Hopkins Community Education

Grab friends, family and neighbors and come to a fun nite out making holiday soaps you’ll use all winter long, add luxury to your home for the holidays, and want to give as beautiful handmade gifts to those you love! Make 4 batches of fun & easy gently cleaning super moisturizing sulfate-free melt ’n pour soaps with natural nutrient rich butters and oils in fun holiday shapes: gingerbread boys, trees, snowflakes, candy canes, stockings, snowmen, etc. Luscious phthalate-free “dessert” fragrances you’ll love for the holidays: vanilla spice, sugar plum, caramel cinnamon, almond, mulberry, French vanilla, citrus ginger, and lots more. Blend to create special signature fragrances. Take home lots of soaps, DIY recipes, tips and sources list to make more! Supply fee payable to instructor at class: $20 per person

Students will learn to read a yarn label, sizes of yarn and hooks, see examples of crocheting, learn basic stitches, slip, chain, and single crochet, and get started on a potholder/hot plate. At the second class there will be time for individual help, how to finish up their projects and perhaps learn some new basic stitches, showing how you can build on crochet.

Grab your friends, family, neighbors and come to a Halloween night out soap making party! Make 4 batches of fun & easy, gently cleansing and super moisturizing sulfate-free melt ’n pour soaps with natural nutrient rich butters and oils in non-scary whimsical shapes: pumpkins, ghosts, witches’ hats, bats, spider webs, and more. Luscious phthalate-free fragrance oils perfect for Halloween: cotton candy, bubble gum, apple caramel cinnamon, brown sugar, pink lemonade, cupcake and more. Take home lots of colorful fragrant soaps, DIY recipes and source lists to make more at home! Dressing up is optional. Supply fee payable to instructor at class: $20 per person

Pop one in your tub, and your skin will never feel smoother! Handmade bath melts make beautiful holiday gifts and they’ll keep skin soft and smooth even through the driest days of fall and winter! Grab your friends, family, neighbors and come to a special night out bath melt making party! Take home lots of beautiful bath melts to keep your skin and your spirit happy all winter long, recipes to make more at home, and sources lists too! Make super moisturizing bath melts with cocoa butter, coconut oil, avocado and other natural oils in whimsical holiday shapes: snowmen, trees, gingerbread boys, mini rounds, cubes, flowers, etc. Luscious phthalate-free fragrance oils you'll love for the holidays: orange cream, mulberry, cinnamon, sugar plum, almond, dewberry, hazelnut, French vanilla, buttercream, and more. Blend to create signature fragrances. Supply fee payable to instructor at class: $20 per person