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Clay Tips
Make sure
children's hands are completely clean before beginning a clay or dough
project. If clay gets too dry, renew it with a few drops of water.
If clay is too sticky, knead in more flour, cornstarch or baking
soda. Cover extra clay with a damp cloth while working to prevent
drying.
To color clay: either knead in food coloring or cake-decorating
coloring paste. Most
clays can be colored with acrylic paints when dry.
No-Cook
Play Clay
Need:
1 cup all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup salt, 1/2 cup very warm tap
water, bowl
Instructions:
Mix flour and salt, then pour in water and stir well in a bowl.
Knead for 5 minutes, adding in color as desired.
Stored in a sealed container, it keeps up to one week. Air dry,
small or thin pieces can be baked at 200 degrees for 2 hours.
Basic
Clay
Need:
1 (1-pound) box baking soda, 1 cup cornstarch, 1 1/4 cups cold
water, food coloring or water paint, saucepan
Instructions:
Mix baking soda and cornstarch together; add water in a saucepan.
Cook and stir over low heat until consistency of mashed potatoes. Remove
from heat and cover
with damp cloth until cool enough to handle. Use for play dough or
jewelry shaping or roll it out to make ornamental cookies. Clay dries very hard. Store in plastic bag to keep from drying
out. Clay may be colored with food coloring or water paint..
Baking
Clay
Need:
4 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 1 teaspoon powdered alum, 1 1/2 cups
water, food coloring, bowl
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients in bowl. If mixture is too dry, work in extra
water with hands. Color by dividing and adding food coloring to each
portion. Roll or mold as desired. Once molded or rolled, bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 30 minutes in 250 degree oven.
Turn and bake
another 1 1/2 hours. Remove and cool. When done, sand lightly if desired and paint.
Cinnamon
Clay
Need:
1 1/2 C. ground cinnamon, 1 cup applesauce, 1/3 cup white
school glue, bowl, drinking straw
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Remove from bowl and knead
until the mixture becomes a firm clay. Let sit for about half an hour. Using wax paper as a working surface and dusting surface with
cinnamon if necessary, roll out clay with a rolling pin to approximately
1/8 inch thick. Use cookie cutters to cut desired shapes. Punch a hole with a
drinking straw near the top if you are going to hang as ornaments. Make what ever shapes you desires. Place finished creations on wax
paper to dry, turning occasionally so that they dry evenly. It will take about five days for them to dry completely.
Bread
Clay
Need:
6 slices white bread, 6 tablespoons white glue, 1/2 teaspoon
detergent or 2 teaspoons glycerin, food coloring, bowl, acrylic paint
Instructions:
Remove crusts from bread and knead with glue. Add either detergent
or glycerin. Knead until no longer sticky. Separate into portions and
add food coloring if desired.
Shape and brush with equal parts of glue and water for a glossy coat.
Allow to dry overnight to harden. Paint with acrylic paint. Seal with clear nail polish.
Argo
Clay
Need:
2 cups baking soda, 1 cup Argo cornstarch, 1 1/4 cups water,
saucepan
Instructions:
Mix all ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to boil, stirring
constantly. The mixture will look like mashed potatoes. Let cook. Then
form clay into shapes. Let dry 36 hours, then paint and seal.
These crafts are created for your information. All crafts are tried out at
your own risk.. Surprising Kids will take No responsibility for mishaps.
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