Have a few people still on your list? Yea, me too. Its ok though, because today I have a project that will simultaneously check them off your list and let you take out all of your holiday stresses on a hunk of clay! Win win!!
To make this project you will need:
Clay (we Amaco Air Dry Clay from the craft store ) The clay takes about 24 hours to dry
A marker or something to make a hole.
Magnets
Acrylic Paint
Tools to smooth and cut (if you have a set of Cricut tools, they are AWESOME! if you don’t you can totally use a butter knife and a credit card!)
Here is how we did it:
A few things to note:
If you let the clay dry for a few hours before you start cutting the geometrics off then you will get harder corners (which is a good thing!)
If you are using Air Dry, you have to paint it to be able to water the plants (otherwise it will just remoisten the clay) If you want it to be clay colored you can buy the type of clay that gets baked.
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Love ya, Mandy!
Mandy you are brilliant! I love the huge geometric trend and have been trying to figure out how to incorporate that into my apartment more. I got a big block of clay from my local thrift store and I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with all of it; this is perfect! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love these! BTW – I was searching for Marimekko holiday fabric this am and found this pic from their factory shop:
https://pinterest.com/pin/57280226487058050/
On the right, it looks like a Himmeli chandelier – so pretty! I thought you might like it.
Merry Christmas!
I’m so completely done with christmas shopping and preparations but these are just so adorable. I’m selfish, so I’ll probably just make up a few to keep for myself.
I was really hoping that the video would have shown us how you actually cut the facets. That is the tricky and unknown part and it’s not really shown here. I don’t feel confident trying this bc of that.