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Homemade Modelling Clay

After the success I had with our Bubble Dough and One Minute Playdough Ive been experimenting with other ingredients and Im so very excited about this outcome!
 I mixed half a cup  of PVA glue (white glue) with 1 cup of cornstarch / cornflour, and got this wonderful modelling clay.
 
Its soft, light and malleable, not sticky at all. 
 Its easy to shape and mould
 and is just like store bought modelling clay
 It is obviously white, which is great if you want to paint it after its dried, or you could add food colouring to the glue if you want it coloured to model with. 
Jake really enjoyed playing with it too, as its a lovely light dough like texture... 
 ...and asked me to make him a heart, so I did :) 
We popped it in the oven at 100ºc for about an hour and a half to see if it would harden like modelling clay and it did! 
We also left a ball of it out and it also harden by air drying over night! 

I love discovering simple to make materials like this and we'll definitely be experimenting with colours and painting afterwards.  
[from our instagram feed]

Jake has already found out that it takes crayons very well. :)


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39 comments:

  1. Play Create Explore20 February 2013 at 16:29

    This is so fabulous! We are going to try to fit this in today and make some fossil prints with it!

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  2. Margaret@GrowingPlay20 February 2013 at 18:07

    Love this!!!!! Trying this out today or tomorrow. I bet sharpies would work great on it. I have made the baking soda clay before which is also nice but you have to cook it. I bet it is nice to touch as well with the corn flour in it.

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    1. Kat23 February 2013 at 08:48

      Yes we experimented with pens and crayons, they were fab!! :)

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  3. The Monko20 February 2013 at 18:40

    This is cool. I'm so lazy I tend to stick with the dough I know, but I might be tempted to try this as it only had two ingredients and no cooking (unless you want to garden it)

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    1. Kat23 February 2013 at 08:48

      Garden it? :) LoL!! Harden Im guessing :P

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  4. Mary Catherine20 February 2013 at 19:10

    Awesome, thanks for sharing! My kiddo and I will have to try this out in the next week or two. :)

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  5. Leyla [Thisdayilove]20 February 2013 at 21:27

    Great idea going to try thisdayilove.blogspot.co.uk

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  6. Anonymous21 February 2013 at 00:05

    gran idea!!!
    Gracias por compartir!!

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  7. Stephanie @ Twodaloo21 February 2013 at 02:47

    Fantastic! I'm going to try this soon with my little ones- maybe we'll make some clay "cookies" for our new play kitchen!

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  8. Unknown21 February 2013 at 04:47

    I can't believe you made another homemade material! What a great example you set for your kids, their own mom experimenting for their benefit :)

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    1. Kat23 February 2013 at 08:49

      oh thank you Heather, what a lovely thing to say. :D

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  9. Evie @ PlayAway21 February 2013 at 12:55

    I cannot wait to try this! I was looking at this at my kitchen table and my boys kept asking about it. A must make during this mid winter break.

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  10. Unknown21 February 2013 at 15:20

    LOVE this! I can see my older two being amused with modeling with this clay for hours.

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  11. Anonymous22 February 2013 at 23:25

    I remember making this in 3rd grade. I forgot all about it! (it has been 30 years)
    I need to do this for the kiddies in my family. Thanks for the reminder of this simple recipe.

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  12. Anonymous23 February 2013 at 03:12

    This makes me wish my kids were still small! Do I HAVE to wait for grandchildren to play?!?!?

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  13. Unknown23 February 2013 at 06:21

    That looks fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing! I've pinned and plan on trying this asap.

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  14. rachelle | tinkerlab24 February 2013 at 02:45

    This is brilliant! I can't wait to try this out (and thankfully I buy glue by the gallon so we can make loads of it!). Just pinned!

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    1. Kat3 April 2013 at 08:34

      Thanks so much Rachelle! Hope you enjoyed.

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  15. Mud Hut Mama24 February 2013 at 12:21

    It looks great! I can't believe it only takes two ingredients!

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  16. Anonymous28 February 2013 at 05:21

    Thank you so much for sharing this, it is awesome. We played with it for ages and then did painted hand prints into it :)

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  17. Anonymous2 March 2013 at 02:51

    I have used the model magic stuff and if you take water color markers-ex. crayola- and poke one color in several times and then a second color then pull the clay and fold it over and over and then roll it into a ball,,, you get tie dyed clay! lots of fun, just don't mix too much or it turns to mud color.

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  18. Unknown21 March 2013 at 11:59

    I am always excited to have new people joining For the Kids Fridays at Sun Scholars! Thanks so much for sharing with us. Love this post so much I am featuring it this week!! Hope to have you back to share with us again soon! xoxox

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    1. Kat3 April 2013 at 08:34

      Thanks so much Rachel! Thats awesome!!

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  19. Jackie@My Little Bookcase22 March 2013 at 10:46

    I can't wait to try this.

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  20. Unknown22 March 2013 at 19:57

    Hi! Saw this featured on Sun Scholars.What a great idea and I love that it can be colored on with crayon. Pinned and now following you via G+.

    Jackie
    www.thenonmarthamomma.com

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  21. Janis Cox27 March 2013 at 03:51

    Wonderful Idea. I pinned it and am going to try it out making my Tadeo Turtle.
    Blessings,
    Janis

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  22. Janis Cox30 March 2013 at 02:54

    Hi again. I would like to add this to my Crafting Saturdays Showcase on my blog in April.
    Please email me with permission to use one of your pictures. I am linking to your post. authorjaniscox@gmail.com
    Blessings,
    Janis

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    1. Kat3 April 2013 at 08:35

      Hi Janis, I hope you got my email. Thanks ever so much!

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  23. Dyan Robson2 April 2013 at 20:14

    Fantastic! I want to try this with my boys. I just need to replenish my white glue collection first!

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  24. Jena@HappyLittleMesses22 June 2013 at 21:35

    Just about to mix up a triple batch of this cool stuff...making "medals" for an obstacle course birthday party. I'll make the discs from your dough recipe and the kids will decorate with marker.

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  25. Kirsten McCulloch26 June 2013 at 07:35

    Awesome :) Winter school holidays coming up, I will definitely be trying this one (and the bubble dough again)

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  26. lisa marie richards4 July 2013 at 20:29

    Help please just gave this a go but mine seems to be really crumbly but sticky? What do I do with help TIA

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  27. Unknown23 August 2013 at 20:50

    Mine is either crumbly or runny not pretty fluffy white clay :(

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  28. Unknown23 August 2013 at 21:50

    I put mine in a mixer on high and gradually added cornstarch and it fixed mine! YAY!!

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