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Pumps with Hearts

General info

heart_pumps 1 heart_pumps 2 heart_pumps 3 heart_pumps 4 heart_pumps 5
  • Perfect room decoration!
  • Great gift for your friends and family
  • Difficulty: Easy

What you will need

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  • Soap
  • Carving or Exacto knife
  • Paring knife
  • Sculpting tool or other scooping tool (like a small spoon or a binder clip)

For heart decorations

  • Piece of soap
  • Toothpick
  • Soap foam

Soap info

Lavender mild soap

Used in tutorial

purple soap
  • Not available
  • Purple colour
  • Lavender scented
  • Size: 7.5 cm (3") x 5.5 cm (2-1/8") x 2.3 cm (7/8")
  • Weight: 80 g (3 oz)

Instruction video

Instructions

Make the pumps

1.1 Cut your soap 30 mm (1.18") in width.
step 1.1
1.2 Divide the top and side into 3 sections.
step 1.2
1.3 Cut the chunk of the soap.
step 1.3
1.4 Carve the vamp.
step 1.4
1.5 Cut the soap at the shoe sides.
step 1.5
1.6 Remove soap between heel and the outsole.
step 1.6
1.7 Smooth the heel.
step 1.7
1.8 Smooth the shoe.
step 1.8
1.9 Smooth the underside edges.
step 1.9
1.10 Smooth the top.
step 1.10
1.11 Cut your shoe around the top line.
step 1.11
1.12 Remove the soap inside the shoe.
step 1.12
1.13 Remove the soap under the toecap.
step 1.13
1.14 Neaten the underside.
step 1.14
1.15 Repeat all these steps to make second shoe. Plain Pumps are done!
step 1.15

Make heart decorations

2.1 Cut the piece of soap into a square. You can use a piece of the soap you have cut off during previous carving.
step 2.1
2.2 Form the soap into the heart shape.
step 2.2
2.3 Cut the heart in half.
step 2.3
2.4 Attach the hearts to your shoes with soap foam.
step 2.4
2.5 Your pumps with heart decorations are finished!
step 2.5