Fun And Easy Project: Make Your Own Natural Soap

If you're looking for a new way to express your creativity

, be sure to try making your own natural soap. It can be as easy as "melt and pour," or try more advanced methods of mixing fat, lye and water. You are sure to enjoy experimenting with fragrances, essential oils, herbs and colors.

Melt and pour is easy, and safe enough for kids. Some of the soap bases you can try are goat milk, honey, glycerin, olive & aloe, oatmeal or shea butter. There are some others as well, and each of the bases has different qualities. Try a few to choose the ones you like best.

To make a bar soap, melt the soap base completely, stirring frequently, then add the other ingredients. Choose your own fragrances, colors, or essential oils. Then pour the soap into the molds and allow it to cool. Don't worry about getting it right the first time -- you can re-melt and try again.

For those who are a little more adventurous, fat, water, and lye may be the thing for you. This method requires a little more equipment, time and knowledge. The first thing to consider is safety. Lye is a caustic agent and requires special handling. It is suggested that you use eye protection and rubber gloves when handling it. Also, lye will damage aluminum and Formica so keep it off your table tops and counters and especially off of you. There are many great sources on the internet that describe this process in more detail and you can find any of them by typing amake natural soapa into a search engine.

Making soap is not only fun, it saves money. Compare the cost of fancy soaps to what you make yourself! Use your imagination to make your own soap look and smell exactly like you want. You can even start your own soap business!

It is environmentally friendly to make natural soap at home instead of buying soap from the store that was made in a pollution creating soap factory. Back before WWI people used to make soap at home from the fats left over from cooking. At that time, they used to buy cans of lye to make bar soap. Prior to that, people made lye from wood ashes.

The move toward sustainable living also has some healthy side effects. Skin is the largest organ of your body and taking care of it is important. By making your own soap, you know exactly what's going on your skin. If you are allergic to one ingredient, simply substitute another. You can make vegetarian soap using vegetable fats instead of than animal fats.

It's so easy, fun, healthy and economical to make your own natural soap. You'll expand your creativity and help the environment. Make exactly what you want and don't be afraid to experiment. There are many easy soap-making recipes available. Make it a family project and have fun together. Anyone can do it!

by: Jen Hopkins

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