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Heart Bear

General info

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  • Can be used as hanging decoration
  • Perfect room decorations!
  • Great gift for your friends and family
  • Can be used as soap for bathing or washing (remove the plastic decorations and the ribbon)
  • Difficulty: Easy

What you will need

supplies
  • Soap
  • Carving or Exacto knife
  • Toothpick
  • Pin
  • Heart Bear Template (download here )
  • 3 mm plastic eyes
  • 4 mm plastic eye

Optional

  • Ribbon
  • Food coloring
  • Water
  • Paint brush

Soap info

Rice bran soap (old type)

Used in tutorial

rice bran soap
  • Not available
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 9.2 cm (3-5/8") x 6.2 cm (2-1/2") x 2.9 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 135 g (5 oz)

White bathing soap

white bathing soap
  • Available
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 9.2 cm (3-5/8") x 6.2 cm (2-1/2") x 2.9 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 135g (5 oz)

Nodoka rice bran soap

nodoka yellow soap
  • Not available
  • Yellow colour
  • Floral scented
  • Weight: 75 g (2.65 oz)

Instruction video

Instructions

Carve bear with painted heart

1.1 Cut out the bear template.
step 1.1
1.2 Thin the soap to a thickness of 15 mm.
step 1.2
1.3 Place and trace the template onto your soap.
step 1.3
1.4 Make small holes along the oval with a pin.
step 1.4
1.5 Draw an oval along the holes.
step 1.5
1.6 Cut the bear shape.
step 1.6
1.7 Remove soap around the bear.
step 1.7
1.8 Carve the oval.
step 1.8
1.9 Remove the soap around the oval.
step 1.9
1.10 Slice and flatten the soap around the oval.
step 1.10
1.11 Trim the oval edge.
step 1.11
1.12 Carve the bear face.
step 1.12
1.13 Carve bear ears.
step 1.13
1.14 Flatten the ears.
step 1.14
1.15 Trim the ear edges.
step 1.15
1.16 Trim the bear face edge.
step 1.16
1.17 Carve the bear body.
step 1.17
1.18 Remove the soap around the body.
step 1.18
1.19 Trim the bear paws and legs.
step 1.19
1.20 Trim the body edge.
step 1.20
1.21 Cut out the heart from template.
step 1.21
1.22 Trace the heart onto the belly.
step 1.22
1.23 Cut the heart shape.
step 1.23
1.24 Remove the soap inside of the heart.
step 1.24
1.25 Poke holes for eyes and nose.
step 1.25
1.26 Enlarge holes using carving knife and toothpick.
step 1.26
1.27 Add plastic eyes and nose.
step 1.27
1.28 Carve the mouth.
step 1.28
1.29 Carve the hands.
step 1.29
1.30 Make a hole in each ear.
step 1.30
1.31 Color the heart with food coloring. Skip this and the next steps in this section if you want add a soap heart instead of coloring (see this tutorial for mini heart soap carving).
step 1.31
1.32 Apply the water.
step 1.32
1.33 (Optional) Thread the ribbon through the hole.
step 1.33
1.34 Done!
step 1.34

(Optional) Add mini heart

2.1 Remove the soap with a scraping tool.
Mini heart tutorial
step 2.1
2.2 Adhere the heart with soap foam. You can scratch the surface with a toothpick to adhere more strongly.
step 2.2
2.3 Put the heart.
step 2.3
2.4 Bear with mini soap heart is finished!
step 2.4