Once you master making soap using your favorite ingredients and scents, you may want to package your creations with style. The soap making supplies and packaging you choose can add a beautiful, artistic touch to your product. Here are tips on picking fun packaging supplies that make your soaps stand out:
Colored Boxes
Plain white or brown boxes are practical for packaging homemade soap, but colors are much more eye-catching. Colored paperboard gift boxes in shades like bright red, turquoise, purple, or yellow lend a playful, vibrant style. You can also opt for patterns like polka dots, floral prints, or swirls. If you want to go beyond colorful boxes, you might also choose packaging that folds into interesting shapes or designs. Colorful boxes could make your soaps pop on store shelves or gift baskets.
Natural Burlap
Burlap has an organic, rustic aesthetic that pairs well with natural soaps. Wrap soaps in small burlap bags secured with jute twine or colorful fabric ribbons, or place soaps inside burlap-covered boxes or crates. Stamped or stenciled labels can provide contrast on burlap’s natural tan background and rough-hewn texture. Distress burlap with frayed edges for a shabby chic style.
Whimsical Labels
Creative design labels personalize your soap packaging while showing off your brand personality. Options like vintage botanical designs, abstract watercolor backgrounds, or playful fonts all make great custom labels. You can also include bold soap names, quotes, or sketches. Adhere printed or hand-lettered labels and homemade stickers onto plain boxes or bags.
Recycled Materials
Give used containers and boxes fresh life by repurposing them to package your handmade soaps. Glass canning jars or cleaned metal tins can make novel retro soap holders. You could also search for uncommon miniature boxes that resemble hat boxes, colorful department store boxes, or older-style mailing packages to make your custom wrapping for your special handmade soaps.
Vintage-Style Paper
Vintage-inspired wrapping paper gives your homemade soaps a nostalgic appeal. Try using pre-printed paper with floral or paisley motifs or purchase rolls of solid-colored kraft paper. You can also use rubber stamps to add patterns or customized designs. Tying paper-wrapped soaps with string, twine, or ribbon adds to the packaging’s charm. This wrapping transforms simple soap making supplies into special gifts.
Printed Fabric
Vivid printed or gauzy cottons make eye-catching soap wraps. Wrap soaps fully in fabric secured with twine or cut rectangular fabric pieces and tie them with ribbons to make pouches. Florals, geometric, and seasonally designed fabrics offer textured packaging that expresses your brand through each parcel.
Natural Baskets
Handwoven baskets made of materials like rattan, bamboo, and seagrass lend organic texture to the packaging’s appearance. You might line baskets with cloth napkins, raffia, or Excelsior for a nestled look. Shapes such as circular, oval, or rectangular are just a few options available for packing options. Natural packaging helps highlight the botanicals and essential oils used to scent and color your soaps.
Patterned Papers
Decorative paper, such as scrapbook paper, origami paper, rice paper, or wrapping tissue, can make the inside of your package stand out with captivating colors, prints, and textures. Use sheets of these patterned paper to line baskets holding soaps or wrap soaps directly. Some themed paper options to complement your handmade soaps are botanical motifs, watercolor hues, metallic touches, and tropical or floral patterns.
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From vintage tins to fabric pouches, these options let you showcase your brand’s personality. Seek out papers, containers, and materials that add as much of your style to the inside of your packages as the outside. With packaging and labeling, the soaps made from your soap making supplies may make wonderful gifts. Brainstorm packaging that fits your homemade soap today.
