Recipe for fish in a bag soap

[successfulscents]

i want to make the fish in a bag soap for my kids....anyone have the recipe?

[Meridith]

There is no recipe per say. Just use clear soap and get some bags and plastic fish. It just takes practice to get your technique down. KY sells the stuff you will need and you should be able to find directions for how to dmake them although it is pretty explanatory once you have all the stuff you need.

[tychels]

I just bought 100 of the plastic fish from e-bay. It comes with the plastic bags and instructions for $12.99. I haven't made them yet either, but just thought I would let you know..

Sharon

[sinjun]

I'm headed to ebay! LMBO

I bought some melt and pour type soup at Michael's yesterday and 1 package of the little color dye things, and a package of scent too.

I'am going to see if the kids have any little fish laying around and make this my 1st go at making things!

Wish me luck!

[gerrie]

I think the most important thing is to have the clearest base you can find. They really are easy to do once you get the hang of it. When you get set up you can make quite a few in just a small amount of time.

[Robertal]

I hope this is what you are looking for. Found it at http://www.soapmakersupplies.com/soapmaking/SoapRecipes_Home.html#Foaming

Soap in a Bag

Ingredients:

Clear polypropylene bags

Curling ribbon

Translucent soap base

Fragrance Oil or Essential Oil (Choose type and amount you like)

Rubber or plastic fish, duck, alligator, etc.

Instructions:

Open and stand bag upright in a cup or bowl. Melt the soap in the microwave, making sure it doesn't boil. Add fragrance once soap is melted. Pour a small amount of soap in the bottom of the bag. Place the plastic fish (or other animal) inside the plastic bag on top of the soap, so that it stands upright. Cover the fish with more melted soap. If using two fish, allow soap to form a film that will hold the weight of the fish. Place second fish in bag and cover with soap. When soap is cool, gather bag at top and tie with curing ribbon.

[TexasBrat]

I made these a couple years ago and this is how I made mine.

I started with clear m&p soap and tinted it with green and/or blue colorants, not very much but just a tint. I poured about an inch and half or so into the bag and then spritzed with alcohol and hung them up to set a little. I used big chip clips and had one clipped on each side of the bag to make sure it stayed open and in the bar form I wanted. Once set a little I placed the fish in the soap sort of breaking the skin on the soap layer, then spritzed with alcohol again and poured the next layer of soap and hung to cool. Here is a pic of the ones I made. I wanted them to be in bar shape since little kids were going to be using them to wash with. I tried the big glob type of fish soap and they were just like holding big rocks.

I also recently found that a store where I live that sells teacher supplies also sells the same type of fish. I ordered mine from KY.

[successfulscents]

thanx i found the recipe at soapcrafters.com..i just ordered some embeds, i really liked yours