Clay is a great material for young artists. It’s fun, physical and helps develop spatial reasoning and manual dexterity, not to mention artistic ability. So what kind of clay should you buy your own little Michelangelo? Here is a short review of the different types of clay available at most art stores and their suitability ...
I was introduced to Sculpey clays when my daughter was given a set of their eraser clay for a birthday. That is some cool stuff, for sure. Sculpt something, bake it, and you have a neat and ready-to-use eraser. Having little need for erasers myself (computers have woefully little need for any such things), but ...
Anyone who has worked with polymer clay knows it is a versatile medium with endless possibilities. If you’ve been fortunate enough to have viewed galleries of finished polymer clay pieces, you know that it’s not just for kids, and not just about making simple beads and crude, miniature animals. There is a simple method you ...
Polymer clay canes are an ingenious way of making many identical (or almost identical) patterns and images. Here’s some basic information and a few tips to help your cane-making go more smoothly. Basic Information Cane making is based on the millefiori (“thousand flowers”) technique used by glass artists. The polymer clay method, though, doesn’t require ...
Bad gifts: we want to avoid them, but some of us are just prone to coming up with some of the worst gifts out there. Chances for gift utopia are even lower when you only have a few dollars to spend. But there are still several gift opportunities out there when you only have $10 ...
Some hints, tips, and low cost techniques for polymer clay fun for the whole family. Have you been to the craft store lately and priced those fancy glossy covered books showing all those easy and fun to build polymer clay figurines and characters? Don’t want to spend all your hard earned dollars on tools you’ll ...
Kids Sports – Craft Ideas for baseball Sense memory is a very powerful thing. The wafting of a nearby hot-dog stand on a hazy, hot day; the murmurs and cheers of an excited crowd; the taste of sweet, cooling soda sloshing down your yelled out, perched throat; the sight of adjacent colours of your favourite ...
This easy craft makes for great gift giving. We used it for Valentine’s Day for Preschool teachers but it could easily be adapted to any holiday or gift giving need. I am thinking Christmas trees or Easter eggs would lend themselves nicely to this project. Child made gifts make for specialized one of a kind ...
Beads can be fun and easy to make out of polymer clay. All you need is Sculpey or Fimo Clay in five different colors, a pasta machine, a clay blade, several bamboo skewers, or firm floral wire, and a pasta roller machine. I use a piece of flat, hard, floor tile to roll out my ...
Have you considered making homemade non-toxic clay for your kids to play with? Kids love molding and shaping clay into their own sculpture creations. Children’s fingers tend to end up in their mouths. Making your own homemade non-toxic modeling play clay insures kid’s safety while they create. All these clays can be stored in Tupperware ...
