Mother-Daughter Soap Day, part 2

August 3, 2011 by | 21 Comments

Just in case you are wondering where part 1 is, I made soap with my older daughter over Spring Break. You can see the results of that day here. Ever since that day, my younger daughter has been asking when she could make soap with me. So when I saw Anne-Marie’s post about needing a buddy to make the Faux Funnel Pour soap, I knew this would be perfect for us!

First I had my daughter pick out a fragrance for the soap, followed by the four colors she wanted to use. She picked Candied Currants for the fragrance (what little girl who is going to be 8 years old tomorrow doesn’t like sweet, fruity fragrances?), then she picked pink, green, blue and black for the colors. I let her do as much of the work as possible, starting with measuring the oils (my older daughter was the photographer for the day):

She did great with the solids, and learned how to read the scale!
She did great with the solids, and learned how to read the scale!

I didn’t let her make the lye solution or pour it into the oils, but I did let her run the stick blender:

She blended the soap until it was just emulsified.
She blended the soap until it was just emulsified.

Then I divided the soap into four equal parts, and we started adding colorants:

Adding some blue mica
Adding some blue mica

Here’s a great action shot:

My daughter adding the pink mica, and I'm reaching for the black oxide.
My daughter adding the pink mica, and I’m reaching for the black oxide.
This is getting FUN!!
This is getting FUN!!

Next, we laid out some newspaper ads on the table, and got our mold ready.

Ready to pour!
Ready to pour!
Pouring the soap...it was probably a bit too runny when we first started.
Pouring the soap…it was probably a bit too runny when we first started.
Finished soap in the mold!
Finished soap in the mold!

Today, we unmolded the soap and I let her do all the cutting with the new soap cutter!

Cutting the soap
Cutting the soap

It turned out so great!!

Candied Currants Soap
Candied Currants Soap

I think we may have to try this method again! The girls have already claimed a bar for their shower (after it cures, of course). If we have any left, I’ll sell these as a Soap of the Week.

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  2. This soap looks fabulous! We are just beginning our journey into soapmaking and we can’t wait to try this someday. Your daughter did a beautiful job!

  3. LOVE it! The swirls are totally retro awesome…so fun! I’m glad she got to do this for her birthday week. Growing up!

  4. Oh wow!!!!! it looks fantastic, great job! I love the colours, your Daughter has a great eye, I can’t smell it but the colours look great, one of the best I’ve seen. You can send her over to Aussie for a holiday to give me a hand with my soaps, any time you want LOL.

  6. The soap looks fabulous! She’s on her way to become a full fledge soaper 🙂

  9. Totally beautiful! The colors are so bright and the lines are so crisp. Awesome! Tell your girl she did a super duper job!

  11. What an amazing soap, and what a great way to spend time with your daughter, i bet you both had a fab time. She’s definitely got soap making in her blood.

  16. Showed my daughter the photos of your batch and she was very enthusiastic! Guess I’d better get some mica’s in stock!

  17. @Nikki – How wonderful! You will have so much fun! Reminding me that I need to re-order micas as well…we used up the rest of the pink and blue with this batch.

  20. Your younger daughter looks like she had a blast. I love the colour and scent she picked out. The soap looks divine and turned out wonderfully.

    Michelle

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