There’s something magical about the gentle tinkling of wind chimes on a breezy day. For me, it always brings back memories of summer evenings in the backyard, a cup of tea in hand, while listening to that soft, calming music … 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 ...
Little Bowls for Mother’s Day
This is a Mother’s Day project for the younger set – little ring dishes embellished to look like flowers or starry skies. These are made from Model Magic
, a really great air dry material from Crayola. It’s fun, easy … Read More ...
Paper Clay Chick and Bunny
I’ve used paper clay – the type in this post even, Creative Paper Clay – and appreciate it for a few reasons: it makes a great paint surface, you can use lightweight styrofoam pieces for armatures, and you don’t need … 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.
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 ...
DIY Tutorial For Making Your Own Cold Porcelain Clay
If you’ve ever wanted to dive into clay crafting without the expense of polymer clay or the fuss of a kiln, let me introduce you to one of my favorite budget-friendly mediums: cold porcelain clay. This homemade clay recipe … Read More ...
Sculpt Mushroom Houses from Clay
These fabulous houses are done with air dry clay – the regular kids kind you can find fairly easily. The technique would work with polymer clay with a few modifications. There’s detail on how to properly paint at the end … Read More ...
Make a Clay Pendant Lamp
Here’s a clever idea – use your clay to make a pendant lamp. Take a standard lamp bulb set up and create the “shade” for it. This tutorial uses air dry clay super effectively – the white minimalist and simple … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Tutorial: Tiny Terracotta Pots
Just in time for your spring planting – tiny clay pots. The tutorial uses an air drying terracotta clay but would be perfect with polymer clay
… and be less likely to get soggy if you use it for … Read More ...
Tutorial: Bunny Bowls from Clay
The tutorial, from AliceandLoisDIY, uses air dry clay but totally works with oven bake polymer clay as well. This would be adorable for your Easter decor, to hold a few handfuls of candies. If you do them out of … Read More ...
Tutorial: Heart Cutout Tea Light Holders
I haven’t tried Fimo Air yet – or I haven’t tried microwaving it – but I guess it makes sense that you could. It’s not plastic-y polymer clay that would burn badly and I’ve dried paper pulp in the microwave. … Read More ...
Tutorial: More Polymer Clay Buttons
These pretty buttons are done simply (translation here) – rolled out air dry cay, acrylic paints, wooden skewers and a couple coats of waterproof varnish. In the comments the author remarks not to make them not too thin … Read More ...