Modeling Clay Recipes: Recipe for Clay and Play Dough (2024)

It's my pleasure to share my modeling clay recipes with you.

I've written about how easy it is to make figurines with clay as you have seen in my tutorials but I didn't mention about clay recipe.

I received comments and questions from you about the clay I used,where and what clay to buy, how to make air dry clay and what is the different between air dry and oven-baked clay.

Well, I can't answers all your questions here but if you continue browsing my website you will find the answer for sure.

So here I am ready with play dough andclay recipes for you to explore.

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Best Homemade Clay

We call this the best of all modeling clay recipes we've ever tried so far because it is stretchy when we knead it well, no cooking and less shrink compared to the cooked cold porcelain clay.

It's good for miniatures, figurines and flowers. And, it dries faster compared to other clay recipes. Love it!

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Tissue Paper Clay Made with Homemade Glue (Squishy Clay)

Probably this is the first you've ever seen tissue paper clay recipe without PVA glue and without joint compound :)

After trying this recipe I am quite like it. What else to ask? This modeling clay recipe is cheap, stretchy and squishy :)

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Cold Porcelain Clay without Glue

This clay is good for kids to play when making simple object like 2 dimensional ornaments with cookie cutter. It's a good replacement for salt dough because the surface is smoother and appeared whiter than other dough.

We won't recommend you to use this for figurines because it's not stretchy enough and once you mold the clay, it has to stay in that shape until it's dry. This clay is less flexible compared to cold porcelain with glue.

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No Cook Play Dough

This type of modeling material is best for kids at any ages even as young as 1 year old. But, supervision is always good when baby andtoddler playing with it.

You need only about 15 minutes to make this type of dough. However, this quick and easy clay may not dry fast depends on the humidity level and climate in your home country.

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Salt Dough (Baked & No Bake)

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This type ofmodelingmaterial will dry hard like stone after sometimes. It's easy to make but the texture won't be as smooth as others. You may need to use sand paper sheet to make the surface smooth so you can paint it. This is good for hanging decorations for Christmas tree, as well as figurine.

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Soapy Clay

I like soapy clay for its texture and fragrant. The soap added to the clayingredients will also help to preserve your model. And, it will dry hard. Good home-made clay for miniatures!

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Cold Porcelain Recipe

I love cold porcelain clay. Compared to other recipes, this clay has the most variations. I tried more than 10 type of recipes and finally settle down with my own mixtures.

You may have your own version too when you feel comfortable with the final result of your clay.

This is my best clay to make wedding or birthday cake toppers, favors and souvenirs.

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Candy Clay

It is an edible modeling dough for young artists who are into cake decorating. This sweet clay is best to make flat figures and to decorate crackers or cupcakes.

You can't keep this clay for long though.

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Cold Porcelain for Flowers

Arni makes beautiful flowers with delicate petals using cold porcelain for flowers that has the look and feel to Japanese air dry polymer clay. She shares her recipe here.

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Marshmallow Clay Recipe

The clay made with marshmallow is very flexible and yet dries very hard. Eva Stosic shares her recipe and tips with us. She added mint extract to preserve the clay mixture.

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Baker's Clay Recipe

According to the story passing down from our eldest, the clay was called "baker's clay" because the bakers were the ones started making nice little ornaments during holiday seasons to sell or to give away to their customers with this clay.

Doreen Lindahl sent us herBaker's Clay recipe from her old steno notebook to share with us.

And, we've made Mother's Day craft with this clay. Check out our video tutorial below.

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Have you tried any of our modeling clay recipes yet? have you made any craft with it?

What is your favorite modeling clay recipes?

Do you have clay recipes to share? We would love to hear from you. Please share your picture and story here.

Tips:

We have received many questions asking how to protect the items made with homemade clay.

Well, we use Sculpey glazeor Mod Podge for certain items but most of the time we use 2 type of glaze as shown in my video below :)

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FAQs

How to make clay with flour, water, and salt? ›

How to make the Air-dry clay:
  1. Mix 4 cups of flour & 1 cup salt in a large bowl.
  2. Add 1 ¾ cups of warm water to the flour/salt mixture. ...
  3. Mix the water & flour/salt mixture with a wooden spoon or use your hands.
  4. Knead the clay dough for 10-15 minutes.
  5. Have fun making stuff!
Oct 25, 2021

How do you make homemade clay at home? ›

Start with 1 cup flour and 1 cup salt. Add spices or other kitchen ingredients for color and texture. Slowly add up to one half cup cold water while mixing together to form a ball. It helps to knead the clay for several minutes.

How to make clay at home for kids? ›

What to Do
  1. Pour the baking soda, cornstarch and water into a pot.
  2. Cook the mixture over medium heat, stirring until it looks like mashed potatoes.
  3. Let the clay cool; then divide it into four pieces.
  4. Add food coloring and knead until smooth.
  5. Turn your clay into amazing shapes and fun things.

How to make fake dough? ›

Combine flour, water, and salt in a large bowl; mix well and knead for 10 minutes. Transfer dough to a floured work surface and knead until soft and pliable. Roll out to a thickness of 1/8 inch; cut desired shapes with cookie cutters.

How to make dough that hardens? ›

Directions
  1. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Line a baking sheet.
  2. Combine flour and salt in a bowl. ...
  3. Transfer dough to a floured work surface and knead until soft and pliable. ...
  4. Bake in the preheated oven until dry and hard, about 2 hours.
Nov 27, 2023

How to make molding dough? ›

Homemade Modeling Clay Recipe 4

Bring the water to a boil. Stir in the oil, food coloring, and vanilla extract. Mix the dry ingredients (flour, salt, and cream of tartar) in a bowl. Add the hot liquid to the dry ingredients a little bit at a time, stirring until you produce a pliable clay.

How to make clay with flour? ›

Mix Flour and Salt

In a large bowl, mix the flour and salt. Add the oil, and then slowly add the water and stir until you get a nice clay consistency.

How is mother dough made? ›

It is simply made by creating a starter dough with flour and water (sometimes with addition of yeast), which is left to rest for a few days/weeks. This allows the natural microorganisms contained in the flour to grow creating a leavening agent.

Can you make your own Modelling clay? ›

Making modeling clay at home is easy and inexpensive. Start by mixing 1 1/4 cups each of flour and salt and 1 tablespoon of cream of tartar in a bowl. Then, slowly mix in warm water until the mixture forms a sticky dough. If the clay gets too tough to mix, add some cooking oil to soften it.

What can I use instead of Modelling clay? ›

Salt Dough: Salt dough is a simple mixture of flour, salt, and water. It can be easily made at home and is commonly used for crafts and ornaments. Salt dough creations are air-dried or baked to harden. Plasticine: Plasticine, also known as modeling clay or plastilina, is an oil-based, non-drying clay-like material.

What is natural Modelling clay made of? ›

While wet modelling clays are comprised of clays, silica and fluxes, the main components of air hardening clays are kaolinite (or talc) and water combined with minor ingredients such as calcium carbonate, iron oxide, propylene glycol and/or preservatives.

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