Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Home made clay recipes.


CLAY RECIPES
From clayrecipe.net

Cinnamon Apple Clay Recipe

Simple but great smelling clay recipe. Add some food coloring to make the clay stand out a bit more (or don’t, up to you).

1 cup applesauce
1 cup flour
1 cup cinnamon
1/2 cup white glue




Food coloring

Mix all the ingredients together until smooth. Add food coloring if wanted. Put the clay in the refrigerator for a few hours until firm.





Coffee Clay Recipe

Would you like a clay with an amazing scent? Then the coffee clay recipe is for you. Enjoy the coffee scent while your creations are baking in the oven.

4 cups flour
1 cup salt
1/4 cup instant coffee
1-1/2 c warm water

Dissolve the instant coffee in the warm water. Using another bowl, mix flour and salt. Make a hole inside the flour mixture and add 1 cup of coffee water into it. Mix with your hands until smooth. If needed you can add more coffee water.

Create the designs you want and bake in the oven for about 1 hour (until hard) at 300 degrees.










Edible Clay Recipe

Why stop at making and playing with the clay? Might as well eat it. Luckily this clay recipe tastes good.

1/2 Cup Light corn syrup
3/4 Cup Peanut butter
1/2 Cup Soft margarine
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 Cup Sugar
1 Cup Flour

Mix all the ingredients and knead into a smooth, well tasting clay. Try not to eat all of it at once, atleast not until after dinner ;)



Glittery Clay Recipe

Want a clay recipe that sparkles? With some glitter added to the clay, Disco fever is brought into clay making.

Glitter image

1 cup flour
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
Glitter

Mix all the ingredients in a cooking pot and heat, stir constantly until ball forms. Knead until smooth. Store in airtight container. For improved result, knead while listening to Disco music.













Vanilla Clay Recipe

This recipe makes for a delightful vanilla smelling clay recipe. The taste is sadly not as delightful as the scent.

1 cup flour
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
1 cup water
1/2 cup salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar
vanilla extract

Mix all the ingredients in a cooking pot and heat, stir constantly until ball forms. Knead until smooth. Store in airtight container.




White Bread Clay Recipe

A clay recipe based on white bread dough. I would like to point out that it’s not edible in any way due to the glue, if eaten anyway, best of luck.

White Bread

6 pieces of day-old, white bread
3 Teaspoons white glue
2 Teaspoons Water

Remove crusts from bread, and cut the remaining into small pieces. Use a large mixing bowl to add water and glue to the bread pieces. Knead the mixture with your hands until it has the consistency similar to pie dough.

When done the clay can be rolled out on newspaper and cut with a cookie cutter or perhaps rolled into beads. Allow to drie when shaped as desired.




No-Bake Clay Recipe

Many clay recipes requires some form of baking, this does not. The clay can easily be colored or the natural color can be kept. If you choose to color the clay, it can still be painted or sealed with polish when modelled.

1 cup cornstarch
1 1/4 cups cold water
2 cups baking soda (1 pound)
Food coloring (optional)
Tempera or acrylic paints (optional)
Clear shellac, acrylic spray, or nail polish

Combine cornstarch, baking soda and water in a saucepan; stir over medium heat for about 4 minutes until mixture thickens to a moist mashed-potato consistency. (For a fun colored clay, add a few drops of food coloring to the water before it is mixed with cornstarch and baking soda.)

Then remove from heat, turn onto plate, and cover with a damp cloth until cool. When cooled, knead until smooth.

Jewelry Clay Recipe

This is a fun recipe which allow your kids to create jewelry treasures! Easy and simple clay recipe, but very appreciated.

clay beads

1/2 cup cornstarch
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
warm water

Begin with mixing all the dry ingredients. After that, slowly add warm water (not boiled) until the mixture sticks together and can be shaped.

To begin the jewelry creation, roll the clay into small balls, pierce the balls with toothpick or a thick nail (if you intend to string the beads), allow to dry. When dry, paint as desired and once again allow to dry.

Paint or spray paint balls with acrylic finish to seal off. After finish dries, string beads on jewelry thread, invisible fishing line, elastic cording or just place all the jewelry in a treasure chest (if desired, bury in the backyard for safekeeping).



Basic Modeling Clay

Basic but functional clay recipe. Based on easy to find and cheap ingredients.

1/2 cup potato starch or corn starch
1 cup salt
1 cup boiling water

Boil the mixture until its texture reminds you of a soft-ball, then use a waxed paper to knead on. To keep the clay moist, you can place it in a air-tight container and wrap a wet cloth around it.

After modelling, the products should be allowed to air-dry. The pieces can be painted after drying is complete.



Peanut Butter Clay Recipe

This is a very simple and edible clay recipe. The clay making can be an excellent excuse just to get something snaxy.

1 part peanut butter
1 part dry powdered milk
Honey

Mix the peanut butter and dry powdered milk. Slowly add the honey until desired consistency is achieved. If the mixture is too sticky, add more dry milk. If it’s too dry, add more honey.

Then it’s just to let the creating (and eating) begin. It will be appreciated by the kids in the family.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Summer fun for the kids

    I just wanted to share some links to great project ideas for the kiddos since it's that time of year where they are home from school on Summer break and constantly needing something to keep busy. It can be difficult sometimes to come up with ways to spark creativity and keep them away from the television and computer, not that those kinds of activities aren't OK, but everything in moderation, right? What are some fun things you do with your kids over the Summer? If you have any great art project ideas for the littles you'd like to share... Please do!

  -Heather @I've Been Framed.


Check out our Pinterest board for the links to fabulous ideas!

Also, drop by the store for some supplies and grab a free home made clay recipe flyer at the front counter!

We have ALL KINDS of fun stuff for kids at the store.





Air dry and oven bake clays
Pom poms
feathers
 Glitter
Finger paint
All kinds of paper
crayons
markers
glue
coloring books
paint by numbers
yarn
googly eyes
magnets
numbers and letters stencils and stickers
chalk board paint
sidewalk chalk
scissors
And the list goes on....