5 Christmas Soap Recipes | Melt and Pour

Learn how to make the easiest melt and pour soap bars for Christmas. These Christmas soap recipes will be the perfect homemade gift idea for anyone on your list this year. Each soap bar is made with all-natural ingredients and scented with essential oils making them the perfect soothing soap bar for all skin types. 

Each of these 5-Christmas soap bar recipes are made with a melt and pour soap base, natural exfoliators, and essential oils. They will be the easiest soap bars you have ever made and everyone will love them!

 I love using melt and pour soap bases to make customized soaps for my family and for gift-giving. It is simple, they look so beautiful, and you can customize them any way you would like. The beauty of DIYing is that you get to pick the color, size, scent, and so on. 

With Christmas just around the corner, I wanted to come up with some Christmas soap recipes using melt and pour bars. Add in a few drops of essential oils and a few other special ingredients to make these soap bars smell and look just like Christmas! 

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MELT AND POUR SOAP BARS 

Making melt and pour soaps is the easiest way to make your own soap bars. I use this same method for dish soap bars. It doesn’t require any special equipment, ingredients, or tools. Making hot process and cold-press soap bars is on my bucket list, but for now, this mama will be sticking to melt and pour. 

The first step in making your own melt and pour soap bars is choosing a soap base. There are several melt and pour soap bases to choose from. It really just comes down to personal preference. Shea butter, which is often used to make lotion, and goat milk soap bases are my favorites to use! You can also use a clear base like glycerin or even a honey-based bar.

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Below are links to different soap bars you can choose from: 

• Shea butter melt and pour soap base
• Organic oil clear glycerin soap base
• Goats milk melt and pour soap base 
• Honey melt and pour soap base
• Coconut milk melt and pour soap base

As you can see, there are lots of options when choosing a soap base. All of them will work similarly, and the recipe will remain the same. I like to give options in case you have sensitive skin, any allergies, or if you are vegan. You can choose your soap base accordingly.

CHRISTMAS SOAP IDEAS 

When it comes to making your soap bars for Christmas, there are lots of customizations to be made. This is the fun part; feel free to get creative with it. Soap molds can be found in the shapes of Christmas trees, snowmen, and pumpkins (as I use in my pumpkin spice bars.) I tend to stick to the typical rectangle soap bar and add in my own custom holiday flair.  

Of course, the smell of Christmas is very important! This can easily be achieved by adding essential oils. Some of my favorites for Christmastime are wild orange, cinnamon, clove, Siberian fir, eucalyptus, ginger, and peppermint. I share some of my favorite Christmas essential oil blends for soap below. 

CHRISTMAS SOAP RECIPES 

CHRISTMAS SOAP BAR 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1/2 pound shea butter soap base (or any other melt and pour soap base) 
• 2 teaspoons orange zest 
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 5 drops cinnamon essential oil 
• 5 drops wild orange essential oil
• 4 drops eucalyptus essential oil
• Silicone soap mold 

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Cut the shea butter soap base into small chunks and place into a double boiler.
2. Melt over medium heat. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon. 
3. Once completely melted, remove from heat.
4. Add in orange zest, honey, and essential oils. Stir well. 
5. Pour into a soap mold. 
6. Allow it to completely harden, then pop the soap out of the mold. 

CANDY CANE SOAP BAR 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1/2 pound shea butter soap base (or any other melt and pour soap base) 
• 1 teaspoon of red jojoba beads 
• 10 drops peppermint essential oil
• Silicone soap mold 

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Cut the shea butter soap base into small chunks and place into a double boiler.
2. Melt over medium heat. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon. 
3. Once completely melted, remove from heat. 
4. Add in jojoba beads and peppermint essential oil. Stir well. 
5. Pour into a soap mold. 
6. Allow it to completely harden, then pop the soap out of the mold. 

CINNAMON ORANGE SOAP BAR 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1/2 pound shea butter soap base (or any other melt and pour soap base) 
• 2 teaspoons orange zest 
• 1 teaspoon red clay powder 
• 10 drops wild orange essential oil
• 5 drops cinnamon essential oil 
• Silicone soap mold 

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Cut the shea butter soap base into small chunks and place them into a double boiler.
2. Melt over medium heat. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon. 
3. Once completely melted, remove from heat.
4. Add in orange zest, clay, and essential oils. Stir well. 
5. Pour into a soap mold. 
6. Allow it to completely harden, then pop the soap out of the mold. 

GINGERBREAD SOAP BAR 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1/2 pound shea butter soap base (or any other melt and pour soap base) 
• 2 teaspoons ginger zest 
• 1 teaspoon yellow french clay  
• 10 drops ginger essential oil
• 5 drops clove essential oil 
• Silicone soap mold 

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Cut the shea butter soap base into small chunks and place them into a double boiler.
2. Melt over medium heat, occasionally stirring with a wooden spoon. 
3. Once completely melted, remove from heat.
4. Add in ginger zest, clay, and essential oils. Stir well. 
5. Pour into a soap mold. 
6. Allow it to completely harden, then pop the soap out of the mold. 

CHRISTMAS TREE SOAP BAR 

INGREDIENTS 

• 1/2 pound shea butter soap base (or any other melt and pour soap base) 
• 1 teaspoon spirulina powder  
• 10 drops siberian fir essential oil 
• 5 drops cypress essential oil
• 5 drops sandalwood essential oil
• Silicone soap mold 

INSTRUCTIONS 

1. Cut the shea butter soap base into small chunks and place them into a double boiler.
2. Melt over medium heat. Stir occasionally with a wooden spoon. 
3. Once completely melted, remove from heat.
4. Add in powder and essential oils. Stir to mix. 
5. Pour into a soap mold. 
6. Allow it to completely harden, then pop the soap out of the mold. 

ESSENTIAL OIL MELT AND POUR SOAP BARS 

*Note that essential oils are very concentrated and can cause sensitivities when NOT used properly.

See how to properly use oils, for more information.

Several essential oils that we are using in these recipes are warm oils and should never be applied to the skin undiluted. Cinnamon, clove, ginger, and peppermint essential oil should be used with caution on the skin. 

If you have sensitive skin or if you are making these soap bars for a child, you may want to dilute the essential oils even further. I have found that the amount used in these recipes are diluted enough for my family. 

Want to try a cold-pressed soap recipe? Try this Chamomile Body Soap Bar.