The gorgeous colours of your layers of the Earth soap will be revealed! When you are ready to cut your soap, you can use the tools that comes with the rectangle loaf mold I used, or you can use a large, sharp knife. Sixth Step – Cutting To Reveal The Layers and Create Soap Bars Don’t mix too much or they will muddle together. Spray mixed blue/green soap layer with rubbing alcohol to prevent bubbles. Using a chopstick or butter knife, gently swirl green and blue colors together. Now, pour the blue and then the green soap mixture into mold (think of creating little patterns as you pour). Spray the brown soap layer with rubbing alcohol. Add blue mica powder to one bowl and green to the other. Melt in 30 second intervals, stirring after each until it is completely melted. ![]() This step is a little different since we are using two colours!Īdd 8-10 cubes of the clear soap base to one microwave safe bowl. Then spray the brown soap layer with rubbing alcohol to prevent bubbles.Īllow to harden at least 30 minutes. ![]() Remember to be liberal, but not to go overboard! Pour the brown soap mixture into mold. Spray the red soap layer with rubbing alcohol. This layer has no essential oil, but feel free to add to your recipe if you like. Add only 6-8 cubes of the clear soap base to one microwave safe bowl. Now, spray the red soap layer with rubbing alcohol to prevent bubbles. Pour the red soap mixture into mold on top of the orange layer. Spray the orange soap layer with rubbing alcohol. Add red mica powder to bowl and Clary Sage essential oil to bowl. Spray with rubbing alcohol to prevent bubbles. Be liberal, but don’t go overboard! This helps the layers adhere to one another. Spray the yellow soap layer with rubbing alcohol. Thoroughly mix color and essential oil into soap mixture. Add orange mica powder and Oregano essential oil to bowl. Melt base in intervals, stirring regularly until completely melted. Second Step – Creating the Outer CoreĪdd 8-10 cubes of the clear soap base to one microwave safe bowl. Pro Tip! You know you can pour the next layer if you blow on the soap and it doesn’t ripple. Spray the top of the liquid soap with rubbing alcohol to prevent bubbles.Īllow this first layer to harden for at least 30 minutes. Spray the bottom of the mold with rubbing alcohol. Now carefully pour the yellow soap mixture into mold. You don’t want to create a lot of bubbles. ![]() Add yellow mica powder and Fennel essential oil to the bowl once it it liquefied and mix well but gently. That’s why I LOVE these Layers of the Earth soaps sooooo much! Not only are they fun and easy to make, but the results are stunning!Īdd 8-10 cubes of the clear soap base to one microwave safe bowl. Creating consumable projects is the perfect way to to achieve this. When studying the Earth I feel even more strongly that our hands on learning projects should not be wasteful and have a purpose and use. ![]() But I also don’t want to be wasteful and create more landfill that causes even more damage to our precious Earth. Yes I want my kids to create and learn and be hands on. Yes, there is always the purpose of learning and knowledge with our educational projects, but often the resulting piece has no purpose after the process is finished.Īnd what do we do with all those crafts and projects our kids lovingly built? Too often it ends up in the landfill. I like things we create to have a purpose. It’s a great medium for kids to work in when making crafts. Or visit our YouTube channel to see if the video has been uploaded there. Not seeing our videos? Turn off any adblockers to ensure our video feed can be seen. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Disclaimer: This article may contain commission or affiliate links.
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