Rainbow Popsicle Soap – Melt and Pour Soap Recipe

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Daniela Kretchmer
Updated: Aug 5, 2025
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Learn how to make popsicle soaps with this super easy melt and pour soap recipe. You can make them into rainbow popsicles and multicolor layers.

These DIY soaps would make adorable party favors and gifts, or keep them for yourself! They also make great guest soaps as a fun and whimsical surprise – especially the glittery rainbow popsicle soap. Any other rainbow craft fans?

I really like this easy craft project because it uses a melt and pour soap base, making it a great craft for kids. Growing up, soap making was actually one of my favorite craft projects. I had my few simple soap molds and would just crank them out. I used every one of those soaps as well and always felt proud I had made them myself. If I knew then I could make soap look like desserts and treats, I don’t think I would ever stop making soaps!

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Materials for Popsicle Soaps

Clear Glycerin Soap Base (Amazon)
Soap Fragrance or Essential Oils (Amazon)
Soap Dye (Amazon)
Body Safe Glitter (Amazon)
Popsicle Mold (yes, I use an actual popsicle mold like this one!)
Popsicle Sticks

Soap Expressions Clear Glycerin Soap Base- 2lb

Soap Fragrance Oil - 12 Liquid Soap Scents Set for Bath Bomb Making, Soap Making Supplies, DIY Slime - Concentrated Food Grade Soap Flavoring Bath Bomb Scents for Cosmetic, Crafts - 10ml/0.35oz Each

Limino 12 Color Bath Bomb Soap Dye - Skin Safe, Food Grade Coloring for Soap Making Supplies, DIY Bath Bomb Supplies Kit, Slime, Crafts - with Instructions

Moonlit Silver Biodegradable Glitter 1/2 Ounce - Made from Plant Cellulose, Earth Friendly. Perfect for Crafts, DIY Projects, Even Body, Cosmetics. Can be Mixed with Adhesives, Paints, Gels, Oils

Ouddy Popsicles Molds, 10 Cavities Food Grade Popsicle Maker with 50 Popsicle Sticks & 1 Silicone Funnel, Silicone Popsicle Molds for Kids, Frozen Ice Pop Mold for Homemade Popsicles

Video Instructions to Make the Glitter Rainbow Popsicle Soap

Step by Step Instructions

Cut off some of the clear glycerin soap base into 6 microwave safe containers. Each one will be a different color so add a few drops of a single color of soap dye into each. You want to have red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. Microwave them on 10 second increments until melted and mix in some of the body safe glitter.

Tip: If you don’t have all of those colors, that’s totally fine, you can mix the colors using red, yellow, and blue. (Red+Blue=Purple), (Red+Yellow=Orange), (Blue+Yellow=Green)

Add in a drop of fragrance to each and mix in. Since you have multiple layers, you don’t want to add in too much to each.

Then starting with the red (or pink, in my case), pour the melted soap into the popsicle mold. Wait for a film to form on top and then carefully pour in the orange soap.

Tip: It’s a good idea to spray each layer of soap with rubbing alcohol before pouring on the next layer. This pops any bubbles and allows the layers to stick together more easily.

Next, pour in the yellow soap. Continue pouring in each color on top of the other so the next colors would be green, blue, and lastly, purple.

Tip: If your mixed soaps harden, you can simply eat them up again in the microwave.

After you have all of the colors in the popsicle mold, put the top on and insert a popsicle stick. Make sure the popsicle stick is at least half way down the mold.

Then place in the fridge to set and then carefully remove your rainbow popsicle soap from the mold.

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How to Make Other Tasty Looking Soaps

To make the other colorful popsicle soaps, simply choose the number of colors you would like to use. Then repeat the process of layering them in the popsicle mold.

Feel free to get creative making these tasty looking soaps – mixing different colors and layers. Or keep them simple and make them a single color. You can also use other soap bases such as white glycerin, goats milk, or shea butter. These won’t be see-through so you can test out different styles.

Other Crafts and Handmade Gifts to Make

For some more tasty looking soaps, take a look at these candy soaps that look like Ring Pops and for other soaps, try making these Pokeball soaps. Or for another melt and pour craft, you can get into melt and pour candle making with these ice candles. And to continue the rainbow trend, try dyeing silk and fabric with rainbow lollipops, tie dyeing a sweatshirt, or make a DIY rainbow highlighter or rainbow heart tie dye shirt.

And for another quick and easy craft, try making something doesn’t look edible, but actually is with these candy agate slices.

And a fun handmade gift to make is this etched glass zipper shot glass.

And did you know actual popsicles make for some of the best snacks for labor?

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