How To Carve A Soap Turtle
Use a plastic knife to remove large chunks of the soap and a paper clip to shave off smaller pieces.
How to carve a soap turtle. Carve out toes on each foot. Then use a pencil to lightly carve the outline of your design into the soap. To make a soap carving etch your design into the surface of the soap with a pencil knife or toothpick.
Cut out 12-inch squares on your turtles shell with the tip of the knife. When you finish shaping the sculpture use a pencil to carve details. Gently scrape off any brandingwording thats imprinted on the top of the bar of soap.
Take measures to keep the soap workable. I designed this dog pattern and cartoon instructions along with the soap turtle pattern and instructions published in Woodworking Illustrated SummerFall 2016 Issue 76 for my club the Capitol Woodcarvers of Salem Ore to hand out at fairs with a bar of soap. Make rough cuts into the soap until youve cut down to the outline you drew on it.
Lay down newsprint or other paper to gather shavings as students work to make cleanup more efficient. Better yet the soap shavings can still be used for bath time. A great way to get kids interested in carving and shavings can still be used in the bath.
Sketch out a whale design on a piece of paper. This is a complete lesson on carving a turtle out of a bar of soap. Soap is firm but soft widely available and inexpensive.
Use a skewer or toothpick to draw the outline of a turtle on your soap. This is a brief introduction to Carving a Soap Turtle This single episode BONUS lesson shows how to carve a turtle out of a bar of soap. Place the design on the bar of soap.