How to Put Together a Multi Color Hexagon Eraser

You can make a multicolored hexagon-shaped eraser with special clay.

Polymer clay is available in a special formulation that will create sturdy erasers. The clay is found and craft supply stores and benefits from a hardening process that does not require a kiln, just a kitchen oven. This craft project will teach young children over the age of 5 about making the special shape of a hexagon while creating a useful school supply. A trip to the craft shop to pick out their favorite colors of clay could also be a part of the project.

Things You'll Need

• Ruler
• Mylar sheet
• Scissors
• 6 2-oz. packages of "eraser" polymer clay
• Serrated knife
• Cookie sheet

Instructions

1. Set the font on a computer's word processing program to Wingdings, and type the capital letter Y. Set the font size to 150. This will make a six-pointed star shape. Print it out and use a ruler and pencil to connect the star points to make the hexagon. Trace the hexagon on the Mylar sheet and cut it out with the scissors.

2. Roll each color of clay into a snake shape with the diameter of a pencil. Press each snake to the other snakes to make one wide snake.

3. Cut off a 1-inch slab of the snake with the serrated knife.

4. Place the Mylar hexagon over the flat side of the slab. Cut through the slab with the serrated knife at the hexagon edges.

5. Place the multicolored hexagon on a cookie sheet and bake it in a 175-degree Fahrenheit oven for 20 minutes. Let the complete hexagon eraser cool for 10 minutes before removing it from the cookie sheet.

References

• "Creative Ways with Polymer Clay"; Dotty McMillan; 2002
• "Making Gifts in Polymer Clay"; Stacey Morgan; 2001