Farm School: Beginner Soap Making Workshops - NEXT CLASS SPRING 2025
Beginner Soap Making Workshop
at Swallowtail Farmstead
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 upto 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 1 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 1 lb soap mold, an apron. Please wear old clothes and closed-toe shoes. All other supplies, ingredients, recipes and tools will be provided.
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.
We will offer this soap making workshop again. 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. 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!