CraftyPod #54: Make Your Own Clay!

by Sister-Diane on June 29, 2007

in Oddball Crafts, Podcast

Welcome to the CraftyPod, a podcast all about making stuff.

Click the “Play” button at the bottom of this post to listen!

In this show:
- We tried all kinds of homemade clay recipes, and now we’re sharing the results with you.
- Some notes on how to use and store handmade clay.
- Good ways to use homemade clays in your crafting.
- A cautionary tale about Dryer Lint Clay.

Link to Homemade Clay Recipes:

- Can Teach, an awesome Canadian site where you’ll find recipes for basic Bread Dough Clay, Rose Petal Clay, Cornstarch Clay, and lots of others.
- A recipe for Bread and Glue Clay, at Cooks.com.
- Kool Aid Clay, at Barakah Life Handmade.
- Chocolate Play Dough, at Craftbits.
- Coffee Play Dough, also at Craftbits.
- Construction Paper Clay, at Easy Fun School.

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  • mayborn
    hi i am looking for scanned magazine online for cold porcelain. can some one help me find it. thanks. mayborn5576@yahoo.co.in
  • Re: Sealing Cold Porcelain Figurines

    You can seal it with any Clear Acrylic Sealer spray lacquer or Sculpey sealers which you dip into. Krylon (brand) has many different sealers from glossy, satin to matte.
  • Anonymous
    they were so much fun to do
    thanks
    me and my kids love t do them
  • Hi, Nadiya -

    Thanks for stopping by the blog. I'm sure you could use a polyurethane varnish on the natural clays described in my podcast, as long as the pieces were completely dried (or baked, as the case may be). I've had some very shiny pieces over the years, purchased from craft fairs, that look like they've been sealed with a synthetic varnish, and they held up well.

    But to be safe, I always recommend making a test piece or two, and trying your varnish out on that before you seal your best work.

    Hope that helps.
  • Nadiyah
    I would love to try these but i want to know if i could use polyurethane to varnish
  • Amanda
    Hi. I'm excited to try some of these recipes. What exactly do you use to seal the end product?
  • Hello. Thanks for all the extra info.
    I am an artist that works only with homemade clay, was surprised to hear that the cornstarch clay wasn't any good...I want to invite you to my gallery, where you can see the things I make with said clay....though the recipe is way different :)
    http://i-be-c.deviantart.com/gallery/
    http://ColdPorcelainDesigns.etsy.com
    take care
  • Don't forget peanut butter play dough! That's what I grew up using. It was the best because you were allowed to eat it. Mom would set us down with that on top of some wax paper with plastic utensils and a straw and we would play for hours!
  • Jox
    hi, love these recipes, I am going to pass them on to our local pre-schools in South East London.

    The construction paper clay, do you just leave it to air dry?
  • Wonderful podcast! I just got a dough book, from 1983 I thought you'd like to see:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/materialmama/687669071/
    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1175/687669031_0b0284c49d.jpg

    Also, you might want to tell your listeners that if they use KoolAid, use the unsweetened packets, the small ones that are like 20 for a dollar or two. If you use the kind with sugar, it will make a big mess.

    Thanks again Diane! I always squeal with joy when I see a new podcast from you

    Nutmeg
  • Khadija
    Yum, looks good enough to eat.
    Thanks Diane.
  • Ah - the large ball of orange is Kool-Aid Clay; the light blue is Cornstarch Clay; the small ball of white is Bread and Glue Clay; and the little ball of darker orange is Construction Paper Clay.
  • This is so cool......even craft thinks so.........congrats

    http://craftzine.com/blog/
  • Ruth
    This was really interesting,
    Just wondering when clay is which in the photo, Cheers .
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