2-Ingredient White Clay Dough
This easy recipe makes a bright white clay that's perfect for kids to make homemade ornaments with.
Ingredients
- 1 cup baking soda (bicarbonate soda)
- 1/2 cup corn starch (corn flour in the UK)
- 3/4 cup of warm water
Instructions
Making your Clay Dough
- Mix dry ingredients in a cooking pot, and add the water.
- Stir continuously over medium heat until while it bubbles and thickens.
- When it pulls away from the sides of the pot and resembles mashed potatoes, remove from heat.
- Let it cool a bit, and then transfer to clean counter or cutting mat and knead it into smooth, soft ball of dough.
- If dough is too wet, sprinkle a bit of baking soda on the countertop and knead it into your dough until it’s no longer sticky.
Making your ornaments:
- On a cutting mat, roll dough out to 1/4 inch thick, and use cookie cutters to cut out ornaments.
- Poke a hole in each ornament with a drinking straw.
- Press beads and jewels into the surface of the clay.
- Transfer ornaments to a cookie sheet and allow to dry for several hours in a warm, sunny spot, or overnight in cooler temperatures.
- Loop a ribbon through the hole in each ornament, and hang on your Christmas tree.