Craft & Create is a working craft studio at Folly Farm — home to upholstery and curtain-making, longarm quilting, soap making, and candle making, all under one roof. If you love a proper hands-on craft space, you’ll feel right at home here.
Step into the world of traditional artisan soap making with our beginner-friendly cold process class. This hands-on workshop guides you through the art of blending, colouring and pouring beautiful natural botanical soap — no experience necessary.
Everything’s prepared in advance so you can focus purely on the making. Enjoy a relaxed, creative atmosphere with lovely pastries, tea and coffee throughout.
What You Will Make
You’ll design and pour two 500g soaps across the session, each with its own character:
A mica soap — coloured and finished with a mica swirl, for a soft, shimmering marbled effect
A clay soap — naturally coloured with clay, encouraged to be decorated with botanicals for a more organic, textured finish
Once cured and cut at home, you’ll have a generous haul of bars from each — every one completely your own. You’ll also take home the recipe for both soaps, so you can carry on making them at home whenever you like.
What You Will Learn
The Chemistry of Soap — understand how oils and alkali solution transform into soap through the saponification process, and learn how to recognise when your batter has reached the perfect trace for pouring.
Creative Blending & Decoration — scent and design your batches using high-quality essential oils, mica and natural clay colour, guided by a teacher with ten years of formulation experience. You’ll try your hand at a mica swirl on one soap, and botanical decoration on the other.
Curing & Finishing — learn the essential aftercare steps to unmould, cut and cure your soap into long-lasting, gentle bars ready to use at home.
The Details
Duration: minimum 2 to 2.5 hours, depending on numbers — classes can run over.
Dates & Times: Saturdays at 11:00am. Please select your preferred date when booking.
Venue: Craft & Create, Unit 8, Folly Farm, Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, Hants, RG26 5GJ
Refreshments: Pastries, tea, coffee and water provided. Please let us know if you have any food allergies when booking.
Booking Policies & The Fine Print
To keep our small studio running safely and smoothly, please read through our booking policies before securing your spot.
Age Requirements: Due to the use of lye and hot oils, this workshop is exclusively for participants aged 16 and over. If you have questions about a younger participant attending, please email us at hello@craft-create.co.uk before booking.
Arrival: Please aim to arrive about 5 minutes early so you can grab a hot drink, get settled, and put on your safety gear before we begin. If you arrive more than 10 minutes late, we will have to start the teaching without you to respect the time of the other participants, and your spot will be considered redeemed.
Minimum Numbers: This workshop requires a minimum of 4 people to go ahead. In the rare event we do not reach that number, we will contact you at least 10 days prior to your class to rearrange a date that suits everyone. If an alternative date cannot be offered, you will receive a full refund.
Cancellations & Rescheduling: If you need to change or cancel your date, please give us at least 10 days’ notice so we have time to fill your seat. Without 10 days’ notice, or in the event of a no-show, the full workshop fee will be charged as the ingredients and space have already been allocated.
Payment: All bookings must be paid in full upfront to secure your reservation.
Private Events & Gift Vouchers
Private Workshops: We run private soap making workshops for groups of 4 or more, perfect for creative get-togethers. Please email us at hello@craft-create.co.uk to request a private booking.
Gift Vouchers: We offer both digital and physical gift vouchers (please select your preference at checkout). They are valid for exactly 1 year from the date of purchase and can be used for any workshop run directly by Craft & Create. Vouchers cannot be exchanged for cash.
Craft & Create is a working craft studio at Folly Farm — home to upholstery and curtain-making, longarm quilting, soap making, and candle making, all under one roof. If you love a proper hands-on craft space, you’ll feel right at home here.
Step into the world of traditional artisan soap making with our beginner-friendly cold process class. This hands-on workshop guides you through the art of blending, colouring and pouring beautiful natural botanical soap — no experience necessary.
Everything’s prepared in advance so you can focus purely on the making. Enjoy a relaxed, creative atmosphere with lovely pastries, tea and coffee throughout.
What You Will Make
You’ll design and pour two 500g soaps across the session, each with its own character:
A mica soap — coloured and finished with a mica swirl, for a soft, shimmering marbled effect
A clay soap — naturally coloured with clay, encouraged to be decorated with botanicals for a more organic, textured finish
Once cured and cut at home, you’ll have a generous haul of bars from each — every one completely your own. You’ll also take home the recipe for both soaps, so you can carry on making them at home whenever you like.
What You Will Learn
The Chemistry of Soap — understand how oils and alkali solution transform into soap through the saponification process, and learn how to recognise when your batter has reached the perfect trace for pouring.
Creative Blending & Decoration — scent and design your batches using high-quality essential oils, mica and natural clay colour, guided by a teacher with ten years of formulation experience. You’ll try your hand at a mica swirl on one soap, and botanical decoration on the other.
Curing & Finishing — learn the essential aftercare steps to unmould, cut and cure your soap into long-lasting, gentle bars ready to use at home.
The Details
Duration: minimum 2 to 2.5 hours, depending on numbers — classes can run over.
Dates & Times: Saturdays at 11:00am. Please select your preferred date when booking.
Venue: Craft & Create, Unit 8, Folly Farm, Kingsclere Road, Basingstoke, Hants, RG26 5GJ
Refreshments: Pastries, tea, coffee and water provided. Please let us know if you have any food allergies when booking.
Booking Policies & The Fine Print
To keep our small studio running safely and smoothly, please read through our booking policies before securing your spot.
Age Requirements: Due to the use of lye and hot oils, this workshop is exclusively for participants aged 16 and over. If you have questions about a younger participant attending, please email us at hello@craft-create.co.uk before booking.
Arrival: Please aim to arrive about 5 minutes early so you can grab a hot drink, get settled, and put on your safety gear before we begin. If you arrive more than 10 minutes late, we will have to start the teaching without you to respect the time of the other participants, and your spot will be considered redeemed.
Minimum Numbers: This workshop requires a minimum of 4 people to go ahead. In the rare event we do not reach that number, we will contact you at least 10 days prior to your class to rearrange a date that suits everyone. If an alternative date cannot be offered, you will receive a full refund.
Cancellations & Rescheduling: If you need to change or cancel your date, please give us at least 10 days’ notice so we have time to fill your seat. Without 10 days’ notice, or in the event of a no-show, the full workshop fee will be charged as the ingredients and space have already been allocated.
Payment: All bookings must be paid in full upfront to secure your reservation.
Private Events & Gift Vouchers
Private Workshops: We run private soap making workshops for groups of 4 or more, perfect for creative get-togethers. Please email us at hello@craft-create.co.uk to request a private booking.
Gift Vouchers: We offer both digital and physical gift vouchers (please select your preference at checkout). They are valid for exactly 1 year from the date of purchase and can be used for any workshop run directly by Craft & Create. Vouchers cannot be exchanged for cash.
