Articles for tag: Homemade Clay

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How to Make Cooked Salt and Flour Clay

This article will teach you how to make cooked salt and flour clay. Cooked salt and flour clay is an excellent craft clay for kids to make and use. Kids will need adult supervision to make the clay, but they sure won’t need any help coming up with creative ways to use this clay. This ...

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10 Unusual Uses for Kool-Aid Brand Soft Drink Powder

When I was a kid, Kool-Aid was something you mixed up in a pitcher with sugar and water and you drank it. Us kids loved the fruity flavors. Then, after I became an adult, I learned that you can do other things with this tasty powder as well. Here are 10 unusual uses for Kool-Aid ...

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Five Kid’s Craft Projects with Homemade Clay

Kids love to do craft projects with clay. Store bought clay can be expensive, however. With this easy to make recipe for self-hardening, or air drying, clay, your kids will be creating masterpiece projects in no time. Below are some ideas for them to get started. How to Make the Clay 4 cups of flour ...

How to Make a Clay Tile Puzzle

It is not difficult to make a four-tiled “puzzle” out of clay. This is a great project for anyone starting out in clay, an artist looking to try something new, or as a craft project with your family. In order to make a clay tile puzzle, there are specific supplies you need. Once the supplies ...

Introduction to Working with Clay

Working with clay is a fun, affordable, and versatile way to create art. It is perfect for children, teens and adults. Many people find working with clay relaxing as well as a great stress reliever after a long day. This introduction to working with clay should help you understand some techniques for creating almost anything. ...

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How to Create Texture in Your Clay Craft Projects

I love working with clay. There are some simple house hold supplies and materials you can use to create great texture on any of your craft projects made out of clay. Whether you are using air drying clay or traditional clay that need to be fire you can sue all of these methods of creating ...

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Polymer Clay Ideas – Special Effects with Liquid Clay

The relatively new medium of liquid polymer clay offers design options you can’t get with solid clay. Here are just a few of the many things you can do with it. Glue Liquid clay is very good at bonding clay surfaces. This is a great feature, because most glues won’t work with polymer clay; the ...

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Clay Flowers Pots Craft Project for Kids

This Clay Flowers Pot craft project is perfect for kids to make as an indoor herb garden container for Mom this year for Mother’s Day. Dads would also love this simple clay pot herb garden made by the kids! The entire Clay Flowers Pots project will take a few hours so do it when the ...

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How to Prepare Natural Clay for Pottery

If you happen to live in a part of the country that contains natural clay, you can prepare the natural clay so it can be used to make pottery. It can be quite a process to prepare the natural clay but seeing your finished work of art knowing you prepared the natural clay yourself will ...