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Play Clay & Decorative Dough There are a lot of different recipes for modelling materials you can make yourself. Try some of these and find out which you and your kids like best.
Food coloring Put food coloring in the water, and make the shade darker than you want the clay to be. Mix all the dry ingedients together in a saucepan. Add oil and colored water and blend well. Cook the mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly until it forms a ball. Remove from heat and cool. Knead the dough until it becomes pliable and smooth. No Cook Play Dough 1 cup plain flour Mix all the ingrediants together thoroughly.
10 slices white bread, no
crusts Tear the bread slices into small pieces. In a bowl, mix the bread, glue and detergent. Knead well until it is not sticky anymore. Roll out the dough, cut
shapes, pinch, poke, scratch out details, use a garlic press, etc. to form your project.
Allow to air dry before painting and applying the sealer. A variation of this recipe has 12 slices of bread, 6 tablespoons of Elmer's Glue All and a dash of dishwashing detergent.
500 g (1 lb) plain all
purpose white flour Mix the flour and salt in a bowl thoroughly. Add half the water and stir. Continue to add water little by little until the dough is pliable. If the mixture is crumbly, continue to add water drop by drop (it shouldn't be sticky). Continue to knead it on a smooth surface until it is smooth and pliable (at least 10 minutes). After modelling your project, bake in an oven until dry and hard and golden brown. Temperatures and times vary depending on many factors - the thickness of the sculpture, the consistency of your dough, the type of oven. Generally, try 145 °C for about 1 to 2 - 1/2 hours. When baked and cool, they can be painted with craft or gouache paints (or for the kids, poster paints). To protect your project from moisture (which softens it), finish it with clear gloss, oil based, polyurethane varnish. Apply several coats, front and back, leaving it to dry completely between coats (about 24 hours). Won't you please sign my guestbook?Would you like to view my guestbook?
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