Upcycled Shampoo Bar Holder

Looking to add an eco-friendly touch to your shower routine? An upcycled shampoo bar holder is the perfect solution! Not only does it keep your shampoo bar tidy and dry between uses, but it also helps reduce bathroom waste. Get creative with colors, decorations, or patterns to make it your own. Embracing upcycled items not only adds a personal touch to your daily routine but also contributes to reducing environmental impact. So next time you reach for your shampoo bar, rest assured your upcycled holder is making a difference in a fun and eco-friendly way!

To make an upcycled dish for your shampoo bar you will need:

• 2 x Pringle lids
• Something metal and pointy - I used a trussing needle as that is what I have. A skewer or knitting needle would work too.
• A source of heat
• Sandpaper

Pringle lids have a little bit of a lip on them meaning you can stack them. 

Take your metal pointy thing and heat it up. DO THIS CAREFULLY. Use an oven glove or pot holder to protect your hands, don’t put the hot thing down on your counter, maybe open the window if you are worried about plastic fumes, just be sensible and careful.

Poke holes in one of your Pringle lids using the hot metal pointy thing. You might need to reheat it a few times but it will slide very easily through the plastic. You can see from the photo I attempted a bit of a design with my holes.

Use sandpaper to smooth any rough bits around the holes.

That’s it!

Stack the holey lid on top of the other lid and you are good to go. They stack upside down, so what was the top/outside of the Pringles tube is now at the bottom and there is a lip all the way round that sticks up. That is much more difficult to describe in words than I thought it would be!

I leave my shampoo bar on the windowsill (out of direct sunlight) rather than in the shower as it needs to dry out between uses. The holes in the top lid allows air to circulate, any drips go into the lid below. It’s easy enough to wash now and again too.

I didn’t sand the rough edges at first and so the first time I used it my shampoo bar stuck to the dish. Not a big deal as it was easy enough to prise it off and then I washed my hair next time using the bits that were stuck to the lid but since I sanded it all off smoothly it’s been fine.