Playful Clay Keepsakes

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Create a heartfelt Mother’s Day gift through hands-on clay play, combining creativity, care, and a personal touch.

Written by: Bellbird  

What you'll need:

Instructions:

  1. Roll out your clay and use various materials to indent and mould your clay into your creations!
     
  2. For the flowers and leaves lay them on a flat piece of clay, using your rolling pin to gently roll over the flowers to press them into the clay. Remove the flowers to reveal you embossed clay. Place a small hole at the top, allow to dry befre decorating you floral ornament. Once finished add your ribbon for hanging.
     
  3. To create a flower pinch pot, roll out a circle of clay and gently pinch up the sides to create a dish shape. Holding the dish in your hand press your stamp into the centre, allow to dry and then decorate.
     
  4. Lastly to create your fingerprint magnet, roll a small ball of dough, pressing fingertip firmly into the dough to create you imprint (to create the heart, press your finger in on an angle twice to create a hreat shape). Allow to dry and decorate. Use a hot glue gun to attach your magnet to the back.
     
  5. After your creations have been painted and dryed, you can glaze them by painting a thin layer of PVA over the top on your projects.

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