6 Christmas Soap Recipes Make Unique Gifts - Simple Life Mom (2024)

Christmas and the whole holiday season make this the season for handmade gifts. Organic soaps make a very nourishing gift idea. Christmas brings up memories of certain earthy scents like cinnamon and clove, foods like peppermint and citrus, or warm scents like vanilla and sandalwood. You can make great gifts by combining scents that you love that remind you of special memories you have from this time of year, and make some of these Christmas soap recipes as gifts.

REMEMBER: All Christmas soap recipes can be hot processed and be ready in 24 hours! (Learn how to hot process here).

I love coming up with new and fun recipes for soap making. These Christmas Soap Recipes are brand new. Check out my other holiday soap recipes:

1. 9 Christmas Soap Recipes
2. 7 Homemade Holiday Soap Recipes

If you are new to making soap and need more specific instructions, see 7 Easy Steps to Homemade Lye Soap for Beginners or get my book, The Natural Soapmaking Book for Beginners.

You can also find Christmas Soaps in my Shop —–>> Buy Christmas Soap now

6 Christmas Soap Recipes

Candy Cane Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12- 4oz bars

5% Superfat, 35% water percentage

Ingredients:

• 16 ounces tallow
• 12 ounces olive oil
• 8 ounces coconut oil
• 12. 6 ounces water
• 5 ounces lye
• 1. 25 ounces peppermint essential oil
• 2 teaspoons Kaolin rose clay

Directions:

1. Prepare mold. Line with wax paper if necessary.
2. Heat oils and fat in a large pot until melted. Cool to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing appropriate safety equipment (see safety guidelines), go outside and add the lye to the water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oil and blend.
6. Remove 1/2 cup soap and mix in Kaolin rose clay with a whisk.
7. Pour main batch into prepared mold. When main batch is at medium trace so that red stays on the top instead of sinking in, swirl the Moroccan clay into the soap by pouring in parallel lines up and down the batch. Insert a dowel rod to the bottom and pull soap in a perpendicular motion back and forth in the mold until pink swirl/stripes are made.
8. Cover and insulate for 24 hours. Remove from mold and allow to cure for 4-6 weeks.

Oats and Honey Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12- 4oz bars

5% Superfat, 35% water percentage

Ingredients:

• 12 ounces olive oil
• 10 ounces coconut oil
• 7 ounces castor oil
• 5 ounces shea butter
• 4. 7 ounces lye
• 12 ounces filtered water
• 1 ounce cinnamon leaf essential oil
• 1/2 cup cut oats, blended
• 1 Tablespoon raw honey
• 1-2 teaspoons cinnamon powder (add more if you want it to be darker)

Directions:

1. Prepare mold. Line with wax paper if necessary.
2. Heat oils and butter in a large pot until melted. Cool to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing appropriate safety equipment (see safety guidelines), go outside and add the lye to the water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oil, honey, and oats and blend.
6. Remove 1/2 cup soap and mix in cinnamon with a whisk.
7. Pour main batch into prepared mold. Pour cinnamon soap back and forth over the main batch.
8. Cover and insulate for 24 hours. Remove from mold and allow to cure for 4-6 weeks.

Warm Cookies Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12- 4oz bars

5% Superfat, 35% water percentage

Ingredients:

• 10 ounces olive oil
• 9 ounces coconut oil
• 6 ounces castor oil
• 5 ounces cocoa butter
• 3 ounces shea butter
• 11. 5 ounces water
• 4. 6 ounces lye
• 1 ounce vanilla essential oil
• 0. 5 ounce sweet orange essential oil

Directions:

1. Prepare mold. Line with wax paper if necessary.
2. Heat oils and butter in a large pot until melted. Cool to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing appropriate safety equipment (see safety guidelines), go outside and add the lye to the water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oil and blend.
6. Pour into prepared mold.
7. Cover and insulate for 24 hours. Remove from mold and allow to cure for 4-6 weeks.

Christmas Morning Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12- 4oz bars

5% Superfat, 35% water percentage

Ingredients:

• 10 ounces lard
• 10 ounces olive oil
• 9 ounces coconut oil
• 5 ounces cocoa butter
• 12 ounces water
• 4.8 ounces lye
• 0.5 ounces cypress essential oil
• 0.25 ounces nutmeg essential oil
• o.5 ounces sweet orange essential oil
• 1 ounce or 1/4 cup of dried flowers (potpourri, cornflowers, chamomile, or other of your choice)

Directions:

1. Prepare mold. Line with wax paper if necessary.
2. Heat oils, butter, and fat in a large pot until melted. Cool to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing appropriate safety equipment (see safety guidelines), go outside and add the lye to the water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oil and blend.
6. Pour into prepared mold. Cover and allow to harden until just tacky (1-2 hours). This will help the flowers to not be as browned by the active lye. Remove cover and sprinkle flowers over the top. Gently pat down to adhere.
7. Cover and insulate for 24 hours. Remove from mold and allow to cure for 4-6 weeks.

Peppermint Cookies Layered Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12- 4oz bars

5% Superfat, 35% water percentage

Ingredients:

• 13 ounces olive oil
• 10 ounces babassu oil
• 5 ounces cocoa butter
• 5 ounces avocado oil
• 11. 5 ounces water
• 4. 6 ounces lye
• 1 ounce peppermint essential oil
• 0.5 ounce vanilla essential oil
• 1-2 Tablespoons madder root powder

Directions:

1. Prepare mold. Line with wax paper if necessary.
2. Heat oils and butter in a large pot until melted. Cool to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing appropriate safety equipment (see safety guidelines), go outside and add the lye to the water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until medium trace.
5. Add essential oil and blend.
6. Divide batch in half and pour cream colored batch into mold.
7. Add madder root powder to the other half. When both are at a thick pudding like consistency, pour pink colored soap over top of the first. You can pour onto a spatula so that it slides gently onto the cream colored soap. Smooth top layer.
8. Cover and insulate for 24 hours. Remove from mold and allow to cure for 4-6 weeks.

The Long Hug Soap

Makes 3 pounds or 12- 4oz bars

5% Superfat, 35% water percentage

Ingredients:

• 11 ounces tallow
• 8 ounces olive oil
• 8 ounces coconut oil
• 6 ounces sweet almond oil
• 11. 5 ounces water
• 4. 7 ounces lye
• 0.5 ounce patchouli essential oil
• 0.5 ounces lavender essential oil
• 1 teaspoon alkanet root powder (optional)
• 1 teaspoon spirulina powder (optional)

Directions:

1. Prepare mold. Line with wax paper if necessary.
2. Heat oils and fat in a large pot until melted. Cool to 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
3. Wearing appropriate safety equipment (see safety guidelines), go outside and add the lye to the water and stir until dissolved. Let cool until it is around 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
4. When both oils and lye water are at desired temperatures, pour lye water into oils and use a stick blender to blend on and off until light trace.
5. Add essential oil and blend.
6. If desired, remove 1/2 cup and mix in alkanet root powder.
7. Remove another 1/2 cup and mix in spiruina powder.
8. Pour main batch into prepared mold. Drizzle purple and green soap over top of the batch and use a dowel rod or rubber spatula to swirl as desired.
9. Cover and insulate for 24 hours. Remove from mold and allow to cure for 4-6 weeks.