Baking Clay Recipes

Various Clay recipes are listed here for preschool art and craft sessions.

Quick and Easy Baking Clay Recipes

• 2 parts flour
• 1 part salt
• 1 part water
• Place flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
• Add water gradually, mix and knead for about 2 mins
• Add more water if mixture is too dry; more flour if its too wet.
• Add food coloring as desired.
• After moulding into shapes, place them on a cookie sheet.
• Bake at 275 degrees F or 140 degrees C for about 1 hour.
• Increase temperature if you like to brown it.
• Paint with mixture of glue and tempera paint.

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup salt
• 1 to 1 and a half cups of cold water
• 2 tbs olive oil

Baking Clay with alum

• 4 cups flour
• 1 cup salt
• 1 tsp powdered alum (available at baking section)
• 1 and a half cups of cold water
• 2 tbs olive oil

No bake Salt Clay with Cornstarch

• 1 cup cornstarch
• 2 cups salt
• 2 sets of 2 third cup of cold water
• Boil salt in 2 third cup of cold water
• Mix cornstarch with the other 2 third cup of cold water
• Mix the two mixtures together and knead.
• May be air dried.

• 2 cups baking soda
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 1 to 1 and a quarter cup water
• Combine all ingredients and bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Turn heat off and keep stirring until required texture
• Allow clay to dry after creation, or bake at 200 degrees

Sand Clay Recipes

• 1 cup fine sand
• Half cup cornstarch
• Half cup water
• Combine all ingredients and bring to boil on medium heat, stirring constantly.
• Turn heat off and keep stirring until required texture
• Allow clay to dry after creation, or bake at 275 degrees F

• 1 cup tiny shredded pieces of crepe paper
• 1 cup warm water
• Half to 2 third cup flour
• Pour warm water over crepe paper.
• Let it sit for several hours till soft and pliable.
• Drain out excess water
• Add half up of flour, mix and knead till required texture.

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