How to Make Jewelry From Flour Clay
You can really impress friends and family when you tell them you made every part of your jewelry, including the clay. Making flour clay jewelry is a cheap way to create original designs for accessories. Kids can get involved in this project if you want to include them--they will have fun shaping and sculpting the dough. Add some glaze to polish up your shapes and make them look professional.
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Things You'll Need
- Flour
- Salt
- Measuring utensils
- Bowl
- Mixing tool
- Oil
- Food coloring
- Toothpicks
- Cookie cutters
- Knife
- Foil
- Cookie sheet
- Paint
- Paintbrush
- Glaze
- String or wire
- Closures (optional)
Instructions
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Mix together two cups of flour and one cup of salt. Slowly mix in a cup of water. Mix until it feels like clay and all the ingredients bond together into a ball. Add more flour if it gets too sticky. Add a little vegetable oil if it is not sticky enough.
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Divide the clay into sections depending on how many colors you want. Add a few drops of food coloring to each section. Knead the drops into the dough to distribute throughout each ball of dough.
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Preheat the oven to 265 degrees F. Roll the dough into small balls to make beads. Push a toothpick through each small ball, keeping the ball in the center of the toothpick. For larger shapes, flatten the dough and cut out with cookie cutters or a knife. Poke a hole in the shapes so you can string them when they are done baking.
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Line a cookie sheet with foil and place your beads and shapes on it. Bake for about an hour to harden. Keep the oven light on so you can watch to be sure the flour clay objects don't turn brown. Remove beads from the toothpicks and shapes from the foil. Allow them to cool.
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Add paint to your beads or shapes. Paint your shapes with a thin-tipped brush to add details. Allow the paint to dry completely. Add any clay glaze for shine and protection. Feed the string or wire through the holes and secure the loose ends by tying it, or adding closures.
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Tips & Warnings
Use a thick acrylic paint on your shapes.
Always supervise small children to be sure they do not try and eat the dough.
Be cautions when removing beads from the oven. Wear an oven mitt.
