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Thrifty Thursday: Homemade Hand Soap



As you all know, I am now a full-time homemaker and with that comes the tightening of the budget strings. The Lord has always provided for us and I do not doubt that he will continue to do so, but he has also given me the strength and ability to work hard and save money whenever possible. So, I have decided that periodically I will do a Thrifty Thursday blog and blog about some ways I have found to save money. Today I am going to give you a little run down on how to make your own Liquid Hand Soap. We go through a ton of hand soap with three little ones and so much dirt. J

It is super EASY and you should have all you need on hand. Here’s what you will need:

1. Bar Soap (I used Dove soap a friend gave me that smelled wonderful)

2. Cheese Grater (only you won’t be grating cheese, you will be grating soap)

3. Water

4. Cooking Pot and Stove



Take your bar soap (approx. four ounces) and grate it with a cheese grater.




Now you will need to boil 3 ½ - 4 cups of water. Once the water has come to a boil, turn off the burner and add the grated soap.



You will need to stir the mixture for at 3-4 minutes until all of the soap has mixed with the water (you don’t want any lumps in the water).



 Let the mixture sit for about 15 minutes, then stir again. You will now want to leave it sitting for a few hours (four at least) until the soap has thickened slightly.

 Ta-Da!


I spilled a little when trying to fill the bottles, so you should get more than I am showing here. The Johnson’s bottle is 15 oz. and the soap dispenser is 7.5 oz.

That’s it! Easy huh? Easy and super cheap. We buy our bar soap in bulk at Sam’s so if you do that you can make this hand soap with very little cost.

Comments

  1. Lisa @ Organized ChaosMay 31, 2012 at 4:14 PM

    This is a great tip! I've not tried it before. Have you tried making your own foaming hand soap? If you put regular liquid soap or dish soap about 1/4 of the way up the bottle then fill with water and swirl (don't shake) it around...you will make your reg. hand soap go a lot farther...it takes months to use one of those large refill bottles of hand soap. But you have to use a foaming hand soap bottle that you already have for it to work, of course! :)

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  2. Dawn BondJune 1, 2012 at 9:29 AM

    Oh I have not tried that with the foaming hand soap! What a great idea!!

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