I couldn't find a soap scraper for a pencil themed soap so I made my own

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The video taps into the relatable experience of needing a specific tool and improvising a solution. The creative process of making a pencil-shaped soap with homemade tools is visually engaging and sparks curiosity about the final result.

Summary

The creator makes a homemade soap mold to resemble a pencil. They layer different colored soaps to mimic the eraser, metal band, wood, and graphite of a pencil, using custom-cut cardboard pieces as scrapers.

Structure

1Making cardboard scrapers
2Layering pink soap for eraser
3Layering silver soap for metal band
4Layering yellow soap for pencil body
5Layering brown soap for wood
6Layering black soap for graphite
7Using scrapers to create texture
8Anticipating the cut

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Trying to Make a PENCIL Soap with Homemade Scraper Tools ✏️ #soapmaking #soap #handmadesoap #soapcutting #pencilsoap

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I couldn't find a soap scraper for a pencil themed soap so I made my own and I really hope it turns out. I cut these shapes out of a cardboard box, not the most fancy looking, but I have really high hopes for this back to school bar. I tried to make it look like a realistic layered pencil with that pinky red eraser layer on the bottom and then a thin layer of kind of shimmery silver for that metal part of the pencil. My thickest layer was the yellow because obviously the pencil is mostly yellow and then I used my first scraper to kind of give it that ridged look before the wood part of the pencil. I tried to achieve a wood color the best that I could so I added just a little bit of copper bronzy shimmer to this layer of the bar and then I topped it all with some black for the actual pencil charcoal part. Then I used my second scraper, which this one was definitely the hardest part, but once I cleaned it up, I think it turned out pretty well. I am so nervous for the cut.