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CLAY

4 cups Flour
1 cup Salt
1 tsp. Powdered alum
1 1/2 cups Water
Food coloring
Mix all ingredients in bowl. If too dry, work in extra water with hands. Color by dividing and adding food coloring to each portion. Roll or mold as desired. Once molded or rolled bake on un-greased cookie sheet for 30 minutes in 250-degree oven. Turn and bake another 1 1/2 hours. Remove and cool. When done, sand lightly if desired and paint.

CORNSTARCH CLAY RECIPE

Heat 2 2/3 cups water over low heat until bubbly
Remove from heat and add 1-cup cornstarch dissolved in ½ cup cold water.
Stir quickly; mix with hands if necessary. If too dry add a few drops of water.
Pliable like play dough this clay can be left out to dry for 36 hours and it will become very hard and can be painted.

MUD

Yep, I said mud. Handy, just go outdoors and get a shovel full of dirt. Place it in a bowl and add a small amount of water. (Remove worms if you are going to allow your child's creation to dry). To dry the mud creations, just set them in the sun!

CORNSTARCH CLAY

1 cup Cornstarch
1/3 cup Vegetable oil
2/3 cup Flour
Pour cornstarch into a bowl and add oil. Stir until it has the consistency of syrup. Gradually add the flour until it forms a thick dough. Knead well and store in airtight container.

MEXICAN CLAY (LIKE A POTTERY CLAY)

To make your own clay, use the following recipe.
4 cups Flour
2 cups Salt
2 cups Water
1 tbsp. Oil
Food coloring
Mix all ingredients together well and knead for 5 minutes. (Children may need help or need to knead longer.) Store clay in airtight plastic bags. When pottery molding is complete, bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees Fahrenheit to harden.

COOKIE CLAY

This recipe is meant to be rolled out, cut with cookie cutters, and left to dry. Great for ornaments.
2 cups Salt
2/3 cups Water
1 cup Cornstarch
1/2 cup Cold water
Mix salt with water in saucepan. Stir and boil. Add cornstarch and cold water. Keep heating if it does not get thick. Roll out dough on board floured with cornstarch. Dry and decorate ornaments.

DRYER LINT MODELING MATERIAL

3 cup Lint (from laundry dryers)
2 cup Cold or warm water
2/3 cup Non-self-rising wheat flour
3 drops Oil of wintergreen
Old newspaper
Put lint and water in a large saucepan. Stir to dampen all parts of the lint. Add flour and stir thoroughly to prevent lumps. Add oil of wintergreen. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture holds together and forms peaks. Pour out onto several sheets of newspaper to cool. Use as you would papier-mâché pulp or shaped over armatures (boxes, bottles, balloons, and so forth) or press into a mold. This material will dry in 3 to 5 days to a very hard, durable surface. When wet it has a felt-like consistency. It can dry smooth or rough, depending on how it is used. When pressed into a mold, a hard, smooth finish is obtained. Stored in an airtight container, it will keep for several days.

NO-BAKE CRAFT CLAY

1 cup Cornstarch
1 1/4 cups Cold water
2 cups Baking soda
Food coloring
Mix all ingredients except paint in saucepan over medium heat for 4 minutes until thick (like mashed potatoes). Add food coloring to water before mixture adding for color. Remove from heat, turn out onto a plate and cover with a damp cloth until cool. Knead like dough. Store in airtight container.

NO BAKE CLAY RECIPE 1

Combine equal parts of white glue, cornstarch and flour.
Knead and then roll out to 1/8th inch thickness.
Using cookie cutters or butter knives cut out shapes.
Allow dry on aluminum foil for 10 to 14 hours, turning occasionally.
Paint, then when dry, and brush with a thin layer of white glue to seal.
When glue is dry they can be painted. These are beautiful (on the Christmas tree) when you paint with thin layer of glue and dip in clear sparkles. (See squeeze bottle glitter for these too.)

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