Festive Soap Making Workshop

Name: Festive Soap Making Workshop
Start: 2025-11-06T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-06T21:30:00+00:00
Location: St Anne's Arts & Community Centre

Schedule

Thu Nov 06 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

St Anne's Arts & Community Centre | Barnstaple, EN

Tutor: Sarah Ward of Hedgewitch Soapery
Do you love natural skincare products, want to reduce plastic waste in your home or start a new hobby?
This introductory workshop teaches you how to make your own hair and body soap using the traditional cold processed method and all natural ingredients!
We will be looking at how to create seasonal soaps using a mixture of essential oils and natural spices for the festive season.
The science behind soap
The history of soapmaking
Soap making and safety equipment
Introduction to the basic ingredients
Using Botanicals, clays and essential oils
Blending essential oils
Soap making demonstration
Make your own soap
At the end of the day you will leave with a loaf of soap big enough to cut into approximately eight bars and a workbook containing your recipe and other useful information. All ingredients, soap making and safety equipment is provided, you will need to bring an apron, a cardboard box big enough to hold a tetra pack (fruit juice/long life milk carton) and an old beach towel or blanket to take your box home in.
Please ensure that you wear long sleeves, trousers and full shoes no open toes.
Suitable for ages 13+. Under 16’s must be accompanied by a responsible adult.
7pm-9.30pm.
£30.00 +£15 for materials payable to the tutor on the day.
Book online
Or call the Box Office: 01805 624624
Tea & Coffee available throughout the day for a small donation.
If a workshop you'd like to do is fully booked ring Box Office (01805 624624) to be added to the waiting list, you might be lucky! This also helps us ascertain the demand for particular workshops when programming.
PARKING
The closest long term car parks (and the cheapest) can be found at:
Fair View, Barnstaple EX31 1JR
Pilton Causeway, Barnstaple EX32 7AA
Seven Brethren Bank (beyond the Leisure Centre)
About Sarah.
Sarah, a Hedgewitch, Healer & initiated Priestess of sacred oils pays homage to the medicine women and men of old who lived at the village edge where the boundaries of society and natural world soften and blur. Hedgewitches are said to "fly the hedge", referring to the way they live with one foot in the physical world and the other in the spiritual realm, focusing their craft on the home and infusing their day to day activities with magickal intention. These medicine makers have a deep knowledge and connection of the plant kingdom, working intuitively with nature, the stars and Mama moon to bring healing and wisdom to the world. As a child Sarah was fascinated with witchcraft and the fae, crafting her own potions in a bucket in the garden with a handful of whatever was growing around her, thirty years later the bucket has been swapped for the Soapery but the essence of creation is the same, handcrafting skincare that harnesses the power of plant medicine, physically, emotionally & spiritually. With years of energy healing experience and initiated in the healing ways of the Magdalene priestesses, Sarah creates handcrafted products that infuse traditional artisan methods with botanical alchemy!
Feedback from previous Soap Making workshops:
Absolutely enjoyed this workshop, tutor was excellent, every process from start to finish was explained, highly recommended.
We always have great fun at these workshops and come home with lots of homemade soap.
Really enjoyed the soap making! Really appreciate there being proper decaf coffee (and tea), and the relaxed pace of the workshop. What a lovely venue.
Informative and fun workshop. Relaxed atmosphere. Welcoming hosts. Beautiful venue. Good value for money.