Silk Soap Petals

How to Make Soap Petals

Soap petals are simply silk flower and leaf petals dipped in soap.

They are single use and look pretty sitting beside the sink.

Use one to wash hands. Then discard the silk petal.

Add a special touch to your bath or powder room with this super-easy project.

Silk Soap Petals Materials

• Petals and leaves cut from silk flowers
• 8 oz. Melt and Pour soap – clear
• Sheet of foam, Styrofoam, thick cardboard or a box top (like from a shoebox) to serve as a drying rack
• Straight pins
• Scissors
• Small metal pan or measuring cup for melting soap
• Rectangular pan or tray for dipping

Directions

1. Determine how you will rack the petals and hang them to dry.

I used an 8 by 10-inch piece of packing foam.

I racked petals and leaves to both long sides and suspended the foam over a small pot to dry.

Next time I will rack three sides, leaving one side free for handling.

Attach each petal to the “drying rack” with a straight pin.

Do not push the pin all the way in. You want each petal to dangle freely for drying. (You can see this clearly in the final photo.)

2. Melt the soap in a metal container on the stovetop and pour into the rectangular pan or tray.

Dip the racked petals into the melted soap and allow excess to drip off.

My piece of foam was a bit longer than the drawer organizer I used for dipping, so I dipped one half and then the other half of each side (four dips in all).

3. Suspend the rack to dry. Let dry completely – at least eight hours – before removing the straight pins.

Note: You will likely have a lot of soap left over in the dipping tray. Just let it harden there and pry it out to use again.

The clean-up after this project is fun. The residual soap on the tray and pan make their own suds for washing up!

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