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Easter Brunch Bird Nest Tutorial – Part 1

Filed Under: Melt & Pour Soap

  Have the cutest guest bathroom in town with these little bird nest soaps (yes, the entire thing is soap). These will be a hit at Easter Gathering. I used the oldie-but-goody Play Dough Soap Recipe for the eggs and a modified variation of the Soaplylove Frosting recipe for the nest. The combination was a hit (seriously, I got carried away and made a batch in every color of the rainbow).
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 Making the Eggs

Ingredients

4 Tbsp Corn Starch
Plate and spoon

ONE: Melt 6 ounces of white soap base in a heat safe container in the microwave (on 30 second intervals). Once melted, mix in 1 ml of Blue Mix Labcolors. Mix well until you have a baby (egg) blue.

My creation

TWO:Add 4 tbsp of corn starch to the soap and mix, mix, mix. It will be a little chunky at first but keep mixing to get rid of the clumps. Once the soap seems to be nearly clump free, (it’s o.k. if there are some lumps) pour a 1/8″ thin layer on to a plate.

My creation

THREE: Once the mixture has cooled a little bit and can be handled like play dough (2-3 minutes), roll into little balls, smooth out the texture with your finger and create an egg shape. Roll out 24 balls to have 3 eggs in each nest.

TIP: If the soap gets too hard to work with, just pop it back in the microwave and start the process over.

Optional: Do you want to speckle your eggs? Try the toothbrush technique. Mix your mica with a little bit of rubbing alcohol. Dip your toothbrush into the colorant and run your thumb along the bristles to splatter the color. Warning: you will have shiny, shimmery mica fingers afterwards.

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Check back tomorrow to see how to make your nest.
Yes, I’m making you wait…but it will be worth it, promise!
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17 Comments

  4. Yes, you can definitely blend essential oils and fragrance oils together in one soap. =)

  5. I have a question. Can I mix essential oil and fragrance oil together in one soap? Someone wants that mix and I have one scent iin EO and the other in FO and not sure if I can combine the two. Can I?

    Thanks!!!

  6. I got the birds from a Dover book but I’m sure if you google ‘Bird Illustrations’ that you’ll come up with lots ones that can work for you =)

  8. thank you Anne Marie. I got it and I love it!!!! Thank you so much for posting this! Its sooooo cute and I’m going to make it, or try lol

  9. Hi Jan,
    The nest tutorial is on a separate post – it was too long to fit all in one! 🙂 Just follow one of the links in the post above or look at the at this Friday’s post.

  10. did I miss something else? How do you make the birds nest? Boy my brain is been working overtime lately and I can’t get anything straight!

  14. Totally soap! I will re-write the intro so that’s clear. Thanks for the hint.

  15. Love this! I will have to give this a try. The wheels are turning. I can definitely use this technique in other soap applications! Thanks!!!

  17. Is this soap? I love it and think its soooo cute I want to make it but confused. lol I can’t figure out what it is! Am I dumb or what?