I’m not shy to say that is the finest do-it-yourself clay I’ve ever made.
Lastly, I’ve determined to share my recipe with you after receiving many good feedback from my web site guests about my cute mini collectible figurines.
Sure, you’re proper! Most of these cute little issues had been made with do-it-yourself clay. Nicely, some had been with squishy clay/ delicate clay I purchased on-line and conventional chilly porcelain clay.
The clay I made this time is completely different with traditional chilly porcelain clay. The most important ingredient for this clay is flour, not corn flour or cornstarch.
This do-it-yourself clay is less complicated to deal with than the cooked one. Sure! No cooking, no stearic acid, no chemical, no constructing materials like gypsum or plaster or different unfamiliar stuffs. It is stretchy, pliable and has by no means been failed me to date.
FYI, I’m a clay lover and a chef for my household, not a fabric scientist. I do not know a lot about how the supplies react to one another or impacting one another 🙂
After virtually 10 years taking part in with virtually any sort of clay, I began experimenting with do-it-yourself clay utilizing materials round my kitchen. Sure! I exploit on a regular basis materials that may be present in virtually everybody’s kitchen which absolutely secure to deal with.
Prior to now, I used to make conventional chilly porcelain clay on the range however, typically I make a superb one and typically not so good, too arduous, and cracks.
After experimenting with flour as base clay materials, I’ve virtually the identical consequence each time I make a brand new batch of clay.
So, I’ve voted my recipe as the very best do-it-yourself clay. Yeah…I’ve the very best clay I’ve at all times wished. It dries arduous! stays in form, mild, low cost and final for lengthy. It seems to be like polymer clay.
I feel our goal of constructing do-it-yourself clay as a substitute of shopping for the clay is to have low cost clay, simple to deal with and work properly for our craft, is not it?
Why will you make do-it-yourself clay whether it is sophisticated? Actually, I might moderately purchase the clay if that so 🙂
Again to my finest do-it-yourself clay recipe, it was impressed by the clay made for Chinese language dough collectible figurines. When you’ve ever seen the clay, you may adore it. It is clean, delicate, and the Chinese language artisan mentioned will final for many years.
The clay used for Chinese language dough collectible figurines was primarily based on plain flour and rice flour. The dough combined with water after which boiled or steamed.
I’ve tried to steam the flour, however the clay shrinks rather a lot when it is drying that inflicting cracks and smash my clay mannequin.
Ehm..I do not assume I can get full and element recipe from these Chinese language artisan. I do know, it is commerce secret 🙂
Anyway, after some self-study and experiments, I’ve discovered my very own recipe.
I share each particulars of expertise I’ve and do not maintain any secret. It is my pleasure and pleasure to share my recipe with you all.
I need you to have enjoyable and good expertise with this recipe as I had.
However…once more, I have to say I’m not a scientist or clay manufacturing facility.
You could discover my measurement was not good. Typically I add this and that or deleting this and that. Yeah…I maintain bettering the recipe alongside the best way primarily based alone expertise and your suggestions.
Btw, I feel it’s important to experiment with clay making in case you are into it till you get it proper after which keep on with it as your personal recipe.
Actually, completely different temperatures, and completely different model of supplies make the ultimate consequence barely completely different.
Alright! I feel I’ve talked rather a lot:) Let’s get to the element now.
Instruments and Supplies
My 1st Technology of Home made Clay Recipe:
- Measuring cups
- 1 cup (250 ml) plain flour (= all goal flour)
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) Elmer’s glue or wooden glue
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) cornstarch or corn flour
- Moisturizer (hand/physique lotion) – I exploit Vaseline
- 1 tsp olive oil (or cooking oil)
- 1/2 tsp vinegar
Btw, you may add extra vinegar, moisturizer or oil in the event you really feel that the clay continues to be arduous after kneading.
Finest Home made Clay Recipe Improved Model:
Alright! that is my replace 🙂
After receiving many feedback from you concerning the above recipe, I’ve determined to report my steps and measured the elements I utilized in particulars.
Prior to now, I’ve made the clay primarily based on my feeling. Means, I’ll add lotions if the clay too arduous or add flour if the clay too delicate 🙂 And, I anticipate you to do the identical.
However, a few of it’s possible you’ll simply start with clay craft and have by no means made do-it-yourself clay and confused with it.
A few of you could have additionally requested me to retake my video tutorial with clear steps and measurements and slower tempo as a result of my first model video was too quick.
No worries! I’ve made a brand new video and blissful to share my finest do-it-yourself clay recipe and tutorial with you.
However…..once more, as a result of it’s do-it-yourself clay, it might offer you completely different consequence when the climate change, high quality of flour, and sort of glue used not the identical. Nothing is actual. It means, it’s important to see how the clay developing and regulate the compositions.
