We love Modelling Clay, but the store bought kind can be expensive, especially when it is part of your weekly rhythm.
We love to use homemade modelling clay, it can be baked or you can leave it to dry. It’s easy to manipulate, cut,carve and roll.
Cornstarch Modelling Clay Recipe
You will need:
2 cups of salt
2/3 cup of water
1 cup of cornstarch
1/2 cup of very cold water
Mix the salt and the 2/3 cup of water in a pot and heat it over medium heat for about 5 minutes while constantly stirring it.
Remove it from the heat, add the cold water and cornstarch and stir. At this point it should look a whole lot like mashed potato.
Wait for it to cool down a little and then knead it till it turns into smooth dough. You can add more cornstarch if it is too sticky.
Emi likes making fairies and little people to play with, this clay is great because it gets very hard when it is dry.
We also love to make little Fairy Doors and Toadstools , they are both simple enough for little ones to do on their own.
You can bake the clay for a few hours at 50°C or let it dry for about two to three days.
The dry clay can be painted with watercolours.
We usually put them back in the oven for a few minutes after painting because the water makes the clay quite wet again.
Because the clay is so bright and white , colours show up really well.
Wishing you a lovely day.
♥
I really love the fairy doors!!
That’s super cute!
I used to play with home made clay like that, except that my recipe called for flour instead of cornstarch. It had a bit different consistency, from the look of the pictures. I love the little mushrooms!
I love this, especially as Jamie is wheat intolerant and I have got coeliac disease , so normal salt dough is out! Didn´t realise that you could do it with corn starch !
will be trying this!
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I just pinned this on Pinterest, just so you know!
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So sweet and innocent. I love it! I had been contemplating papier mache but this is a nice alternative.
this is amazing! I love it and it’s inspired me to make my neice’s christmas food set…. thank you!
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To smooth out try to Sand with wet/dry sandpaper. Start with 220 grit and then 400-work your way up to 32000 if you don’t wish to use your own shining polish. This polishes it completely. I use up to 18000 grit, then rub diligently w/a piece of wool material, finish off w/cotton then shine up with nail polish.