DIY Santa Poop Soap (melt and pour soap recipe) (2024)

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Are your kids obsessed with poop? ? Because mine sure are! Poop jokes and poop toys (did you know how many poop toys are on the market?!) seem to be the hot topic in my home. Of course, we can’t help but laugh right along with them. I know the poop obsession is just a phase and it’s totally normal at this age, so why not embrace it?

You know that I love to DIY everything and my kids love helping me. Melt and pour soaps are a perfect hands-on activity for the littles and the easiest way to make soap bars at home. They’re easy and fun too!

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Melt and pour soaps start with a soap base that you melt, customize by adding your preferred ingredients, and then simply pour into a soap mold to harden. Boom, homemade soap!

This Santa Poop Soap Recipe is fun and silly. It’s festive and fun with red and white stripes and my girls love that it is glittery! And I guess it can also double as candy cane inspired soap, if you’re not into the poop jokes.?

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DIY Santa Poop Soap Recipe

Ingredients:

*Note: we don’t put glitter on the Santa poop soap if we plan to use it to wash our bodies.

Instructions:

To make this soap, you will need to make layers of each color of soap, alternating between the white layer and red layer. This means it will take a while to make this soap since you need to wait for each layer to harden. My advice is that you set up a section in your kitchen when you can leave this out for a few hours.

If you got the soap bases I recommended, start by cutting them in half since you only need 1 pound of each soap. Then cut one half of the clear soap base into squares and then do the same for the goat’s milk soap base. Now divide the cubes into 3 piles, since you will be making 3 layers using the goat’s milk soap and 3 layers using the clear soap.

For the first step, you will need to melt the soap. You will start by making a red layer, so melt one of the 3 piles of the clear soap. I prefer to melt the soap using the double boiler method but you could also use the microwave.

If you are using the double boiler method, place a pot of water on your stove over medium heat. Put your soap cubes into a medium glass bowl (or a large mason jar) and set it in your pot. Stir the soap base until it is melted.

If you are using the microwave, melt to soap cubes in 30 second intervals. Stir and repeat until your soap base has melted.

Once the soap has melted add 4 drops of the vanilla essential oil, if you’re using any. Then, add 1-2 drops of red coloring to the bowl or a dash of the coloring powder, if that’s what you’re using.

Thoroughly mix the color into the soap mixture. If the color is not red enough, add a little bit of coloring at a time and mix until your desired color is reached. Be sure to pay attention to the number of drops you used so that you can match the other red layers.

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Add the red glitter, if you’re using any, and gently blend into the soap mixture. Add enough glitter so you can see it in the mixture but not so much that that is all you see.

Spray the bottom of your mold with rubbing alcohol and carefully add 1 teaspoon of the red soap mixture into the mold. Spray the mixture in the mold with rubbing alcohol to remove bubbles.

You know when you are able to add the next layer by blowing on the soap. If it doesn’t ripple, you’re good to add on the next layer.

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Now it’s time for the second layer, a white layer.

Add 1/3 of the goat’s milk cube to your glass bowl and melt in the same manner as above. Once it’s all melted, add 4 drops of Vanilla essential oil, if you’re using any.

Add the white glitter and gently blend into the soap mixture.

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Spray the red layer with rubbing alcohol again, this helps the layers stick to one another. Carefully add 2-3 teaspoons of the white soap mixture into each mold. Spray the with rubbing alcohol to help remove bubbles.

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Allow to harden at least 30 minutes. Make sure there are no ripples when you blow on the surface of the white layer before adding the next layer.

Repeat this process for the remaining layer, alternating red and white until you have filled the mold. As the width of the mold gets larger, you will have to add a bit more of each color for your layers to have the same thickness. Use the mold as a guide. You could also vary the amounts used to have layers of different thicknesses if you would like.

Once you have filled the mold with all the layers of soap, allow to set overnight and then carefully pop the soaps from the mold.

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Store your soaps in an airtight container until you are ready to use them.

You can make Santa soaps with this layered effect using any soap mold you like if you don’t have the poop soap mold. You may need to adjust the amount of soap you need depending on how big your molds are. The important thing is to have fun!

These Santa Poop soaps are really fun to keep in your guest bathroom and bring the Christmas spirit into your home. They also make great gifts, especially for little kids!

