Chadis Crafts' Fun Pages
Also called Eileen's Camp Crafts
POLYMER AND
HOME MADE CLAY PAGE
Now introducing Silver Clay and
Precious Metal Clay Links and LessonsLevels: Preschool to Adult (Including
Seniors!)
For many years our favorite camp crafts have been made from clay. First Salt Clay for home made
clay we could make into large objects. Then we discovered Sculpey Clay! And the
world of adult looking camp crafts began. Sculpey is a
polymer clay that softens easy for little hands and can be cooked in a regular
kitchen oven. They love feeding it into a pasta machine
to make flat sheets. We have made: covered pens, Mezuzzahs, Havdalah spice
boxes, jewelry, covered baby food jars and covers, light switch plates,
tooth fairy jars and more! All ages find making the clay canes of 3d designs
magical. I have often had 10 to 12 year olds working almost 1 hour making
1 huge face cane and loving it!
I have included pictures of some of my children clay projects on my picture
page. I have also started including some of the
directions to
these projects that you have been asking for: Eileen's
Craft Pictures and
Instructions.
Including Clay Picture Transfer Jewelry and MORE!
Eileen's
Clay Stamp Projects And Ideas.
Using rubber stamps to make
clay jewelry and more.
Many more pictures and techniques
inluding Jewish Jewelry, Senior Citizen Crafts and Preschool Projects.Eileen's Polymer Clay
Covered Light Switch Covers.Eileen's
Clay MezuzahsEileen's Clay Finger
Puppets.Eileen's Clay Face Pins
Eileen's Clay Mezzuzah Charms
Eileen's Clay Chanukah
Dreidels and Dreidel Charms.
Eileen's Clay On Glass
Projects Including some new projects.
Eileen's Clay On Paper Mache Projects.
Eileen's Recycle Projects: Eileen's Clay Covered Yogurt
Bottles.
Eileen's Clay Covered Jars and Covers.
CLAY: (not Polymer Clay)Before we go any further lets not
forget regular clay, salt clay, homemade play dough etc. Fun for little hands
and reasonable for preschools and schools to use for play and projects.
Just for kids recipes for
craftsHas many recipes for clay. Including:
Bread
clayinedbile bread
clayEdible
Fundough Candy
Clay
Another candy clay
Chocolate
Play ClayCinnamon Dough
OrnamentsChristmas cinnamon ornaments
Cloud Dough
Another cloud dough
Coffee grounds dough.
Cooked play dough
Cornstarch and Salt Fundough
Another
Cornstarch and Salt Fundough
Cornstarch and Soda Fun Dough
And more!
Everything Preschool Recipes-Cooked Clay Recipes.
Craft
Clay, Sand Clay, Cookie Clay, Modeling Clay, Baker's Clay and Coffee Clay.
Non Cook
Clay recipes
Bread Clay, Apple Cinnamon Clay, Sawdust Clay, Rose Petal
Clay and Mock Marble Clay.
Everything
Preschool's Play Dough recipes
Edible, Cooked play dough and non-cooked
play dough.
HOMEMADE SILLY PUTTY
Everything Preschool's Recipes for home made silly putty.
Polymer Clay Warnings and Tips
Please remember that polymer clay is not play dough and needs adult
supervision. Many people caution the use of utensils and surfaces to be
used for clay only. (See the hints and safety suggestions of Maria Nerius
below.) For example, I give every child a sheet of wax paper to work on.
In addition, since the clay needs to be baked in your home oven, ADULTS
only should bake it on an oven safe glass dish that will be used only for
clay. (I have a collection of everyone's safe/chipped dishes just for
this purpose.) I also highly recommend buying a pasta machine for your own use
but especially if you work in large groups. It rolls out sheets better, it conditions the
clay faster and the kids love using it!
Antiquing Clay Transparent
Sculpey with Brown Antiquing (Zum Gali Gali Stamp Company Stamp) 
White and Black Clay on Glass Bottle with
Wooden Cover. By Ronin age 12 I love to antique polymer clay. It makes the clay
look more interesting and can hide many mistakes. Antiquing can be done with
Faster Plaster Brand Brown Antiquing paint or Fimo & Friendly Plastic Powders.
(Metallic or Pearlized etc) All Antiquing is done AFTER you bake the
Sculpey! To Antique to a wooden or ivory look finish, use
the Faster Plaster Anituqing. Just paint leave on a second or two and wipe off.
If you let it sit too long and it becomes too dark than you like you can wipe
off more with a wet paper towel. I like to finish the piece with a sealer.
