If you’re looking for little clay projects to make as gifts these pretty leaf dishes from Garden Therapy are one to try. The tutorial uses air dry clay
– and mentions that they’re not the sturdiest things – but you … Read More ...
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Homemade Clay and Penguin Photo Holder
This is a pretty good, straightforward recipe for air drying clay or cold porcelain. Since it’s a white glue base it makes a nice, translucent finished product when it dries. That means to get an opaque quality you need to … Read More ...
Clay Tealight Ghosts
These little ghosties, by Jen Walshaw of Mum in the Mad House, are made with air dry clay over a shaper. The tutorial uses a styrofoam ball as one of the shapes to drape the ghost over but if you … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Leaf Incense Holders
Where I live, fall is on it’s way. There are leaves falling everywhere. This leaf shaped incense holder, from Marwa of Enthralling Gumption, is a salute to the theme. Make it with white air dry clay, like Marwa, or … Read More ...
Pincushion Clay Owls
I love projects that use in their mixed media. Polymer clay makes great, quick holders – bodies, containers, little shapes – in a prototyping sort of way. This pincushion owl is a perfect example. The body is a simple piece, … Read More ...
Fathers Day Clay Keychain
I’m not sure about the dads in your world but I smiled a little when I imagined what would be stuck into clay for the “dad” in my house – my partner – and thinking he’d be concerned if I … Read More ...
Wind Chimes from Clay
I craft a lot – I’d even say it’s my day job, most days – and as a result I buy a lot of supplies to try out. A while ago I got little wind chime tubes from Munro Crafts … Read More ...
Make DIY Clay Whistles
I was looking for a project I had seen years ago – in a book, it turns out – about how to make a whistle from polymer clay
. The search turned up some tutorials for how to do this … Read More ...
Using Slumping Molds with Clays
This is one of those air dry clay tutorials that works just great with polymer clay
, as well. Simple use coloured clay and bake instead of allowing to air dry. You could even bake it right in the muffin … Read More ...
Clay Bunny Bowls
This cute project makes simple bunny bowls. Melissa of Alice and Lois uses air dry clay for this project and warns the end result is a little fragile. You could mitigate that by using polymer clay, baked for long … Read More ...
Resin Clay Bracelet
A clay that I’ve had very little chance to try is resin clay
. There’s a few brands out there and they mostly seem to work like air drying clay, curing at room temperature over a period of time.
Cell Phone Holders from Polymer Clay
This clever gadget holder is made from air dry clay. The textures and paints are infinitely variable so you can make these holders to suit whatever decor or recipient you’d like. You could do this with oven bake polymer clay … Read More ...
Tiny Toadstools for Fairy Gardens
I like making fun minis with my clay so the ongoing popularity of fairy gardens is great for me: I like plants, clay and minis. This tutorial is for super simple toadstools that you could do in coloured clays instead … Read More ...
Adorable Kids Clay Crafts
While I work almost exclusively with oven bake polymer clay the air dry stuff can be easier for the kiddos – and cheaper on the grownup wallet. Crayola Magic is a widely available children’s modeling material that is dead simple … Read More ...
DIY No Kiln Clay Bowls
Little molded bowls – slab bowls on either innie or outie molds – are one of those fun, easy projects in clay. These ones by Angie Ramirez are made from air dry children’s clay but you could certainly do these … Read More ...