for each puzzle if you want to use the templates and designs you have downloaded from the website. Stick the puzzle template on to the back of the Snowman design – sellotape it around the edges. Then cut out the whole design according to the template. Make sure you keep all piece in the right order! Stick each piece of the design onto the puzzle using the soap glaze. Only a thin layer is required. When the design is complete leave to dry before packaging. Complete your product with the label you have downloaded from the website. These puzzles are a win! They will provide hours of entertainment in the bath and very clean children too!

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Soap-Doh Tower for Christmas

Requirements:

Soap-Doh (Soap Barn)
Powder dyes (Soap Barn)
Fragrances (Soap Barn)
Large size stack pack (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Divide your Soap-Doh into separate parts for all the colours you would like to make. Colour each part with powder dye (this a very concentrated colourant and you will achieve excellent results with it – I recommend you use plastic gloves while mixing in the colours or you will have coloured hands the whole day!) Fragrance each coloured Soap-Doh with a matching fragrance. Fill each pot of the stack pack with one colour Soap-Doh. Make sure you fill it right to the top (full full full) so that there is not place for air. Air will dry out your product. Re-assemble your stack pack and seal tightly. Finish your product with the label you have downloaded from the website. This Soap-Doh tower makes a wonderful gift for all young boys and girls over Christmas. Using Soap-Doh: This product is a play dough for bath time. It is soft, smooth and gentle on the skin. It is a mild soap and will wash children as they play with it. This is an all time bath favourite with children.

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Innocence Perfume

Requirements:

100ml Plain lip balm base (Soap Barn)
10ml Baby powder fragrance (Soap Barn)
10ml Rose fragrance (Soap Barn)
15ml Lip balm pots (Soap Barn)
Large PVC envelopes (Soap Barn)
Purple polka dot tissue paper (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Gently melt the lip balm base in a small pot or tin on the stove over a low heat. Add 10ml baby powder fragrance and 10ml rose fragrance. Stir through well. Pour mixture into lip balm pots and leave to set. Label pots using labels from website and broad sellotape. Put tissue paper into envelope and then the perfume. Seal envelope with sellotape. This perfume makes a wonderful gift for young girls and women at Christmas time.

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Christmas Bear Soap Puzzle

Requirements:

1kg white candyfloss farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
1 large puzzle mould (Soap Barn) OR
1 small puzzle mould (Soap Barn)
Soap Glaze (Soap Barn)
Drawstring bag for packaging large puzzle (Soap Barn)
Oblong PVC box for packaging small puzzle (Soap Barn)
Download Puzzle template here
Download Christmas Bear design small here
Download Christmas Bear design large here
Download Christmas Bear label here

Method:

Gently melt the soap in a pot on the stove or in the microwave in a plastic jug. You will always get the very best results from soap that has been melted slowly over a low heat. The cooler your melted soap, the better your end result. Leave the soap to cool till it has formed a thick skin on top and then pour it in to the mould right to the top. Leave for two hours to set and then un-mould your soaps. Leave your puzzle pieces two or three days to dry and harden. You will need nine puzzle pieces for each puzzle if you want to use the templates and designs you have downloaded from the website. Stick the puzzle template on to the back of the Christmas Bear design – sellotape it around the edges. Then cut out the whole design according to the template. Make sure you keep all piece in the right order! Stick each piece of the design onto the puzzle using the soap glaze. Only a thin layer is required. When the design is complete leave to dry before packaging. Complete your product with the label you have downloaded from the website. These puzzles are a win! They will provide hours of entertainment in the bath and very clean children too!

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Wicked Perfume

Requirements:

100ml Plain lip balm base (Soap Barn)
10ml Fenjal fragrance (Soap Barn)
10ml Patchouli fragrance (Soap Barn)
15ml Lip balm pots (Soap Barn) Large PVC envelopes (Soap Barn)
Green polka dot tissue paper (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Gently melt the lip balm base in a small pot or tin on the stove over a low heat. Add 10ml fenjal fragrance and 10ml patchouli fragrance. Stir through well. Pour mixture into lip balm pots and leave to set. Label pots using labels from website and broad sellotape. Put tissue paper into envelope and then the perfume. Seal envelope with sellotape. This perfume makes a wonderful gift for young girls and women at Christmas time.

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Lip Balm Tower for Christmas

Requirements:

Lip balms ready made (Soap Barn) – See website pricelist 'Lip Balm' for full list of flavours and colours
Small stack packs (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Gently melt the lip balm in a small pot or tin on the stove over a low heat. Pour into stack pack containers and leave to cool. When cool re-assemble the stack pack. Finish your product with the label you have downloaded from the website. This lip balm tower makes a wonderful gift for all young ladies over Christmas.

