Make Your Own: Felted Soap!

Have you ever sent your kids in to take a bath, only to have them come back out smelling like soap, but still looking like they need a run through the car wash with a scrub brush?  What did they forget?  Oh, yeah!  The washcloth!

Well, I found a way to eliminate this little problem by making my own felted soap!

Felted soap is basically similar to a washcloth permanently wrapped around soap.  No more excuses about forgetting the washcloth.  Felted soap is also great for the older generation, who really don't need to chase a slippery soap around in the shower for safety reasons.

Making your own is so simple, and very much worth it! So have at it....

Felted Soap Recipe

(The following recipe is from http://www.thistlewoodfarms.com/how-to-felted-soap)

 How To Make Felted Soap

Ingredients:

Scented Bar Soap

Wool Roving

Nylon Stocking

Cold Water

Hot Water

Friction

Patience

Step 1:  

Find old bar soap in back of bathroom closet to use with project.

Wonder if soap ever expires?

Look for expiration date.

Shrug and proceed.

Thin wool roving out until you can almost see through it and place bar soap in center.

Step 2:

Wrap almost expired soap in wool roving.

Tuck in at ends.

Lightly cover soap with wool.

If you have too much wool it will bunch off soap….too little wool and you can see the soap.

Step 3:

Adhere to the philosophy that why have one color of wool roving when you can have three.

Add two or three colors with little strips of wool roving.

Stretch and thin wool roving until it covers the bar of soap.

Step 4:

Drizzle a little hot water on soap and press wool very gently together.

Step 5:  

Insert bar of soap wrapped in wool roving into the nylon stocking.

Sprinkle a little more cool water until soap starts to foam up inside nylon.

Gently rub wool on soap….alternating hot water and cool water.

This is where the patience comes in.

And the friction.

After a few minutes….the soap will lather and the wool will start to contract (or felt) onto the soap.  At this point you will be lathering the soap up in your hands like you were washing them.

The nylon helps hold the wool into place until you have finished the felting process.

Keep rubbing the wool until it tightens around the soap.

It may take 10-12 minutes….but eventually the wool will tighten and form a casing around the soap.

Step 6:

Remove soap carefully from nylon.

Wipe excess lather off with a paper towel.

Set out to dry in sun for about 10 minutes.

When dry….it’s ready to use.

Please feel free to leave your comments on any felted soap you make!!  Have fun and enjoy!