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Discover Play Clay Crafts! With a few simple ingredients ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda, ARGO or KINGSFORDS Corn Starch and water creating colorful crafts with your kids has never been so fun and easy! Play Clay is the homemade modeling clay that becomes permanent after drying. With Play Clay, kids use their hands and their imagination to make nearly anything they wish jewelry, gifts, holiday decorations and more for their friends and family. Whether they make fancy bracelets, ferocious tigers, or valentine hearts, kids create a world of fun with Play Clay.

Play Clay is an entertaining activity for a birthday to remember.

BIRTHDAY PARTIES

O RGANIZED GROUPS Imagine the pride Brownies,

Cub Scouts and other groups will take in making and selling Play Clay holiday decorations or other gifts at fundraisers.

C OMMUNITY FAIRS Try out your Play Clay talent! Set

up tables at Town Fairs or Carnivals for kids to experiment with Play Clay.

S UMMER VACATION When schools out, Play Clay is a

fun activity to make sure your child is never bored. Teach pre-schoolers to use their hands and imagination! Play Clay is easy to make ahead of time, economical and non-toxic.

NURSERY SCHOOL

IMPORTANT! If youre a school teacher, troop leader, camp counselor, or child care professional, Play Clay is an entertaining, economical, non-toxic, and easy-to-use activity for a day of fun.

With Play Clay, kids are never bored! Play Clay is fun to use all year with kids of all ages. Use it whenever you need an activity for a group of kids or for a special afternoon with your child.
Invite the neighborhood kids over and turn a dreary day into fun. You and your child can make Play Clay Christmas ornaments or other gifts, creating memories that last a lifetime.

When Do You Use

If you find a great new activity or event using Play Clay, send pictures and story to: ARM & HAMMER Play Clay P.O. Box 826 Spring House, PA 19477

RAINY DAYS

HOLIDAYS

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Picture frames, wall wreaths and refrigerator magnets are a few of the fun and easy items kids can make from Play Clay. Use the basic shapes or create new ones. Once they get started, let kids imagination and creative talent lead the way!

Hang all your childrens artwork with magnets they make themselves. Cut shape from rolled-out clay using a cookie cutter, pattern or free form. Try shapes in the form of fruits, vegetables, animals, hearts or flowers. Glue magnet to back.

REFRIGERATOR MAGNET

Imagine how proud the kids will be making a beautiful frame for Grandma and Grandpa! Measure and cut a square or oval to desired size. Using a plastic knife, cut out square from center for photograph. Do not make sides too thin (they may break). Use another piece of clay for the stand on back. Decorate with finger-formed rose buds, add shells or twigs for a natural look, or draw designs on with a sharp object. When adding decorations, apply them while the clay is still damp or glue them on after it is dry.

PICTURE FRAMES

Capture the imprint of your childs hand (or foot) for a lifetime of memories. Simply place hand or foot into clay while it is still damp. Write the name of your child, and the date. When dry, paint, then finish with a clear acrylic spray. Glue hanger to back.

HAND PRINT WALL PLAQUE

Kids can personalize their rooms! Form or cut letters and attach to a rectangular piece of Play Clay while still wet. When dr y, paint, then finish with a clear acrylic spray. Glue hanger on back.

NAME PLAQUE

MIRROR FRAME

Use the same instructions as for the Picture Frame. Glue mirror to frame, then add hanger on the back.

For a neat gift, have kids cut out a square of rolled-out clay and paint or decorate. Be sure to finish these items with a clear spray. Display on a table or shelf or hang on the wall. Its a good idea to glue felt on the bottom of any item that will sit on a table to prevent scratches.

HOT PLATE

Add cookie cutter shapes or freeform shapes to a ready-made wreath. Add ribbon and bows as a finishing touch. Consider spray painting the wreath before adding decorations for a different look.

WALL WREATH

Form a circle about 1/2 thick and 2 in diameter for paperweight, 3 diameter for coaster. Use a coin, metal button or wooden blocks to make an imprint on the surface. Decorate with dried flowers, shells, paint, glitter or anything your kids imagine.

COASTER OR PAPERWEIGHT

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Let imaginations really go! Ghosts, witches, goblins, black cats, bats, skeletons, pumpkins ... Kids can make shapes, then paint them for decorations or jewelry. Holidays are a great time for kids to make special ornaments, table decorations or gifts for their friends, family and teachers. Here are some ideas to get them started.

HALLOWEEN EASTER

CHRISTMAS

Decorate Easter baskets with shapes made from Play Clay. Use cookie cutters or patterns to form eggs, bunnies, ducks and chicks. To decorate, use jelly beans or hard candy.

Kids create Christmas memories with Play Clay!