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Spicy Perfume

Requirements:

100ml Plain lip balm base (Soap Barn)
10ml Musk fragrance (Soap Barn)
10ml Sandalwood fragrance (Soap Barn)
15ml Lip balm pots (Soap Barn)
Large PVC envelopes (Soap Barn)
Red polka dot tissue paper (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Gently melt the lip balm base in a small pot or tin on the stove over a low heat. Add 10ml musk fragrance and 10ml sandalwood fragrance. Stir through well. Pour mixture into lip balm pots and leave to set. Label pots using labels from website and broad sellotape. Put tissue paper into envelope and then the perfume. Seal envelope with sellotape. This perfume makes a wonderful gift for young girls and women at Christmas time.

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Easter Fizz for your Bath

Requirements:

1kg Fizz-Bop (Soap Barn)
Ocean Mist Fragrance (Soap Barn)
Blue powder dye (Soap Barn)
Round cookie cutter (Chocolate Den)
Yellow rubber duck (Soap Barn – limited stock item)
Bath Fizz sticker (Soap Barn)
Cellophane (Chocolate Den)

Method:

Heat your Fizz-Bop in the microwave for 1 minute to soften it. Then mix your dye with your fragrance (as much as you like). Add that mixture to the crumbly Fizz Bop. Mix through well. I like to use plastic gloves when using the dye because it is very concentrated. Use the powder dye if you want your Fizz Bop to colour the water. Use powder colour (as opposed to dye) if you don't want your water to change colour. Pack your Fizz Bop into a tight 2cm block on the counter and then cut round shapes out with your cookie cutter. I found that in the current hot climate I needed to put my Fizz Bops into the fridge to set quickly. In winter you won't have to do that. Wrap your round blue ponds in cellophane. Hold your hairdryer over the cellophane to shrink it so you have a lovely neat finish. Place a Bath Fizz sticker on the side and put some double sided tape on the bottom of your yellow rubber duck. Stick your duck on top. Once you have settled into your bath, drop the blue fizzing pond and the duck into the water for the best fun bath you ever had - fizzing blue ocean mist water shared with a rubber duck! Fizz-Bop will soften the water, soften your skin, refresh and revitalise your skin and nourish it with gorgeous oils.

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Soapy Play Dough for the Bath this Easter

Requirements:

1kg Soap-Doh (Soap Barn)
Assorted powder dyes (Soap Barn)
Assorted fragrances (Soap Barn)
Easter egg moulds (Soap Barn and Chocolate Den)
Soap-Doh stickers (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Cut your egg moulds out with a half cm border around the edge. Divide your Soap-Doh into separate parts for all the colours you would like to make. Colour each part with powder dye (this is very concentrated and you will achieve excellent results with it – I recommend you use plastic gloves while mixing in the colours or you will have coloured hands the whole day!) Fragrance each coloured Soap-Doh with a matching fragrance. I like to mix my colour into the fragrance first and then mix it through the Soap-Doh. It seems to work better that way. Fill each half egg with one colour Soap-Doh. Make sure you fill it right to the top (full full full) so that there is not place for air. Air will dry out your product. Close the back of each half egg with broad sellotape – which will adhere to the edges of the mould. You can stick two half eggs together with double sided tape. Package the eggs in cellophane or in boxes or even loose. Using Soap-Doh: This product is a play dough for bath time. It is soft, smooth and gentle on the skin. It is a mild soap and will wash children as they play with it. This is an all time bath favourite with children.

Fizzing Eggs for your Bath this Easter

Requirements:

1kg Fizz-Bop (Soap Barn)
Assorted Fragrances (Soap Barn)
Assorted powder dyes (Soap Barn)
Egg moulds (Chocolate Den and Soap Barn)
Bath Fizz sticker (Soap Barn)
Cellophane (Chocolate Den)

Method:

Heat your Fizz-Bop in the microwave for 1 minute to soften it. Then mix your colour with your fragrance (as much as you like). Add that mixture to the crumbly Fizz Bop. Mix through well. Pack your Fizz Bop into a tightly into an egg mould and then knock it out onto the counter. I found that in the current hot climate I needed to put my Fizz Bops into the fridge to set quickly. In winter you won't have to do that. Put two half eggs together in cellophane and tie the top with ribbon Hold your hairdryer over the cellophane to shrink it so you have a lovely neat finish. Place a Bath Fizz sticker on the side. Once you have settled into your bath, drop the fizzing egg into the water for the best fun bath you ever had. Fizz-Bop will soften the water, soften your skin, refresh and revitalise your skin and nourish it with gorgeous oils.

