Modern Homesteading Series
Create your own homemade soap.
Do you ever wonder what’s in a bar of soap and how it’s made? Looking at soap ingredient labels, it looks complicated! But soap is made with a few simple ingredients that you can find in your local grocery and hardware stores! Join us for a free program to learn how to make soap using the same timeless methods our ancestors likely used.
Program topics include:
- History and fun facts about soap
- Safety equipment and soap making supplies
- Soap making methods (cold process, hot process, melt and pour)
- Building a recipe using simple ingredients from around the house
- Fats and oils and their soaping qualities
- Using a soap making calculator
- “What can go wrong?”
- Reading soap ingredient labels
- Storage and packaging
The program is free, but we ask that you register. Visit go.illinois.edu/HomesteadingSoap or call (618) 687-1727 to reserve your spot.
Explore the Modern Homesteading Series
Join Illinois Extension each month as we host a series of free modern homesteading programs. Unless otherwise noted, all programs will take place at 5:30 p.m. at the Jackson County Extension office at 402 Ava Rd. in Murphysboro, IL, 62966. For a full list of topics and to register for upcoming programs, please visit go.illinois.edu/ModernHomesteading.