Archive for the ‘Dough, clay, plastic’ Category
Magnetic clay picture frame
Sunday, April 20th, 2008Clay turtle with diamond shell
Friday, April 11th, 2008Teapot clay magnet
Friday, April 11th, 2008Few minutes craft for magnets lovers!
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Phoenix – bird for luck
Saturday, April 5th, 2008Craft supplies
Air dry clay – we used orange and green
Pair of wiggle eyes
Feathers – small for the “crown” and big for wings and tail
Optional: pearl or acrylic beads for necklace
Directions
Form two “sausages” of clay, put together, twist (do not mix it too long to keep beautiful patterns)
Form an egg, then pull one side, curve (neck), mold the head, pinch back the beak
Press in eyes
Stick the feathers in to head, to the sides, to the tail zone
Optional: press the beads into her neck to make her necklaced ๐
Let the clay dry and it’s ready to display or gift!
Wooden tea box
Sunday, February 17th, 2008Craft supplies
Unfinished wooden box with tip-up lid from craft store (make sure two raws of tea bags settle)
Acrylic paint, brush
Varnish (optional, but since this box will be living in the kitchen… we better protect it from liquids, oils and dust ๐ )
Air dry clay matching with paint (or just color it with the same paint)
Embellishments (we used wooden cutouts and miniature rhinestones)
Directions
Paint the box with the paint you chose, let it dry
Varnish, let it dry (attention: better do it outside or in well-ventilated facility)
Affix the clay to inner surface of the lid (we suppose the lid will be always opened)
Press the embellishments in the clay
Let the clay dry
Fill with tea bags! Enjoy your finished project or give it to your mom or granny or anyone you love so they enjoy it and boast of it! ๐
Decorated paper plates
Friday, February 8th, 2008Butterfly, flower, heart, pear, whale – and anything else you wish. Just mold it with air dry clay, add elements, stick on the paper plate and it’s ready to display or gift (just allow to dry ๐
Craft supplies (for each)
Yellow paper plate
Air dry clay (different colors, see pictures)
Googly eyes (2 for each, 1 for whale)
Chenilles (pipe cleaners): butterfly – gold, flower and pear – green, heart – pink or red, whale – blue or purple
Gemstones and glitter glue to decorate
Pipe cleaner loop on the back side to hang on the wall – attach with hot glue
Have you created your own personage? Let us know! ๐
Clay family picture on the oceanic background
Monday, February 4th, 2008Craft supplies
Flexible push mold โ family (we had 2 adults and 2 children)
Oven bake clay โ beige, about 3 oz, depends on the mold (or different colors, if you prefer not to paint)
Black seed beads โ 8 for eyes
Acrylic paint (not needed if you used multicolored clay) โ colors that you want to paint them with (what color your clothes are?)
1 picture 4×6โ of an ocean shore or any other beautiful landscape you would like to be on
4×6โ picture frame
Glue gun and glue stick
Directions
Press clay completely into mold. If you use a variety of colors, add colors you want into the section of the mold you want colored, starting from the bottom upward toward the edge
Remove from the mold
Add some details such as eyes (seed beads), noses and smiles (scratch with toothpick), earrings for mom or any else
Tips: the mold we used didnโt have momโs legsโฆ If you have the same one ๐ you can just roll โsausagesโ yourself ๐
Bake as instructed
While itโs being baked, insert picture in the frame
When figures are ready, let them cool out
Paint as desired (if you used a variety of colors clay, just skip this step) and let it dry
Hotglue figures over the glass
Now display and enjoy! You can change background pictures as often as you want, so your clay family travels! ๐
Clay & shell magnet โ memorize your vacation!
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008Craft supplies
Blue air-dry or baking clay
2
Round magnet
Directions
Mold a sphere, then squeeze it between palms to get โcookieโ form
Press in shell pieces transversely to each other โ make them form a boat
Press in magnet to the wrong side of โcookieโ
Let the clay dry or bake it in the oven
Cover blue zone with chunky glitter glue
You can also paint the boat with transparent glitter glue to make it shiny
On the wrong side of your magnet write a name of the place of your vacation (where you actually picked those shells?), and a date
Now put your magnet on the fridge and let your heart be warm every time you see it!
Important: do not put glitter glue on before sending your project to the stove! Only after it’s baked and chilled.