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Soap-Doh for Every Bath Every Day

Requirements:

1kg Soap-Doh (Soap Barn)
Assorted powder dyes (Soap Barn)
Assorted fragrances (Soap Barn)
Cellophane (Chocolate Den)
Soap-Doh stickers (Soap Barn)
Download label here

Method:

Divide your Soap-Doh into separate parts for all the colours you would like to make. Colour each part with powder dye (this is very concentrated and you will achieve excellent results with it – I recommend you use plastic gloves while mixing in the colours or you will have coloured hands the whole day!) Fragrance each coloured Soap-Doh with a matching fragrance. I like to mix my colour into the fragrance first and then mix it through the Soap-Doh. It seems to work better that way. Roll each colour into a thick sausage shape and then cover it in cellophane. I tied the ends with string and then I held my hairdryer over the cellophane to shrink wrap it over the Soap-Doh. Using Soap-Doh: This product is a play dough for bath time. It is soft, smooth and gentle on the skin. It is a mild soap and will wash children as they play with it. This is an all time bath favourite with children.

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Soap Candies - Liquorice AllSorts

Requirements:

Flat metal tray
White bubblegum Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Black glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Soap colours (Soap Barn)
Cellophane bags for packaging (Chocolate Den)
Soap stickers (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your white soap gently in the microwave or in a pot on the stove. Separate it out in five parts and colour each part a different colour. Pour a thin layer of coloured soap and leave it to set. When it is warm but set pour a thin layer of hot black soap over the first layer. Leave that layer to set and then pour a hot layer of the original colour over the black layer. This is very important: If the second and third layers are not hot enough to melt the layer underneath a little then they will not stick. Your layers will separate when you cut up the soaps. So make sure that you are pouring hot soap over the first layer and hot soap over the second layer. Un-mould the soap out of the tray when it has set and then cut your soaps into small squares for normal liquorice allsorts or into very small squares for mini liquorice allsorts. Remember to put soap stickers on all your soap candies. This is to let everyone know that although they look exactly like the real thing, they are in fact soaps and not edible.

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Soap Candies - Chocolate Bon-Bons

Requirements:

Chocolate bon-bon moulds (Chocolate Den)
Hazelnut Oats Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Brown soap colour (Soap Barn)
PVC box for packaging (Soap Barn)
Box insert (Chocolate Den)
Paper cups (Chocolate Den)
Chocolate foil (Chocolate Den)
Soap stickers (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your soap gently in the microwave or in a pot on the stove. Separate it out in three parts and colour two parts brown and dark brown. Leave the third part as is. Pour all the soap into small chocolate bon-bon moulds and leave to set. Un-mould the soaps when set set. You can wrap a few of them in chocolate foil. Place them all in paper cups and fill your chocolate box with chocolate soaps. Remember to put soap stickers on all your soap candies. This is to let everyone know that although they look exactly like the real thing, they are in fact soaps and not edible.

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Soap Candies - Jelly Babies

Requirements:

Jelly baby mould (Chocolate Den)
Clear glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Red strawberry glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Yellow lemon glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Green grapefruit glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Orange honeybush glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Pink rose glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Purple lavender glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Black glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Cellophane bags for packaging (Chocolate Den)
Soap stickers (Soap Barn)

Method:

Soap candies are really easy and loads of fun to make. Melt each colour separately in a small plastic jug in the microwave for thirty seconds. Take care not to overheat or burn your soap because when it boils it loses its clarity and elasticity. It becomes brittle and murky. Not nice! The next step is pouring the soaps. Remember to leave the soap to cool a little once it is melted. When it forms a skin on top it is ready to pour. An important tip when making soap candies is to pour your soap right to the top of each mould. When you under fill a mould the soap is difficult to un-mould once set. When the soaps have set you can un-mould them and package them. Remember to put soap stickers on all your soap candies. This is to let everyone know that although they look exactly like the real thing, they are in fact soaps and not edible.

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Soap Candies - Chocolate Logs

Requirements:

Chocolate log mould (Chocolate Den)
Hazelnut Oats Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Brown soap colour (Soap Barn)
Chocolate foil (Chocolate Den)
Soap stickers (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your soap gently in the microwave or in a pot on the stove. Separate it out in three parts and colour two parts brown and dark brown. Leave the third part as is. Pour all the soap into chocolate log moulds and leave to set. Un-mould the soaps when set set. Wrap them in chocolate foil. Remember to put soap stickers on all your soap candies. This is to let everyone know that although they look exactly like the real thing, they are in fact soaps and not edible.

