Snowflake Relief

General info

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  • Winter decoration
  • Perfect for beginners!
  • Difficulty: Easy

What you will need

supplies
  • Soap
  • Carving or Exacto knife
  • Pin
  • Toothpick
  • Paper
  • 3 mm, 4 mm, 5 mm pearl beads

Soap info

Blue oval soap

Used in tutorial

blue oval soap
  • Not available
  • Master-soap brand
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 9.8 cm (3-7/8") x 6 cm (2-3/8") x 3.5 cm (1-3/8")
  • Weight: 130 g (5 oz)

Ichigo Milk soap

ichigo milk soap
  • Available
  • Milk and strawberry scented
  • Diameter: 6.8 cm (2-3/4")
  • Thickness: 2.8 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 80g (3 oz)

COW bath size soap (blue box)

COW bath soap
  • Available
  • COW brand
  • Floral scented
  • Size: 8.7 cm (3-1/2") x 5.8 cm (2-1/4") x 3 cm (1-1/8")
  • Weight: 130 g (5 oz)

Instruction video

Instructions

1. Draw a circle on the paper.
step 1
2. Cut out the circle.
step 2
3. Fold the paper in half.
step 3
4. Fold the paper into thirds.
step 4
5. Cut off the tip of the paper.
step 5
6. Slice off the top of your soap to create a smooth surface.
step 6
7. Mark the center point with a toothpick.
step 7
8. Place your template onto the soap as shown.
step 8
9. Mark six dots around the circle using the template.
step 9
10. Connect the dots with three straight cuts.
step 10
11. Make a small V shape cut in each part to create a hexagon and remove the soap around it.
step 11
12. Smooth the soap around the hexagon.
step 12
13. Cut an outer hexagon around the first hexagon.
step 13
14. Remove the soap around the hexagon.
step 14
15. Smooth the soap around the hexagon.
step 15
16. Cut six pointed petal shapes.
step 16
17. Remove the soap around the pointed petal shapes.
step 17
18. Carve a marquise-shaped hole in each petal-like appendage.
step 18
19. Smooth the soap around the petal shapes.
step 19
20. Cut six V-shaped appendages.
step 20
21. Remove the soap around the V-shaped appendages.
step 21
22. Smooth the soap around them.
step 22
23. Cut wavy lines around the V-shaped appendages.
step 23
24. Remove the soap around the wavy lines.
step 24
25. Smooth the soap around the wavy lines.
step 25
26. Place the template onto the soap as shown.
step 26
27. Make 6 marks to divide the soap into six equal parts.
step 27
28. Cut six diamond shapes and remove the soap around them.
step 28
29. Smooth the soap around diamond shapes and wavy lines.
step 29
30. Make curved line cuts along the wavy lines and remove the soap round them.
step 30
31. Smooth the blank space.
step 31
32. Make dotted lines with a pin as shown.
step 32
33. Carve a small hole.
step 33
34. Put the bead in the hole.
step 34
35. Repeat two previous steps for shown beads. Finished!
step 35