Whether it's for a bazaar or a boutique shop downtown, if you are making soap to sell, how you package it is important. Make a great first impression by packaging your homemade soap right. This is a guide about packaging homemade soap.
I like the look of wrapping a piece of corrugated cardboard around the soap leaving the ends exposed, then tie a piece of raffia around and into a bow to secure.
By Jenny from Chattanooga, TN
What's the best way to package/wrap homemade soap? I've made some really nice soap, but not sure how to package it. Thanks!
By Chayil
01/01/2009
Wrapping a homemade soap with tissue paper provides a biodegradable packaging that allows the recipient to smell the soap and anticipate using it.
Wrapping in fabric allows the recipient to smell the soap, and provides a slightly more sturdy wrapping. You can even make the cloth a gift, too -- say, a flannel facial cloth or a pretty cotton scarf to tie back the hair.
Both wraps will allow another benefit: airing out the soap bar. The longer you keep a soap bar exposed to air, the harder it will get, and thus, the more slowly it will melt/erode with use. Every time I buy soap, I buy an eight-pack of soap bars, and when I'm down to four, I buy another one and unwrap all the bars. That way, they can sit in a drawer and harden for several weeks.
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