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Hedgehog

General info

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  • Can be used as soap for bathing or washing (remove the plastic decorations)
  • Difficulty: Easy

What you will need

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  • Soap
  • Carving or Exacto knife
  • Paring knife
  • Toothpick
  • 4 mm plastic eyes
  • Black seed beads

Optional

  • Red, yellow and green food coloring or soap colorant
  • Paint brush
  • Water

Soap info

Rice bran soap (old type)

Used in tutorial

rice bran soap
  • Not available
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 7 cm (2-1/4") x 3.8 cm (2-1/4") x 2.8 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 45 g (1.59 oz)

Instruction video

Instructions

Carve a hedgehog

1.1 Cut your soap in half.
step 1.1
1.2 Cut the soap into the square prism.
step 1.2
1.3 Carve the soap into a pencil shape.
step 1.3
1.4 Trim the "pencil" edges.
step 1.4
1.5 Trim the end of the soap.
step 1.5
1.6 Draw ear shapes.
step 1.6
1.7 Draw hand shapes.
step 1.7
1.8 Holding your knife like a pen, carve the ears.
step 1.8
1.9 Carve the hands.
step 1.9
1.10 Trim the area between the ear and the hand.
step 1.10
1.11 Remove the soap around the nose.
step 1.11
1.12 Make a small hole for nose.
step 1.12
1.13 Slice the soap between the ears.
step 1.13
1.14 Make a zigzag line cut for spines.
step 1.14
1.15 Remove the soap by the zigzag.
step 1.15
1.16 Lift up the zigzag pattern with your knife.
step 1.16
1.17 Smooth the soap under zigzag pattern.
step 1.17
1.18 Repeat steps 1.14-1.17 for the next five rows.
step 1.18
1.19 Carve layers of the zigzac pattern to cover the empty areas. You don't need to lift up carved spines.
step 1.19
1.20 Shorten the plastic nose.
step 1.20
1.21 Put the nose.
step 1.21
1.22 Poke the holes for the eyes.
step 1.22
1.23 Add black seed beads.
step 1.23
1.24 Carve short lines.
step 1.24
1.25 Soap hedgehog is finished!
step 1.25

(Optional) Paint the spines.

2.1 Mix paints of three different colors (red, yellow and green).
step 2.1
2.2 Paint the spines.
step 2.2
2.3 Paint the ears.
step 2.3
2.4 Done!
step 2.4