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FAQs

What oils can I add to melt and pour soap? ›

Essential oils and fragrance oils may be added for fragrance. Other additives such as nourishing vegetable oils, vegetable butters, colorants, herbs or clays may also be added for their nourishing or asthetic appeal.

How do you make soap with melt and pour method? ›

Directions
  1. Step 1: Cut melt and pour soap base into small 1" (2.5 cm) sized cubes. ...
  2. Step 2: Weigh out 1 lb (454 g) of soap base in a microwavable pouring pitcher. ...
  3. Step 3: Melt the soap base in the microwave. ...
  4. Step 4: Add fragrance and soap dye to the melted soap base. ...
  5. Step 5: Pour soap base into a soap mold.
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What temperature do you add fragrance to melt and pour soap? ›

Step 6: Add fragrance

It's a good idea to check the temperature of your soap and make sure it is between 140-150ºF (60-65.6°C). Add your premeasured fragrance to the soap base and stir well.

How much soap can you make with 2 pounds of soap base? ›

A two-pound block of Melt and Pour soap base can yield between 10-20 soap bars, depending on the desired size of the finished soap bars.

What ingredients can I add to melt and pour soap? ›

There are lots of ways to get creative with melt and pour soap. Mica powder and essential oils can be used to add colour and fragrance, but those aren't the only things you can add! Melt and pour soaps can also be customised with exfoliants (such as oats or coffee grounds), spices, dried flowers and even goat's milk.

How do you thicken melt and pour soap? ›

So, you need to add a cosmetic powder, like clay, fruit, or veggie powders. This will slightly thicken the soap and create tension between the two colors that are gong to create the swirl. We did this in our own Swirled Melt and Pour Soap Recipe!

Can I mix melt and pour soap bases? ›

It's possible to mix together different melt and pour soap bases, create extremely clean, beautiful layers, embed smaller pieces of colored soap into bigger bars, and use other techniques to create custom soap designs. But soapmakers have no control over the base ingredients and can't customize the soap base formula.

Can I add olive oil to melt and pour soap? ›

Jojoba, argan or olive or sweet almond oil are popular choices. 2% is the maximum amount of oil you should add to melt and pour soap. Realistically you shouldn't need to add oil.

Do melt and pour soaps need to cure? ›

The benefit of melt and pour soap is that the soap base has already gone through that process, meaning you don't have to handle lye and there's no need to cure the soap-it's ready to use as soon as it's cooled and hardened. As such, this soapmaking method is more family-friendly, as well.

Do you have to wrap melt and pour soap? ›

You should wrap them in cling film as soon as possible. Melt and pour soap has a high glycerin content which is a humectant. The glycerin takes water from the air which makes your soap wet. The only way to stop it is to ensure that no water can get in your soap.

What should not be added to melt and pour? ›

Staff Answer We do not recommend adding fixed oils or butters to the soap base, oils like, olive oil or avocado oil. Fragrance oils are just fine to add.

Why is my melt and pour soap sweating? ›

Glycerin in soap bases is a natural by-product of saponification and sometimes can be added as a moisturising agent. Humectants attract/absorb moisture from the air. Glycerin in soap attracts the moisture from the air which form on the surface of the soaps - this is so-called soap 'sweating'.

Can you add butter to melt and pour soap? ›

Yes, you can add fixed oils or butters to the melt and pour base and many do. However, I don't recommend adding much, if any. The bases are already made with luxurious oils and butters. The more you add to the base, the more the consistency will change.

Can essential oils be used in melt and pour soap? ›

Both fragrance oils and essential oils can be used to scent your MP Soap Base.

Can I add fragrance oil to melt and pour soap? ›

Fragrance: You can scent your soap with fragrance oils or essential oils. A general usage rate is about 0.3 oz.

How much extra oil can I add to melt and pour soap? ›

With oils & butters, I add no more than 1 teaspoon per pound of soap base. Experiment with amounts to see how much you can add before separation occurs. Maybe you can get it up to 1 Tablespoon. As far as scent, I use a similar amount as with the oils, between 1 tsp & 1T max.

Can you add oils and butters to melt and pour soap? ›

We recommend for every 1KG of soap base, use up to 15ml of fragrance, up to 15ml of oil or molten butter. Too much of these ingredients can adversely affect the transparency of the soap bar.

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