If you don’t know what to present to mom, grandmother or sister, there is a wonderful option for a handmade gift - this is handmade soap. Such a gift will be very original and unexpected. Especially if it's a whole beautiful bouquet.
DIY soap flowers
Soap making is an interesting and exciting process. It will also be interesting to participate in your children. You can purchase all the necessary materials in a store that specializes in this.
We will analyze in detail how to make handmade soap in the form of chamomile and tulip.
Chamomile
Necessary materials:
- soap base (white and transparent) or baby soap;
- food coloring or mineral pigment (green, yellow);
- perfume (optional);
- mold (in the form of chamomile);
- container for melting the base;
- pharmacy chamomile (will act as an antiseptic);
- cosmetic oils (for skin care);
- alcohol (lubricate between layers);
- wooden stick (also suitable for sushi).
Before proceeding directly to the process, fill the chamomile flowers with boiling water so that they are brewed.
First, take the white base, finely chop it, put it in a container and melt in a water bath or in a microwave. Then we mix it until it is completely dissolved, so that there are no lumps, and add a couple of drops of perfume. After that, fill the solution in the mold half and leave it for 10 minutes to cool.
After a while, we make a grid with a toothpick, and before pouring the second layer we lubricate with alcohol for more reliable bonding of the layers. Then just finely chop the transparent base, melt it and mix. Add 4 drops of green dye. We pour in the chamomile along with the flowers, as well as a couple of drops of perfume.
All this must be done quickly, as the mixture freezes. And if, however, this happened, then again we melt. Do not forget that the layers are lubricated with alcohol. Pour the second layer to the end. And set to freeze for 10 minutes. After everything has frozen, we get it out of shape. The soap is ready, and you can leave it as it is or add a core there.
To do this, you can take a drill or something else than a hole can be made, and do it until the beginning of the second (green) layer.
Next, we make the middle in the same way as the rest of the details. We prepare it from a transparent base and color it in yellow, carefully pour it into the hole. And leave to freeze for a couple of minutes.
Our handmade soap in the form of chamomile is ready. It remains to wrap it in a beautiful package and tie it with twine. Or you can just wrap it with cling film.
And also a camomile can be made without a mold.
Take a white base, finely chop and melt it. Then add flavoring, cosmetic oil. Mix everything thoroughly, then pour onto a flat, clean surface. And let it cool to her. In the meantime, the base freezes, preparing the core and leaves of the future flower. To do this, take a transparent soap base, cut and melt it. And also make everything necessary and mix. Pour and let cool.
Then from the white mass we begin to cut the petals. From green we make leaves, and from yellow we make a core. After everything is done, we begin to connect. We do this on a transparent basis - it serves as glue. And on this the flower is ready.
Tulip
For manufacturing, we need:
- soap base or baby soap;
- dyes (green, red, yellow);
- perfume (optional);
- cosmetic oil (for skin care);
- mold (in the form of a tulip);
- alcohol (lubricate between layers and mold);
- capacity (for melting the base);
- Scenery;
- wooden stick (to interfere with the base);
- wrapping paper;
- decorative flowers;
- pliers (to bend the wire);
- decorative green wire (for the stem).
We take MO (baby soap), cut it very finely, melt in a microwave or in a water bath.
After it has been melted, we add cosmetic oil, dye (a couple of drops), various decorations, we mix everything thoroughly so that the mass is homogeneous and there are no lumps. We do this quickly so that the base does not freeze, if this happened, then we re-melt it.
Then we take the form, treat it with alcohol, and pour the mixture. We put in the refrigerator until the soap dries. While the soap is drying, we prepare the stem and the bowl of the flower. We take the wire and make a loop with pliers. We take the bowl already ready or cut out of paper. After everyone has prepared, and the soap has frozen, we take it out of the mold. Next, we fix the bud on the stem, fix it with a drop of the base, do the same with the bowl. So do with every bud. After everything is done, we begin to collect the bouquet.
Add the scenery there and wrap it in wrapping paper.
But also a tulip can be made without a special form.
Of the necessary materials, the same remains as in the previous version, only a knife is added to cut the components, and a toothpick (for decorating the leaves).
Getting started with the basics. For starters, we melt it transparent in a water bath or in a microwave. Then we add the dye of the color that you have chosen for the flowers, and we add perfumes there. We thoroughly mix the mass with a wooden stick, and pour it onto a flat, prepared surface. We do the same with the white base. Only in this case we paint it green. We also pour it on a flat surface. We are waiting for everything to freeze. Then we take a knife and begin to cut leaves from the green mass, and from the other - the petals.
After this is done, we begin to create leaves, petals and stems (they can be made from the base, as well as from wire). We correct their edges with our hands. We make veins with the help of toothpicks. Now collect the flower.To do this, take a transparent base, very finely chopped and melted. And we glue all the components with this mass. She serves us as glue.
After gluing the bud with leaves, we proceed to the stem. We make it from wire in the same way as in the previous version, or from the base. In this case, we also glue it to the flower. Our tulip is ready.
You can decorate it at will.
Using this technology, you can experiment with various shapes, colors, decorations and aromas.
However, it is not necessary to make the buds yourself, you can use ready-made ones.
Workshop on creating a bouquet
Consider the step-by-step instructions for creating a beautiful bouquet of handmade handmade soap in the form of a tulip.
Necessary materials:
- wrapping paper;
- soap set in the shape of a tulip;
- decorative flowers;
- pliers (to bend the wire);
- green decorative wire (for the stem).
To start, we will make stems for flowers. This is done from decorative green wire. We take it and pliers, and they bend so that we get a loop. Then we prepare the tulips themselves. We take a set, get flowers from there - as much as you need for a bouquet, and straighten the petals. Next, in each bud we insert the already prepared wire. And also we fix them with a transparent base to better hold. Next, we make a flower cup, you can use the finished one, or make it yourself out of paper. We place on the stem, and fix the base.
We carry out such a process with each flower. After all the flowers have been made, we begin to collect them in a bouquet, add decorations, and wrap them with wrapping paper. Beautiful bouquet of handmade soap is ready.
A master class on creating a bouquet of soap see in the next video.