DIY Pokéball Soap

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Learn how to make your own Pokeball soap with this easy melt and pour soap recipe for a Pokemon themed soap.

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For all the Pokémon fans out there, along with the Pokéball Bath Bomb, here’s an adorable Pokéball Soap. I love to make crafts in the shape of Pokéballs and this Pokémon craft uses melt and pour soap making techniques so it’s easy for kids to make as well.

I used clear glycerin soap to make this Pokeball soap, but you could also use opaque soap so that it’s not see-through. And even though the soap looks like it may take a lot of work, it actually is surprisingly easy to make. Simply a few cookie cutters and some reassembling and you have a fantastic gift for any Pokémon fan.

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Materials to Make a Pokéball Soap

If you don’t want the soaps to be clear, you can use an opaque soap such as this one.

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Instructions to Make Pokeball Soaps

Prepare the Soap Base

Use a knife to cut the glycerin soap into small pieces and place the pieces into a paper cup or microwave safe dish. This is the soap I used.

using a knife to cut into clear glycerin soap base with a paper cup next to it that's filled with chunks of clear glycerin soap

Place it in the microwave on 30 second increments until it’s melted. Stir in between so it melts evenly.

pouring melted clear glycerin soap from one paper cup into another

After it’s melted, mix in a few drops of soap fragrance (this is a great variety pack). Then pour half of the soap into another cup or dish. Add a few drops of red soap dye and mix it with a popsicle stick or spatula. (This set of dyes will have all the colors you need)

Make the Red Half of the Pokeball Soap

dropping red soap dye into a paper cup with melted glycerin soap that is already slightly red

Pour the melted red soap into a round soap mold (I’m using a plastic one, but I recommend using a silicone one like this one). Then spray the top with rubbing alcohol to pop any bubbles.

I recommend pouring the rubbing alcohol into a spray bottle (like this one) to make it easy to spray on. But you can also drop some with your hand or an eye dropper.

pouring melted red clear soap into a round soap mold

Let it set in the fridge. Once set, remove it from the mold and then cut it in half.

using a knife to cut a round red soap in half

Place one half back into the mold and wipe the cut side with rubbing alcohol. This will help the soap stick.

wiping rubbing alcohol on the inside of a half circle of red soap inside a clear plastic round soap mold

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Make the Other Half of the Pokeball Soap

Remelt the clear soap if necessary and then pour it into the other half of the mold. Again, spray the top with rubbing alcohol and place it in the fridge to set.

pouring melted white glycerin soap into half of a round soap mold that already has half circle of red soap

Once it’s set, remove it from the mold and use the larger of the small circle cookie cutters to cut a circle out of the center of the soap. It’s easy to choose the right ones if you have a set like this one.

Tip: It can actually be easier to cut the soap when it’s not 100% set and still slightly soft.

Make the Middle of the Pokeball Soap

Next, cut out the section where the two colors meet so that there is a straight line of empty space across the soap. This will create the stripe across the Pokeball.

cutting into a red and white round soap with the center cut out, resembling a donut

Cut up some more soap and melt it down. Mix in some black dye.

Wipe the inside of the soap again with rubbing alcohol and then pour the melted black soap into the empty space. Make sure to only fill it until the top so it’s even with the other colors.

pouring melted black glycerin soap into the center of a pokeball shape in a plastic round soap mold

In case you’re like me though and you over-fill it, it’s not a big deal. Simply grab a paper towel and wipe up the excess.

using a paper towel to wipe excess soap while making a pokeball soap

Let it set again until almost completely hard and then use the slightly smaller circle cookie cutter to cut a new circle in the center of the soap.

Using a circle cookie cutter to cut out the center button of a pokeball soap

Melt down some clear soap and add just a drop of fragrance. Fill the center and cover the top of the Pokeball with the clear soap. This way the bottom of the soap will be perfectly even.

pouring clear soap base over a pokeball shaped soap in a circular soap mold

Let it set again the fridge until it’s completely set.

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Enjoy your handmade Pokeball soap or give it as a gift for another Pokemon fan!

If you make your own soap, I’d love to see them! Tag me on Instagram @ab.crafty!

holding a homemade pokeball soap with two hands

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Pokeball Soap

Learn how to make your own Pokeball soap with this easy melt and pour soap recipe for a Pokemon themed soap.
Yield 2 Pokeball Soaps
Project Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour

Materials
  

  • Clear Glycerin Soap
  • Soap Fragrance
  • Red Soap Dye
  • Black Soap Dye
  • Rubbing Alcohol

Equipment

  • Round Soap Mold
  • Paper Cups or Microwave Safe Dishes
  • Popsicle Stick or Spatula
  • Microwave
  • Knife
  • Circle Cookie Cutters (1 inch and 1.25 inch)

Instructions
 

  • Use a knife to cut the glycerin soap into small pieces and place the pieces into a paper cup or microwave safe dish.
    using a knife to cut into clear glycerin soap base with a paper cup next to it that's filled with chunks of clear glycerin soap
  • Place it in the microwave on 30 second increments until it's melted. Stir in between so it melts evenly.
    pouring melted clear glycerin soap from one paper cup into another
  • After it's melted, mix in a few drops of soap fragrance. Then pour half of the soap into another cup or dish. Add a few drops of red soap dye and mix it with a popsicle stick or spatula.
    dropping red soap dye into a paper cup with melted glycerin soap that is already slightly red
  • Pour the melted red soap into a round soap mold. Then spray the top with rubbing alcohol to pop any bubbles.
    pouring melted red clear soap into a round soap mold
  • Let it set in the fridge. Once set, remove it from the mold and then cut it in half.
    using a knife to cut a round red soap in half
  • Place one half back into the mold and wipe the cut side with rubbing alcohol. This will help the soap stick.
    wiping rubbing alcohol on the inside of a half circle of red soap inside a clear plastic round soap mold
  • Remelt the clear soap if necessary and then pour it into the other half of the mold. Again, spray the top with rubbing alcohol and place it in the fridge to set.
    pouring melted white glycerin soap into half of a round soap mold that already has half circle of red soap
  • Once it's set, remove it from the mold and use the larger of the small circle cookie cutters to cut a circle out of the center of the soap.
    holding a small circle cookie cutter on top of a round soap that is half red and half white
  • Next, cut out the section where the two colors meet so that there is a straight line of empty space across the soap. This will create the stripe across the Pokeball.
    cutting into a red and white round soap with the center cut out, resembling a donut
  • Cut up some more soap and melt it down. Mix in some black dye.
    Wipe the inside of the soap again with rubbing alcohol and then pour the melted black soap into the empty space. Make sure to only fill it until the top so it's even with the other colors.
    pouring melted black glycerin soap into the center of a pokeball shape in a plastic round soap mold
  • Let it set again until almost completely hard and then use the slightly smaller circle cookie cutter to cut a new circle in the center of the soap.
    Using a circle cookie cutter to cut out the center button of a pokeball soap
  • Melt down some clear soap and add just a drop of fragrance. Fill the center and cover the top of the Pokeball with the clear soap. This way the bottom of the soap will be perfectly even.
    pouring clear soap base over a pokeball shaped soap in a circular soap mold
  • Let it set again the fridge until it's completely set. Enjoy your handmade Pokeball soap or give it as a gift for another Pokemon fan!
    holding a homemade pokeball soap with two hands

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Daniela is a lifelong crafter who loves to share her passion for crafting. Through classes or learning on her own, she likes to say she'll do pretty much any craft aside from scrapbooking. Her current personal obsessions include garden crafts, felting, and spinning yarn.

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