Homemade Cookie Cutter Soaps

You can whip up some good clean fun by making some adorable cookie cutter soaps. These little soaps make wonderful gifts to give for any holiday or special occasion. Since you make these soaps using cookie cutters, you can make just about any shape you want. Once you start giving these soaps away as gifts, everyone will ask you for more!

CLICK HERE to see a sample of cookie cutter soaps in animal shapes!

To make cookie cutter soaps, you will need cookie cutters. You can buy a variety of cookie cutters in just about any shape imaginable at craft stores or even Walmart. If you want to shop online, you should check out The Cookie Cutter Shop which has more than 700 cookie cutters in stock.

You will also need some melt-and-pour glycerine. You will find melt-and-pour glycerine at any craft store or any store that sells soap making supplies. You can also find this glycerine in Walmart or in some pharmacy stores and hardware stores. A good site to shop for melt-and-pour glycerine online is Sweet Cakes, a soap making supply site.

The only other supplies you need for this project is a metal pan such as a cake pan, food coloring, and rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle (you can buy a small spray bottle in the cosmetic or hair care section of any store).

Start by melting a medium sized chunk of your glycerine according to the package directions. You can melt it in the microwave or using a double boiler. When it is melted, add a few drops of your choice of food color and stir.

Place the cookie cutters in the bottom of a metal pan. Then slowly pour the liquid glycerine into each cookie cutter until each cookie cutter is full. Only use one color soap per pan because some soap may escape from the bottom of the cookie cutter and if you use more than one color, it will muddy up the other soaps.

When your cookie cutters are full, spray the tops of the soap with a mist of rubbing alcohol. Then let the soaps just sit until the glycerine hardens. When the glycerine is hard, loosen the soap by running a sharp knife along the edge a bit then just pop out the soap!

For more easy crafts, please see these articles:

Harvest Crafts for Kids

How to Make Soap Suds Clay and Soap Suds Snow

How to Make Easy Play Dough

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