How to pack handmade soap?

After the soap making procedure is completed, it is necessary to pack it so that it is beautiful. Elegant packaging for handmade soap makes the present more attractive. If it is conceived to please a person and surprise him with something, then the packaging will play an important role here. The most unusual packaging is the one that is made by hand.

There are several packaging options, using different materials, which are always at hand. For the first option, you will need a soap dish of the appropriate size. You can draw an image on it and let it dry. It's a good idea to decorate the box using the decoupage technique. Now it is worth putting the soap in the resulting beautiful soap dish.

You can make beautiful boxes with your own hands. To do this, small boxes should be fastened together in the manner of a cube or other geometric figure. Here you need a variety of ribbons, multi-colored paper, rhinestones. First you need to make a drawing on a sheet of paper of any color or on cardboard. You need to cut it out and mark the folds with a sharpened tool so that the box can easily fold in those parts where it is needed.

Then you need to start gluing the box, for which rubber glue is suitable. Because of this glue, it will turn out smooth and will not wrinkle. Excess glue is removed with a regular stationery eraser. You can fasten the walls of the box with a stapler, scotch tape, without using fasteners, if you have a little origami art skills.

At the next stage, the box must be decorated with ribbons, beads and rhinestones. You can glue small flowers that need to be cut out of paper. The transparent packaging will look very original, through which you can see the soap. For the production of such packaging, you can use transparent film.

DIY soaps look good when packaged with natural materials. A bag is well suited, you need to put soap in it, decorate with a ribbon and stick a label containing some kind of commemorative inscription. You can make a package for soap from floral felt, it will look expensive and beautiful. The bottom can be made rigid using cardboard. And at the top of the bag, tie a beautiful ribbon, tie a bow. It is better to twist the ends of the ribbons so that they curl beautifully.

The simplest and most effective packaging for DIY soap is cling film. If the soap is wrapped in such a film, then it will retain its aroma and properties for a long time. It is very convenient to use bags with a lock for such cases, which are hermetically sealed. Small organza bags are sold in retail outlets and in boutiques for soap makers. This will be the perfect container for a sophisticated DIY soap.

Another option is bulk soaps. So, in the countries of the West, at various places of periodical trade, you can see soap laid out in heaps or bars, it all looks very attractive, and the buyer is given soap wrapped in paper. And here there is no need to strain your brain and spend time figuring out how to pack the goods, because the main thing is not packaging, but the properties of soap. But there are certain subtleties here.

To begin with, this can be attributed to the differences between the countries of the West and ours. In the West, they believe that all the attractiveness of handmade work is due to the fact that everything is done with your own hands and a soul was put into it.

Our domestic buyers love and appreciate the appearance, we do not favor the negligence that distinguishes handmade products. If the soap is sold without packaging, then this will raise a lot of unnecessary questions. Buyers are usually interested in the shelf life and composition of such a soap.

Usually, self-made soap without packaging looks good in various bazaars, trading places, markets, with its unusual smell it attracts buyers very much. But when transporting to the point of sale, packaging is simply necessary, because by laying out the products in containers, you can beat off the edges, in addition, the smell will not last longer.

Paper is probably the only thing that can be immediately remembered when choosing packaging for handmade soap. The package is made of "breathable" paper, the buyer can smell the soap without touching it with his hands. Options for paper packaging can be as follows.

• Loved by everyone who loves handicrafts, kraft paper. The soap can be wrapped in paper and tied with a ribbon, making a bow. Here you can use other more interesting designer packaging and stylize it with old newspapers, intricate patterns.
• Ready-made paper bags, which will make packaging easy.
• Paper box... At the bottom, you need to place some kind of filler. We need more ribbons to make a bow on the box.

Polyethylene is a common packaging option that allows soap to retain all the necessary properties and prevents the smell from eroding. In recent years, shrink film has become widespread. Using it and a hair dryer, you can make packaging that does not differ from industrial packaging.

Pouches made of fabric, linen or burlap are a good solution for those who like non-standard approaches.From all of the above, we can conclude that there are many packaging options for handmade soap.

In the next video, you will find 11 packaging options for handmade soap.