Recently, I was sorting out all the silicon soap molds I have accumulated over the last several years. I have quite a few with tiny animals, tiny dog bones and tiny flowers. Cute, but hard to pour hot, melted soap into.
However, the molds of LEGO bricks and people are always fun. Even if the people shapes end up a little messy, the bricks work well to wash y our hands with. (The one large “people” soap in these molds is always a hit!)
Today, I wanted to use up some melt & pour soap. I had 2 pounds of Glycerin soap and a pound of Goat’s Milk soap cubes.
I don’t usually buy the soap already cut into cubes…but it’s convenient to just weigh them out without having to cut a larger chunk up. I had these on hand for when I made soap with my grandchildren.
In each 4-cup heat-safe glass measuring cup I put 16 oz. of glycerin soap cubes and 8 oz. of goat’s milk soap cubes.
Each measuring cup is set into a pan of water. As the water heats up, the soap melts. When melted, remove the cup from the water. Stir in the essential oil and soap tint. I made one cup blue with Lavender scent and the other cup yellow with Lemon scent.
I used Lavender essential oil and Sky Blue soap tint to make the blue bricks.
I used Lemon Essential Oil and Lemon-Yellow soap tint to make the yellow bricks.
This is the soap tint I use, found on Amazon. There are many choices…just make sure it says for “soap, bath bombs, etc”.
I used only 3 drops of soap tint.
I forgot to get my spray bottle of alcohol out in time…spraying the hot soap will disperse the bubbles before they harden.
You can see what happens if the soap overflows the mold. When it cools, the extra soap can be cut away…not perfect, but OK for a tiny soap.
When the LEGO molds were full, I used the extra to make a few larger soaps.
Each tiny soap is wrapped in plastic wrap. The tiny people fit in a small snack-size Zip bag. This keeps the soap from absorbing moisture from the surrounding air.
Enjoy!