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- Farm School: Beginner Soap Making Workshops - Choose: Oct 18, Oct 25, Nov 1
Farm School: Beginner Soap Making Workshops - Choose: Oct 18, Oct 25, Nov 1
Beginner Soap Making Workshop
at Swallowtail Farmstead
NEXT CLASSES COMING FALL 2025
Choose one date below
In an informal small-group hands on setting, learn to make traditional bar soap using the cold process method. We only have a small teaching space, so our soap classes are sized for up to 6 participants.
If you want a private class, consider bringing a few friends and having a personalized class! Minimum 4 people.
Cold process soap makes a beautiful hard and long-lasting bar soap, which is skin safe and very versatile. In this workshop we will go through all the steps in all-natural traditional soap making, from preparing your workspace, to measuring for recipes, infusing oils, handling lye safely, to pouring, cutting and curing soap. We will talk about how to infuse botanicals in oil or tea for soap making, using natural clays for colour, and adding pure essential oils for scent. We will demonstrate some interesting techniques like layering, marbling and adding botanicals.
During this workshop each participant will make their own customized 2 lb batch of soap to take home. We will have a wide selection of clays, pure essential oils, and dried herbs/flowers from our gardens for you to choose from!
What to bring:
Participants will be asked to bring a small shoebox sized container or 2 lb soap mold, an apron. Please wear old clothes and closed-toe shoes. All other supplies, ingredients, recipes and tools will be provided.
Each participant takes home their own 2 lbs of soap to finish curing at home!
Youth aged 12+ are welcome to attend with an adult.
More details and directions to our farm will be provided to participants upon registration. Workshop is approximately 2.5 hours long.
If you wish to be put on our waiting list for a future date please contact us at: hello(at)swallowtailfarmstead.ca
Allergies: Please notify Karin in advance if you have any concerns about allergies to oils, herbs or essential oils. This is a nut-free, gluten-free and vegan-friendly workshop.
Cancellation policy: If we need to cancel the workshop due to low registration or weather conditions we will give 48 hours notice and a full refund. If participants need to cancel please give 48 hours notice for full refund. Thank you!