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Soap shaped like fish and octopuses
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Easily create adorable little soaps shaped like ocean animals. A fun activity with a usable result. Always store your homemade soaps in a self-draining soap dish or packed in tissue paper or a cellophane bag - the easiest way to prevent the soap from sweating or condensation from forming.
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How to do it
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Weigh 2 x 50 g of white soap base, which is enough to create two fish and two octopuses.
Weigh 2 x 50 g of white soap base, which is enough to create two fish and two octopuses.2 
Put each batch of soap pieces in a heat-resistant container. Melt the soap in the microwave at 80% power for around 30 seconds. If the soap is not completely melted, heat it for 5 seconds at a time until it is completely liquid. Stir the mixture while melting.
Put each batch of soap pieces in a heat-resistant container. Melt the soap in the microwave at 80% power for around 30 seconds. If the soap is not completely melted, heat it for 5 seconds at a time until it is completely liquid. Stir the mixture while melting.3 
If you do not have a microwave, you can melt the soap base in a water bath at 50-70 °C. Do not allow the water to boil. Stir the soap while melting.
If you do not have a microwave, you can melt the soap base in a water bath at 50-70 °C. Do not allow the water to boil. Stir the soap while melting.4 
Add blue soap colour to the melted soap base: 5 drops for one batch of 50 g and 25 drops for the other 50 g batch.
Add blue soap colour to the melted soap base: 5 drops for one batch of 50 g and 25 drops for the other 50 g batch.5 
Stir the colour thoroughly into the melted soap.
Stir the colour thoroughly into the melted soap.6 
Pour the soap into the mould.
Pour the soap into the mould.7 
Allow the soap to harden for around 1 hour, then remove from the mould. The soaps will be fully hardened after a few hours.
Allow the soap to harden for around 1 hour, then remove from the mould. The soaps will be fully hardened after a few hours.Already signed up? Download the template
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