You will work your polymer clay to a gumball size.
You will use these dowel rods, or a rolling pin, to flatten your gumball sized clay.
You will need something with texture to apply to your flattened clay. These textured dowel rods are pretty snazzy and can be made in the MakerSpace!
You will need something with texture to apply to your flattened clay. A textured plate is great to press into your clay and can be made in the MakerSpace!
You can also press your clay into a fun mold.
When you roll out your clay, be sure to have something about a 1/4" high to put on both sides of the clay. This allows for even rolling.
Small cookie cutters can be used to cut out your patterned clay into shapes.
Here are what our shapes looked like after applying the pattern and cutting.
The baked clay shapes can be used for all sorts of things!
Do you make? We at the Library encourage you embrace the creative process in some way by making something. What? Well, anything you want! Need ideas? You can always visit our MakerSpace. Online, we have In-depth tutorials and Circulating Maker Kits. In-person, you can make something as simple or complicated as you want with equipment available to you to make your project come to life. Try 3D Printing, CNC Cutting, Computers & Software, Electronics, Laser Cutting, Sewing and Vinyl Cutting.
Do you want to start small? Then grab some supplies and join us as our friends from the MakerSpace guide you through an exciting hands-on Make-along activity! Adults or adults with children will have fun with this activity.
Supplies:
- Polymer clay
- Rolling pin or dowel rods
- A couple popsicle sticks (or two pieces of something flat and about 1/4" thick
- Textures–you can come into the MakerSpace to create textured dowel rods or patterned plates, but you can also just look around your house! See what you already have. Heavily textured fabrics, cookie or mint molds, plant leaves or pasta would all work. Be creative.
- Small cookie cutters
Listen and Make!