Homemade Forest Pine Soap Recipe: Melt and Pour Version

This Homemade Forest Pine Soap Recipe: a melt-and-pour version that is easy and fast!  A beautiful gift idea for family & friends. 

Homemade Forest Pine Soap Recipe: Melt and Pour Version

Don’t you just love the scent of pine trees? Pine is uplifting, calming, and mentally clarifying too. It reminds me so much of our vacations in Maine. When I use my Pine Soap in the shower, it just starts the day off right! 

Making soap can be pretty complicated. I have seen all the recipes out there in the world of Pinterest. As I was researching all the different ways that soap is made, I gained a new respect for the pioneer women who had no choice but to make their own. I, of course, chose the easiest method I could find! 

A melt-and-pour version. The key to easy soap-making is using glycerin melt and pour soap base. If we had to break it down we are not making soap from scratch, but rather soap bars.

Which, in my opinion, still produces a very nice handmade item. I have used this method before to create pencil soaps for our favorite teachers as gifts. I fell in love with this method. It is easy peasy. This forest pine soap smells so wonderful that your friends and family will surely be impressed.

Finding Natural Pine Scent

Sure, you can find a lot of soaps that are pine-scented. But are you actually getting REAL pine scent? You can find lots of additives that state “Pine scent” but are loaded with chemicals. This is why I love essential oils.

Essential oils are used in so many natural soaps and natural cosmetics is because they capture the real scent of a plant. Essential oils are compounds from the plant or other natural substances that are distilled down and create the “essence” of that plant or product.

So you know you are getting the best of the best. There are many holiday-scented essential oils you can use. I prefer the Balsam Fir Needle. You can also consider swapping out each scent with a corresponding matching element.

For example: using peppermint oil and peppermint leaves or using cinnamon oil and using a cinnamon stick. It is all about creativity and adjusting the soap base to your needs.

• Balsam Fir
• Cedarwood
• Cinnamon
• Peppermint
• Frankincense
• Myrrh

Ingredients Need To Make Pine Soap

Please note that there is a printable list with instructions below.

• ¾ lb glycerin melt and pour soap base
• 10 drops Balsam Fir Needle Oil or your favorite scent for Christmas
• A tiny amount of Green mica powder, less than ⅛ teaspoon – too much will make it too green and you won’t see the pine sprig
• 4 sprigs of fresh pine or pine needles– picked from my backyard
• Wooden craft stick for stirring
• Large microwave-safe spouted measuring cup – I like my glass 4-cup liquid measuring cup
• Silicone Soap Mold

Tip: DO NOT spray the mold with Pam or use any other type of no-stick spray. The soap bars pop out easily and the spray makes them greasy. The molds allow for easy pop-out of soaps.

How to Make Homemade Natural Pine Scented Tree Soaps with Real Pine Sprigs

Please note that this recipe will make 4 cute soap bars.

First thing, you will want to gather all your supplies in one spot. Making it easier to grab when needed. If your glycerin soap base is not already in chunks, you will want to cut them into one-inch cups. Then place it into a large spouted glass measuring cup or large bowl – plastic.

Next, heat soap in the microwave on high for 30-second intervals. Make sure to stir in between each heating session. Once your soap base is fully melted you can then add in your Balsam Fir Needle Essential Oil. Stir until well combined.

After everything is mixed well, you can now add in your tiny amount of green mica powder. Again, stir well until combined.

Then pour a small amount of soap base into the mold cavities to just fill the bottom about ⅛ inch. This way you have a base to set your pine sprig onto. Gently push spring it into the soap layer. Not too hard or your needles from your spring will push through.

Now you are ready to pour the rest of your soap base into each mold cavity. Fill until each pine spring or your pine needles are completely covered.

Lastly, allow soap to set for at least one to two hours, then remove it from your mold. Then you are all set. You are now a soap-making specialist.

Pine Scented Soap recipe

This recipe is a basic no-fail soap recipe that I adjusted to make a beautiful green-colored, pine-scented soap. It’s a great recipe for starting your own handmade soap-making adventures. Don’t forget to give these out as gifts during the Holiday season.

If you made these pine-scented soaps craft, we would love to hear all about it. You see, we get so excited to learn that you have chosen to create a craft that was featured on Inspiring Savings.

Please leave us a comment below. How did yours turn out? What essential oils and coloring did you use?

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