Things You'll Need:
- Rolling pin
- Clay
- Cookie cutters
- Toothpicks
- Cookie sheet
- Paint brushes
- Acrylic paints
- Felt-tipped pen
- Ribbon
- Hooks
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Step 1
Roll out the clay with a rolling pin. You can choose from several different clay options. Modeling clay won’t harden enough but is good for children to practice with. Air-dry clay will dry on its own but it takes 24 hours and polymer clay is the best but needs to dried with heat, like in an oven.
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Step 2
Press a cookie cutter into the clay. Use whichever shape you want.
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Step 3
Use a toothpick to poke a hole in the shaped clay. The hole needs to be about 1/4 from the top of the ornament. It also needs to be big enough for a ribbon to go through it. Be sure to make the hole while the clay is still soft, because once it dries it will be too hard.
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Step 4
Place soft clay ornaments on a cookie sheet and set somewhere out of the way so they can dry. It will take about 24 hours to completely dry air-dry clay ornaments.
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Step 5
Paint the ornaments in the colors of your choice. There are any number of colors for you to choose from. Use fine-tipped paint brushes for best results. You can also use a felt-tipped pen if you don’t want to paint them, or use both markers and paint on your ornaments.
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Step 6
Thread ribbon through the hole or add a hook and your homemade clay Christmas ornaments are finished.