Components:
- 1 cup (250 ml) all goal flour (= plain flour)
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) Elmer’s Glue/ Wooden Glue
- 1 tsp olive/ cooking oil and steadily add it as much as 1 desk spoon (if wanted)
- 1 tsp or extra (as wanted) moisturizer/ hand & physique lotion
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp baking powder (non-compulsory) -> It is not crucial really.
- 1/2 cup (125 ml) water
- 1/3 cup (80 ml) corn flour/ corn starch
- 1/3 cup (80 ml) all goal flour (= plain flour)
- To start with, combine merchandise #1 to six within the bowl. (observe: after making few batches, I understand that baking powder just isn’t crucial. You’ll be able to skip this).
- Add water and blend with all elements within the bowl Notice: you need to use electrical mixer you probably have it however just for few seconds/ quick as a result of the longer you combine the clay with mixer, the softer it turns into.
- Then, add corn flour/ cornstarch – combine with spoon or palms – don’t use mixer at this stage.
- Knead the clay frivolously. The clay is stretchy at this stage however can be too delicate to make use of.
- Lastly, add the flour once more (merchandise quantity 9) and knead the clay for jiffy with palms (replace: Do not want quarter-hour although). Cease when the clay clean and pliable. Your palms will inform you when the clay is tough sufficient for modelling 🙂
How you can shade do-it-yourself clay?
The fantastic thing about this recipe is you need to use something to paint the clay when the clay nonetheless moist or after the clay fully dry. Any model of paints is nice.
You should use meals coloring (liquid or powder), watercolor paints, oil paints, pastel, chalk.
Replace for finest do-it-yourself clay recipe:
Wendy Grazier shared her expertise making the clay with my recipe.
It was summer time in her place, very popular and humid. She have so as to add about 1/3 cup of flour to have the suitable hardness add pliable clay.
The opposite means, it’s winter in my place after I play with my clay and recipe so my measurement is ideal for me.
Abstract? I feel it’s essential tweak the measurements to fit your climate situations and comply with your feeling when kneading the clay.
One other factor, after making few batches of clay, I’ve discovered that including few sheets of tissue paper onto the clay make it even higher. It is tremendous finest do-it-yourself clay 🙂
I meant the clay dry tremendous arduous and robust. It’s now develop into my favourite clay for sculpting, not only for making miniature or small figurine.
You’ll be able to see the feel of finest do-it-yourself clay barely completely different after including tissue paper as proven at beneath video. It is now not stretchy however the clay turns into stronger than earlier than.
This paper clay could be good for making craft challenge like mushroom fairy home jar, and so on.
One other replace/ Ideas:
FYI, we have now summer time in Melbourne now and there have been days with 40 and 45 diploma Celsius.
My clay appears softer than normal. I’ve added few spoons of rice flour and tapioca starch (any model) in equal measurement to my finest do-it-yourself clay when kneading.
Voila! I really feel the clay is best after I contact it. Additionally, it takes element higher and fewer rubbery than earlier than. Magical!
That is what I meant with maintain bettering whereas doing it to make your clay the very best do-it-yourself clay you’ve got ever made with your personal palms.
Are you continue to right here? Alright! let me share my new discovering to enhance this finest do-it-yourself clay recipe. Lately, I combine tissue paper with moist clay. Mainly I combine the primary a part of flour with all liquid elements then add the tissue paper. After that, I add one other a part of plain flour and few spoon of rice flour and tapioca flour. The consequence? very good! You’ll adore it.
You’ll be able to see how I add that tissue paper to moist elements in certainly one of my craft tasks after I make egg cup as beneath.
Newest replace
I’m curious on the way to enhance my finest do-it-yourself clay recipe efficiency.
Till now, I am unable to protect the clay. It at all times moldy and smelly If I maintain it too lengthy. That is why I at all times work with contemporary clay. It means I make small quantity of clay for every craft challenge I’m doing.
The contemporary clay efficiency is superb to date. As you may see on my mushroom fairy homes challenge, it seems to be like new till now after few years.
I did one other experiment when doing cornstalk/ autumn fairy home challenge. I add cotton wool to the fundamental clay recipe. Gosh, the clay turns into stronger. Even stronger than including tissue paper/ paper clay.
I can pull the clay very looooooooong 🙂 with out breaking. It’s totally powerful when moist and dry.
It’s totally robust that I can maintain the bottle from certainly one of cornstalk’s tip. This clay could be finest to wrap the jar/ bottle.
Nevertheless, it is not simple to chop the clay with clay knife to make small particulars.
Watch my cornstalk video beneath to see how the clay appear to be and share your opinion.
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