Variouse Modeling Clay Recipes

[Sowelu]

Here are some modeling clay recipes....Enjoy!:)


Salt Dough

2 cups plain flour
1 cup salt
1 to 1 1/2 cups cold water
2 tbs. cooking oil

Mix and knead all the ingredients for about 2 minutes. Mold clay into creations. Place them on a foil-covered cookie sheet, prick larger areas with a fork. Bake at 300 degrees Ferenheit for about 1 hour or until golden and hard. Cool and Paint. Preserve by spraying with clear varnish.

[Sowelu]

Perfect Play Dough

2 cups flour
1 cup salt
2 cups water
2 tbsp baby oil
2 tbsp cream of tarter
liquid food coloring (optional)

Combine dry ingredients. Add water and oil. Stir well. Microwave on high 4 to 5 minutes. Stir again. Microwave another minute. Stir. Continue to microwave one minute, then stir, until the dough is the consistency of mashed potatoes. Cool it enough to touch. Knead in food coloring until dough is desired color. Store in air tight container or zip-lock bag.

[Sowelu]

Modeling Clay

1 1/3 cup salt
4 tsp. powdered alum or cream of tarter
2 cups boiling water
4 tsp vegetable oil
food coloring

Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add vegetable oil and boiling water.
Stir until well blended. Dough should not stick to sides of the bowl and should be cool enough to handle. Add food coloring and knead into dough until color is well blended. Continue adding color, a little at a time until dough reaches desired tint. Dough will keep several months in an air tight container. Projects will dry overnight.

[Sowelu]

Jewelry Clay

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

Mix dry ingredients together. Slowly add warm water until the mixture sticks together and can be shaped.
To create bead jewelry, roll dough into small balls, pierce the balls with toothpicks, and allow to dry. Paint as desired, and allow to dry. Paint or spray painted balls with acrylic finish. After finish dries, string beads on jewelry thread, invisible fishing line, elastic cording, or safety pins.

[Sowelu]

Here are some recipes for some yummy cinnamon scented ornaments/clay....

Cinnamon Cut-Outs

Recipe One:

1 1/8 cup flour
3/4 cup ground cinnamon
1 cup salt
1 cup water
1 tbsp ground nutmeg (optional)
1 tbsp ground cloves (optional)

Mix dry ingredients with water to form smooth, stiff dough. Divide dough into three or four portions. Place each section between two sections of waxed paper, and roll to 1/4-3/8 inch thickness. Use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of dough. While dough is still soft, use a straw to make a hole near the top of each shape where ribbon can later be inserted for hanging. Bake cut shapes at 350 degrees 15-20 minutes to dry. If desired, insert ribbon in hole, tie, and hang as ornaments.



Note, I have thought about trying this recipe and making goddess shaped ornaments to hang around the house. Even pentagrams..... Hanging them in the window on a sunny day will make them scent up the whole room:D

[Sowelu]

Recipe Two:

1 cup ground cinnamon
1 tbsp ground nutmeg
1 tbsp ground cloves
2 tbsp white glue
3/4 cup applesauce

Mix cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves (if other spices are used) with glue and apple sauce to form smooth, stiff dough. Additional apple sauce may be added if needed. Divide dough into 3 or 4 portions. Place each section between two sections of waxed paper, and roll to 1/8 inch thickness. Use cookie cutters or sharp knife to cut into desired shapes. While dough is still soft, use a straw to make a hole near the top of each shape where ribbon can be inserted later for hanging. Place cut shapes on flat surface to air dry for several days. Flip shapes daily to prevent curling. After shapes are throughly dry, insert ribbon in hole, tie, and hang as ornaments.

[VroomBroom]

Oh I am so glad you put the cinnamon recipes up!! Thankies!!;)

[Nina]

oooohh!! Must try those cinnamon ones. Sound wonderful... or should I say smell wonderful??!!

[Sowelu]

I haven't tried the cinnamon one yet, but I am looking forward to it...(need to buy cinnamon);)

[MoonRaven]

That is a LOT of cinnamon! :)

I wonder if you could make scented doughs using essential oils and extra cornstarch or flour...

[flar7]

cool. can you add water to the salt dough one as you work the
clay? to make slip and such?

[Sowelu]

That is a LOT of cinnamon!

I wonder if you could make scented doughs using essential oils and extra cornstarch or flour...

YES you can:D I once made rune stones out of the dough using a lavender scented oil and placed them in a dish on my coffee table. The scent lasted for a long time:)



cool. can you add water to the salt dough one as you work the
clay? to make slip and such?
:)
Yes you can...you can also use vegetable oil or some other type which gives the dough a shiney finish....:)

[VroomBroom]

mmm.......would the vegi-oil work on the cinnamon dough too?? I'm thinking shiny tree ornaments!:D

[Sowelu]

Vegetable oil should work pretty good. Also, after you are done shaping your ornaments, try brushing a lite coating on them before baking them in the oven.;)

[VroomBroom]

okie-dokie! I will try that!:)

[Yvonne Belisle]

personally I varnish them to protect them from moisture

[Sowelu]

I always varnish the finished product of the baked salt dough....as for the cinnamon dough, the varnish will of course take away the cinnamon scent. Otherwise, the ornaments could probably be used temporarily for decorative purposes.:D

[VroomBroom]

Thats all I want to use that recipe for is scented ornaments.....so that will work for me!! Now I cant wait for the season to arrive!!:)

[DragonDawn]

Ok i probably screwed the receipe up but me and my nephews tried to make some dough and it was really runny. *giggles* please remember that i'm not to good around the kitchen. But i could swear that i followed the directions exactly. Any ideas?

[Sowelu]

:D Which recipe did you use?:D

[DragonDawn]

the jewlery clay one
but i tried it again today and it turned out much better, don't know what i did wrong yesturday but it works now. :D

great receipes