Tutorial: Tattooed Soaps
28 October 2008
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by heather
I saw tattooed soaps at Soap Queen (as designed by Johanna) and thought it would be the perfect Dollar Store Decor project to bring to you this week!
If you have temporary tattooed yourself or someone you love, you are fully capable of doing this, and it takes less than five minutes, from gathering the supplies up to completing the soap! Easy!
What you need:
- A bar of soap (3 for $1 at the DS)
- Temporary Tattoos ($1 for a bunch)
- Wet washcloth, paper towel, or sponge
Total Cost: $2 for 3 bars (price goes down the more soap you make, though, because you can get a sheet of multiple tats at the DS)
To make (or follow your temp tattoo directions, if they are different):
- Unwrap soap
- Place tattoo sticky side down onto soap
- Use wettish cloth to completely dampen tattoo paper
- For best results, burnish tattoo (use a spoon to rub the paper, paying close attention to tattoo edges, especially if there are any little pieces of the tattoo that stick out from the body of the tattoo)
- Using care, apply pressure with your fingers as you slide the tattoo paper across the soap, away from the applied tattoo
- Pat dry, and you’re done!
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I remember doing these as a kid! Very cool.
[...] How to Make Tattooed Soap [...]
We made this when I was a kid in school. After the decals (in the days before temporary tattoos) we dipped the top in paraffin to seal and protect the decal.
[...] Seife und gegossene Seife vorgestellt und war daher neugierig, als ich gesehen habe, dass es eine Anleitung für tätowierte Seife gibt. Ich finde die Idee sehr niedlich und stelle es mir als ein hübschen Mitbringsel [...]
[...] already presented felted soap and poured soap and was therefore curious when sseing the tutorial on how to make tattooed soap. I find the idea cute and think it would be a nice small [...]
[...] your own Tattooed Soap – http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2008/10/tutorial-tattooed-soaps/ – my son would be so excited about this! [...]
I wanted to do these so badly as soon as I saw this craft! But my Dollar Tree only had one set of temporary tattooes and they were kind of … well, awful.
So I used a rubber stamp with Stayz-On instead! I also had my daughter use permanent marker on hers. They turned out really cute.
But I’m still on the lookout for cool temporary tattooes so I can do this the “right” way. lol.
I looked everywhere for glycerin soap but couldn’t find any. So I tried some small smooth votive candles instead. It works really well too. BTW, I found a pack of 50 tattoos in the checkout line at Walmart. The packs were in a display box. It took me over an hour of looking all over the store to find any. My local dollar stores didn’t have any either.
stumbled upon your blog for the first time tonight….fun stuff!! I am the room mother for my daughter’s Kindergarten class this year…thinking this would make a fun (and useful!) “treat” that is more than the usual candy and pencils! I plan to have my DD try it at home and if it proves too difficult for her to do, we may make them ahead of time instead of letting the kiddos make them at the party.
[...] this great little project that is the perfect gift for Harvey to give away this christmas. They are tattooed soaps. So i headed off to the dollar store and got some bar soaps, the ones i used had the brand cut out [...]
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