Ornaments: Let your kids decorate

your Christmas Tree! Using cookie cutters, make Reindeer, Snowmen, Gingerbread Men and more. While still wet, make a hole at top of ornament with a toothpick. When dr y, paint ornament or glue on decorations. Add wire, ribbon or string to hang. For a Christmas to remember, write your childs name and the year on the back of the ornament!

Make heart shapes with a cookie cutter and use for pins, earrings or necklaces. For a sweet gift, hang a heart shape on a cord to make a pendant necklace.

VALENTINES DAY

Springs here! Let kids make Mom a small flower pot. Use the instructions for making a box. Place a small plant inside. Make sure the inside of the pot is water-proofed by using shellac or other finish. Use a plastic bag as a liner.

MOTHERS DAY

Candy Canes: Play Clay candy canes are great gifts for teachers. Make two batches of Play Clay, using food dye to color one batch red. Roll each batch of clay out into long, snake-like lengths. Twist one red and one white piece of equal length together while still damp. Bend into candy cane shape. Make a hole at the top to use it as an ornament.
Kids can make place holders for the holiday table! Use cookie cutters to create turkeys, Pilgrims, pumpkins and leaf shapes, or use a pattern of your own. While still wet, write each guests name into clay (or cut a large hole in center of clay designs and use as napkin holders). Let kids decorate with paints and natural materials.

FATHERS DAY

For Dad, kids can make a frame, paperweight or plaque. Another great gift would be bookends. Let them be creative when thinking of shapes and items to make. Consider Dads hobbies or favorite sports.
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Kids can celebrate the countrys independence by creating stars and flags. Decorate with paint, glitter and sequins.

EARTH DAY

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Teach kids the value of caring for the environment! Use round cookie cutters to cut out circles. Paint them to look like the earth. Use as decorations, magnets, paperweights, coasters or pins.

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How To Make
PLAY CLAY RECIPE
1 One Pound Box ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda (2 Cups) 1 Cup ARGO or KINGSFORDS Corn Starch 11/4 Cups Cold Water (add food coloring to color clay) With a few simple shapes, kids can form Play Clay into a world of imaginative gifts and decorations. For most shapes, simply place Play Clay between two sheets of waxed paper and roll out to 1/4 thickness using a rolling pin. Shapes can be made thicker, but remember that they will need more drying time. Kids can use cookie cutters to shape Play Clay. Simply roll out clay and cut shapes. If clay sticks to cutters, use MAZOLA No StickTM cooking spray. .

STIR together baking soda and corn starch in saucepan. Add water and COOK*
over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches consistency of moist mashed potatoes (approximately 10-15 minutes). If clay is cooked too long, finished crafts may crack.

REMOVE mixture to plate and cover with damp cloth. When Play Clay is cool enough to handle, PAT until
smooth. Now youre ready to make fun shapes!
* In cooking, cutting and baking Play Clay, adults should assist young children.

COOKIE CUTTERS

AIR Place finished, decorated objects on wire rack. Dry overnight (8 hours). OVEN Pre-heat oven to 350 o F. Turn oven off, then place finished, decorated objects on a cookie sheet in oven until oven is cold. MICROWAVE Place finished, decorated objects on paper towel. Bake at medium power for 30 seconds; turn crafts over and bake for 30 seconds more. Repeat until Play Clay is completely dry. Let cool before handling. COLORED CLAY When mixing clay, substitute food color for some of the water to create fun and festive colors. PAINT Paint dry pieces with water color, poster or acrylic paints. Apply glitter to wet paint. Use felt-tip pen or waterproof marker for drawing and glue to apply details. DECORATIVE ELEMENTS Many objects found around the house and yard will help create unique Play Clay crafts. Use buttons or coins to imprint a pattern on a craft. Or accent a design with beads, macaroni, leaves, shells or bark. Either place the decorations on Play Clay while its wet, or apply with glue to dried craft. FINISHING Protect finished Play Clay objects with clear acrylic spray or clear nail polish.

PATTERNS

To construct a Play Clay pattern, use cardboard to trace around a shape or picture from a magazine or book. Cut out cardboard tracing, then place pattern on rolled-out Play Clay. Using a plastic knife, with adult supervision, carefully cut around pattern.

BOXES BEADS

Design boxes from rolled-out Play Clay, making four sides and a bottom. Put together when clay is wet. Make lid separately. For round box, cut rolled-out clay into strip and place around 11/2 circle. Make another circle for lid.

To make beads, form oval or round Play Clay shapes between your fingers. While damp, push a toothpick through the bead, turning slightly to make a hole for stringing. For larger holes use a small straw.

FREE FORM

LEFTOVERS You can store any unused Play Clay for up to a week. Simply place in a tightly sealed plastic bag or container and refrigerate. Do not freeze. Bring to room temperature before using.

Kids dont need a pattern to make a design. They can mold Play Clay by hand into any shape they want. Let their imagination discover all the different things to make with Play Clay.

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