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Soap Candies - Fizzy Drinks

Requirements:

Liquid soap/bubble bath (Soap Barn)
Cola fragrance (Soap Barn)
Lime fragrance (Soap Barn)
Grape fragrance (Soap Barn)
Orange fragrance (Soap Barn)
Orange soap colouring (Soap Barn)
Black soap colouring (Soap Barn)
Purple soap colouring (Soap Barn)
Used cool drink bottles
Bubble bath stickers (Soap Barn)

Method:

Mix the colour and fragrance into your liquid soap. Stir though well till the colour and fragrance are equally distributed throughout the soap. Pour your coloured and fragranced soap into their matching bottles. Remember to put a bubble bath sticker on each item!

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Soap Candies - Turkish Delights

Requirements:

Turkish delight mould (small square mould Chocolate Den)
Clear glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Red strawberry glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
White powder colour (Soap Barn)
PVC box for packaging (Soap Barn)
Box insert (Chocolate Den)
Paper cups (Chocolate Den)
Soap stickers (Soap Barn)

Method:

Soap candies are really easy and loads of fun to make. Melt each colour separately in a small plastic jug in the microwave for thirty seconds. Take care not to overheat or burn your soap because when it boils it loses its clarity and elasticity. It becomes brittle and murky. Not nice! The next step is pouring the soaps. Remember to leave the soap to cool a little once it is melted. When it forms a skin on top it is ready to pour. An important tip when making soap candies is to pour your soap right to the top of each mould. When you under fill a mould the soap is difficult to un-mould once set. When the soaps have set you can un-mould them and package them. Dust the small squares with white powder and then place each on in a paper cup. Fill your box with Turkish delight soaps. Remember to put soap stickers on all your soap candies. This is to let everyone know that although they look exactly like the real thing, they are in fact soaps and not edible.

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Soap Candies - Chocolate Slabs

Requirements:

Chocolate slab mould (Chocolate Den)
Hazelnut Oats Farmhouse soap (Soap Barn)
Brown soap colour (Soap Barn)
Chocolate foil (Chocolate Den)
Wrapping paper (Soap Barn)
Soap stickers (Soap Barn)

Method:

Melt your soap gently in the microwave or in a pot on the stove. Colour it brown with the brown soap dye. Pour all the soap into chocolate slab moulds and leave to set. Un-mould the soaps when set set. Wrap them in chocolate foil. Then cover the in a wrapper of your choice. Remember to put soap stickers on all your soap candies. This is to let everyone know that although they look exactly like the real thing, they are in fact soaps and not edible.

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Soap Candies - Lollipops

Requirements:

A lollipop mould (Small ball mould Chocolate Den)
Clear glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Red strawberry glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Yellow lemon glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Green grapefruit glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Orange honeybush glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Pink rose glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Purple lavender glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Black glycerine soap (Soap Barn)
Cellophane for packaging (Chocolate Den)
Cellophane bags for packaging (Chocolate Den)
Lollipop sticks (Chocolate Den)
Soap stickers (Soap Barn)

Method:

Soap candies are really easy and loads of fun to make. Melt each colour separately in a small plastic jug in the microwave for thirty seconds. Take care not to overheat or burn your soap because when it boils it loses its clarity and elasticity. It becomes brittle and murky. Not nice! The next step is pouring the soaps. Remember to leave the soap to cool a little once it is melted. When it forms a skin on top it is ready to pour. An important tip when making soap candies is to pour your soap right to the top of each mould. When you under fill a mould the soap is difficult to un-mould once set. When the soaps have set you can un-mould them and package them. Place two sides of the ball together and put a chocolate stick through them. Then wrap the lollipop in cellophane. You can hold your hairdryer over the wrapped lollipop to shrink wrap the cellophane. Remember to put soap stickers on all your soap candies. This is to let everyone know that although they look exactly like the real thing, they are in fact soaps and not edible.

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Soap Candies - Sparkling Wine

Requirements:

Liquid soap/bubble bath (Soap Barn)
Sparkling champagne fragrance (Soap Barn)
Used champagne bottle
Bubble bath stickers (Soap Barn)

Method:

Fragrance into your liquid soap. Stir though well. Pour your fragranced liquid soap into the bottle. Remember to put a bubble bath sticker on each item!

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