How to make clay

Have you ever wanted to make your own clay and not buy the expensive clay at the hobby store?
Well, heres the instructable, How to make clay!

This instructable will be explaining how to make a type of clay is made from not rocky stuff, but food. The clay is easy to make and you can easily get the ingredients from most food stores. You can keep this type of clay for a very long time if stored in a air-tight container in a cool dark place. It also has another advantage, instead of most types of clay that needs to be baked to solidify, it can be air-dried to solidified, so that clay is a bit 'green' too, you don't have to waste electric or gas just to solidify clay models.

And one more thing... This type of clay is great for all ages!

Step 1: Time to go shopping!

It is time to go shopping or dig into your cupboard to get the ingredients! Get the things as listed...

• 3 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup of salt
• 1 tablespoon of cream of tarter
• 2 1/2 tablespoons of oil
• 2 cups of water,

Of course, you can divide or add more ingredients.

And the tools...

• Anything that can boil water
• Large mixing bowl
• Wooden spoon
• Cookie sheet

All of this stuff are optional, used to decorate your work pieces...

• food coloring
• Paint
• Carving tools
• Cookie cutter
• Large needle
• Or what ever you think it is the best!

Comments

[Lkymama]

I am praying this dries in time for my son's due date for his school project! Thank you!!!!!

[ccuello]

Thanks it really worked I had a great presentation at school for my Rosetta Stone project and I got an A+

[agoh3]

i was wondering if the clay can be harden and used to make jewelry or accessories. izit possible?

[jennybotha]

Hi there !! yes you can use it for jewelry making. Dust your board with cornflour or baby powder to prevent sticking, roll out and form into flowers or other shapes and it should dry overnight. I do non edible floral arrangements/ bouquets, ( for keepsakes ) on cakes .No-one likes to eat the flowers, so it works well, and they have a lasting reminder of their happy day. Hope this helps you :-).

[mouldclay]

i don't think so try to

[jennybotha]

Hi DanCo----you could use a little less water to start with next time---- or you could just need in a bit of extra flour a little at a time till you get the right consistency.Either way it would work fine.

[DanCQ]

I had trouble with this recipe. My resulting dough was too sticky to work with, even after three days of waiting for it to become more manageable. :(

[mouldclay]

it it true what they both said i tried it

[Loosewire; SOE Operative]

What does the cream of tartar add to the mixture?

[AbstractDragon]

It makes it more elastic. You can get it easily in the baking isle of any food store. It's a white powder that's sold with the spices.

[mouldclay]

thanks i needed that i could not figure it what cream tarter is

[pmon2]

after making clay with use this ingridence and made something with that clay will it be hard ? or it will be a soft creation? i made a barger with clay that was different recipe buy my barger was noy getting hard after a whole night that was soft . so if i use this recipe to make clay and made barger with that will that get hard.

[mouldclay]

what recipe did you use

[ALogan97]

Isn't that basically play-doh? It's at least similar. Cool project!

[mouldclay]

yep it is

[Kerushii]

but...so does it dry?

[mouldclay]

yes of cause it is a drying process as amahmudy said

[amahmudy]

would it get little cracked after the drying process?

[canadian nh]

hi, Cream of tartar or oil of tarta, isn't available can we use another kind of oil? and can we do from this clay flowers or dolls? Thanks

[Lefrançois]

levure+bicarbonate de soude

[friedhand]

Hey you said that we needed cream of tartar, but when you are showing how to make it ,it doesn't include it . Why do we need it?

[mslaynie]

Cream of Tartar isn't a cream, it's a bright white powder. As others have said, it helps add elasticity to the clay, making it a bit more stretchy and pliable.

[AustralLord]

I'm thinking of making a clay tobacco pipe, could I use this effectively and safely?

[mslaynie]

Sorry, but I don't think so.

[kroach2]

do you need a kilm thing to use this clay or is it just an air dry clay???
because i dont have any access to a kilm :)

[JohnDeere312]

um, its a kiln and it says that it is air dry ;)

[luka1184]

This is nothing like Chavant? :(

[kroach2]

whats chavant
is it a brand name clay???

[luka1184]

Chavant is a oil-based modelling clay, making it easy and able to do small tiny details. Movie prop builders use chavant clay. It's not that expensive ^^

[adiaz8]

Is there any substitute for the cream of tartar??

[smiley_bear]

i have no oil ,is there any subsitute that i could use?

[deafmomy]

for cream of tartar substitute can use bakeing powder

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/CreamTartar.htm

[JibJab16]

What the hell is cream of tarter
Well any ways I will be making this for my project

[zombiefire]

its actualy playdoh

[USMassacre]

OMG! LOL. Loves the tut. Thinking of making some now. What does cream of tartar look like in grocery store and thats one of the dry ingredients right?

[AbstractDragon]

It's a white powder that's sold with the spices.

[Plasmana]

The cream of tartar is very white and it is in powder form.

[cardboarddude]

do you really need the cream of tarter?cus i dont have any

[AbstractDragon]

It makes it more elastic. You can get it easily in the baking isle of any food store. It's a white powder that's sold with the spices.

[CarStalkerZ]

dude you got any ideas if i can use something to substitute the cream of tartar with