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Play Clay Dough
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Written and Illustrated by:
Marie Christine Sipin
 Summer's here and you want to make something fun, environment friendly and productive to fill your vacation time?
If you're the type of kid who likes to putter around the kitchen or simply mix things, here's the activity for you! This is a fun and economical way to create your very own play clay dough! You can use these recipes and make fun ornaments, accessories and toys.
With your imagination and nimble fingers, you can transform these kitchen staples into works of art! You can fashion fish, seashells, seahorses etc. bore holes in them and string them up for a fun beach accesory! You can also turn these clay into pins, ref magnets even little toys and trinkets to give your classmates before you part for the summer.
Are you ready? Here's what you'll need:
1. little cookie cutters
2. a dull knife
3. paintbrushes
4. poster paint
5. a tub of water
6. cooking pot /pan/bowl
7. barbecue stick for putting holes
8. string for the necklace accesory
Now, there are many kinds of homemade dough. There is the kind that you have to bake, the kind that you have to let dry overnight and the kind that never dries up. It all depends on what you want to use them for. Let me introduce to you all kinds:
NEVER DRIES UP CLAY (non-hardening)
3 cups flour
1 cup salt
11/2 cups plus 2 tbs water
1 tbs cooking oil
If you want your clay to be colored, simply add a little poster color to the salt and flour. You can also use food coloring, just add a little to the water and let it dissolve.
Mix up all these ingredients in a bowl then knead it until it's workable. You can keep this dough in the fridge after you've finished playing to retain the moisture. Just let it soften a little before you play with it again the next time.
BAKING CLAY (hardening clay)
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
1 cup water
In a big bowl, mix the flour, salt and half the water. Keep mixing and gradually add more water. Knead with your hands and stir every 5 minutes. Dough should not be sticky but feel soft and firm instead. Dump it out of the bowl and knead it for 10 minutes more. Make things then bake at 250 degrees for 1 hour. If it's still soft, you can put it in the oven for another hour. Now, you're ready to paint your dough.
DRY OVERNIGHT CLAY (self-hardening clay)
1 cup crepe paper
1 cup warm water
½ cup to 2/3 cup flour
Use the same color crepe paper and tear them up into small itsy bitsy pieces. Put the pieces in a bowl with warm water and wait several hours. Pour off the excess water from the bowl then you can gradually add the flour. Stir and mix until it's pliant and workable. Keep kneading. Make stuff. Let dry for a couple of days then paint your creation!
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