How Do You Make Christmas Ornaments From Clay?
Christmas is an exciting and joyful time. For this season to be even more special, how about making your own Christmas ornaments? These homemade and handcrafted clay ornaments can be hung to add beauty and creativity to your Christmas tree, or strung around your home for holiday decorations. This is a fun and easy project the whole family can get involved with. 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. Press a cookie cutter into the clay. Use whichever shape you want. 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.
