Teach Soap

Well ...it's not so much a class as a project or craft. I have been asked by a special needs camp to come and do a soap craft with the kids.
There will be 18 with various disabilities. I was thinking of doing stacked soaps. I'll have the soap coloured scented (and unscented) poured into
cookie trays. Then everyone can get a cookie cutter and cut their shape out of the different colours and scents. I'll be helping them with the hair
dryer to slightly melt each layer of soap to stick them all together. They can then decorate their bags to take home their soap. Any tips or other
ideas would be very welcome. I've never done this before and am a little nervous. Have been trying to figure out exactly how many trays I'll need.

Have you tried the hair dryer method before? I have never heard of it. I would think it would be easier to use a microwave or crockpot to melt the soap, then just pour into molds. Or skip the stacking step and just let them choose which batch they want to do the cookie cutters? I did soap class with my daughter's class of 5 year olds, and I definitely tried to do too much. One pour is plenty! I tried to do soap embeds and then put the embeds into a larger soap, but in hindsight should have used small toys or some of those really cute erasers that BB sells.

Hi Rainbowkitty!

I made a video about how to throw a soap making party which you can see here:

My niece was there, who has Down's Syndrome, and she really enjoyed it! She just needed an adult helper to be with her and give her a hand. Choosing and mixing in the colors and scents, plus selecting the mold and popping it out was a lot of fun for her (and for everyone else there, as you'll see!)

Enjoy!

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Debbie Chialtas

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