Soap Skewers Recipe – Fun Handmade Soap Gift Idea

These soap skewers are a fun handmade soap project made by shaping scented soap mixture into colorful balls and threading them onto skewers. They are great for gift baskets, party favors, craft stalls, and using up leftover soap scraps.

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What you need

3 cups soap flakes
1 cup water
Essential oils or fragrance oils
Soap colorants
Wooden skewers or chopsticks
Small bowls
Fork
Tray for drying
Optional: 1 tablespoon coconut oil

Instructions

Place the soap flakes into a double boiler. Add the water a little at a time, stirring well as the soap flakes begin to soften and break down.

Continue stirring until the mixture becomes sticky but still firm enough to shape. You do not want it too runny, or the soap balls will be difficult to form.

Remove the mixture from the heat. Divide it into four or five small bowls, using about one tablespoon of soap mixture per bowl.

Add a different color and fragrance oil to each bowl. Mix each batch well so the scent and color are evenly blended.

As the soap cools, keep whipping and smoothing each batch with a fork. This helps remove lumps and gives the mixture a smoother texture.

Roll each colored batch into a small ball.

Gently push each soap ball onto a wooden skewer. Place the finished skewer onto a tray and leave it to dry.

Allow the soap skewer to dry and set completely before using or packaging.

Wrap the finished soap skewer in cellophane and tie it with ribbon or twine for a fun handmade soap gift.

Extra Notes to Add

You can use this idea with your favorite soap ball recipe too. Just make the soap mixture slightly drier than usual so the balls hold their shape on the skewer.

This is also a great project for using leftover soap scraps from other soap-making projects.

For a softer feel, add a small amount of coconut oil to the mixture. The original tutorial suggests about one tablespoon to help prevent the soap from feeling too harsh.

For an Asian-inspired variation, thread the soap balls onto a chopstick and use scents such as jasmine, green tea, or rose water

Place the soap flakes into a double boiler, add the water a small bit at a time and stir well to help break down the soap flakes.

Once you have a sticky but firm consistency pull it off the weight and take 1 tbs of the mix into different bowls to create 4-5 different batches.

Add color and scent to each batch.

Keep whipping it with a fork as it cools down to smooth out any bumps and lumps.

Then roll each batch into a ball.

Gently push a ball onto the skewer and place it onto a tray to dry as normal.

You could also use a regular soap ball recipe for this or even your favourite soap recipe and make it a little dryer.

It is also great for using up the scraping from the bottom of the pan.

I added a tbs of coconut oil to mine just to prevent the soap being so harsh.

Once the skewer is dry, let it set as normal and let it dry out before use.

You could wrap these up with cellophane as a fun soap gift for loved ones.

You could even thread these onto a Chopstick for a very fun creative project, try using Asian scents such as Jasmin, green tea and rose water soaps.