These Creepy Crawly Spider Soap Jellies are super wiggly, making them perfect for Halloween!
Ingredients
12 Bar Square Silicone Mold
32 oz. Stephenson Jelly Melt and Pour Base
.3 oz. Applejack Peel Fragrance Oil
.3 oz. Spellbound Woods Cybilla Fragrance Oil
.3 oz. Vanilla Color Stabilizer
2 mL Green Apple High pH LabColor
2 mL Easter Purple High pH LabColor
10- 20 Spider Toys
Instructions
DILUTING LABCOLOR: You’ll need to dilute your LabColors in order to use them in this project. We like diluting the small bottle of LabColor in 4 oz. of distilled water. For more on diluting LabColors, check out this blog post.
Cut the Stephenson Jelly Melt and Pour into small pieces. Place in a large heat safe container and melt using 1 minute bursts. This melt and pour base takes a little longer to melt than regular melt and pour soap, so longer bursts are needed. Keep stirring between each burst but only a few times; jelly soap has a tendency to create bubbles. Because the soap base is so thick, the bubbles do not rise to the top like regular melt and pour bases. Once melted, remove from the microwave. The base will be thick. Split the soap into two even containers.
To one container, add the Spellbound Woods Cybilla Fragrance Oil and Vanilla Color Stabilizer. This prevents the Spellbound Woods Cybilla Fragrance Oil from discoloring the soap brown. To the other container, add the Applejack Peel Fragrance Oil. Stir gently to incorporate while avoiding creating bubbles.
To the container with Applejack Peel Fragrance Oil, add the diluted Green Apple LabColor and gently stir to incorporate. If the base begins to harden and cool, place back into the microwave using 30 second bursts to melt.
To the container with Spellbound Woods Fragrance Oil, add the diluted Easter Purple LabColor and gently stir to incorporate. If the base begins to harden and cool, place back into the microwave using 30 second bursts to melt.
Place two to three spider toys face down in the mold. Spritz with rubbing alcohol to help the spiders stay in the soap and slowly pour the green and purple soap into the molds. We found this recipe comfortably creates 3-4 soap jellies in each color. Because the soap is so thick, spraying the top with 99% isopropyl alcohol is not needed. The alcohol does not work very well to disperse bubbles. Allow the soap to fully cool and harden for several hours. Gently remove from the mold.
Recipe by Soap Queen at https://www.soapqueen.com/bath-and-body-tutorials/melt-and-pour-soap/creepy-crawly-spider-soap-jellies/