Future Floor Wax is a cheap acryllic seal. Or one of the many gloss or matte
finishes by Sculpey, Fimo etc. To antique using a metallic or other powder,
use a sealant to make a drop of powder into a liquid form and paint lightly only
on areas you want the paint. Let dry and paint with gloss etc. See my Rubber Stamp on Clay pages for more pictures and
instructions including Jewish and Other Designs.
POLYMER CLAY BEGINNER/REFRESHER LINKS: I have been getting lots of email about how to start
using sculpey/polymer clay. I am always trying to find pointers to beginner
tips/techniques and label them for you. Many are the techniques I use on my clay
projects pictured on my site.
Tips, Techniques
and Tibbits by Maria Nerius.Maria is now the craft expert at Create for
Less. She has some good basic BEGINNER clay
tips. (Good reminder for some old timers too!) Maria Nerius is a professional
crafter who has written many books. She is often featured in magazines and is a
regular on Aleene's Creative Living Show on TNN. Visit Create for less and
check out Maria's Advise Pages including the basics on polymer clay. They also
sell some polymer clay products.
Great place to shop for crafts and also see the
the link to craft advise on the bottom of each page.
BEGINNER LESSONS, CANES &
MARBELING:
Sculpey
101Definitions of different Sculpey Clays and the basics for using
polymer clay.CANING: A cane is a technique
of rolling or layering clay to make a design. The design is then thinly sliced
to be added to a layer of clay or a little thicker to be applied alone to an
object. Some of the canes look like jelly rolls others have complicated designs
like faces. All are fun to make and use! Basic
directions for canning. (From Polymer Clay Pot - See below for more )
Other Beginner Techniques: Marbeling(From
Claypot see below)
GENERAL
INFORMATION ABOUT POLYMER CLAY AND LARGE LISTS OF LINKS:
SCULPEY.Com - SCULPEY
CLAY As you might be able to tell from
my lessons
Sculpey is my personal favorite polymer clay to work with children.
Product
list
List for the many kinds of Polymer clay they make: Sculpey, Eraser Clay,
Premo,
Granitex, Sculpey 111, SuperFlex, Super Elasticlay and more!
Their site also
includes over 260 projects,* Kids
Stuff. They have tutorials at all levels:
Sculpey
101
Definitions of different Sculpey Clays and the basics for using
polymer clay.
Sculpey 201
Translucent Liquid Sculpey
Sculpey 301 The
Basics of Cleaning a Pasta Machine.
The Magic of
Color
Mixing colors and color recipes for
Sculpey.Technical Tips that include problem solving issues and lots more
techniques. Includes how to cover pens with Sculpey. ( A favorite project of
my classes.) What inks work best on Sculpey and more!
Teacher's
pages for group lessons.
I really liked the ones that can be used in a
junior high math or science class. I really like the
parts of a flower lesson.
It also has great kids projects. Many use the economical Sculpey bulk boxes of
clay.
Push Mold Project List.For the more advance crafter
don't forget to check out the
Premo
Clay.Hand made accents for scrapbooking using Sculpey
Polymer Clay
Central.
This is a huge site for the beginner to the professional
artist.
Polymer Clay Central's Project/Lesson Pages
These lessons
from the huge site lists many basic to incredible lessons (with pictures) for
making canes.
Polymerclaycentral's Lesson by Lanin D. Thomasma for a STAR OF
DAVID CANEFor
those of us that love Asian Art this is check this interesting article:
Musing on Inro, Asian Lacquer and Polymer Lessons
Polymerclayprojects.com by Boston
Clayworks.
Quality parts/kits for Clay covering projects. Level professional
crafter to student. Also has a gallery of pictures for inspirations and links.
The Polymer Clayspot.
Site shows
some interesting techniques and links to many clay sites. I recommended her
basic lessons on the top of this page.Check out her
unique lessons for making polymer clay look like stone, roses and faux
Turquoise.
Also check out her own projects.
Polymer
clay Modeling 240+ of the best sites selected by humans
Lessons, links and
artists. Has some great pages for sculpey and other polymer clay projects.
Judy Maddigan's
Push Molds for Polymer Clay.
Even the little ones can use these
molds with a little help. We like to use them with Sculpey and Friendly
Plastic. Although we never have time to use multiple colors of clay
in one mold! Great ideas on this page.
Lionbrand.com 's Dreidel Napkin Rings (polymer clay and
yarn)
Really cute. Using polymer clay to make the rings then adding
ladder yarn to decorate.
Chadis Crafts
- Polymer Clay Catalog.
Although this is my business
site and the designs are copy protected. This might still give you some ideas
for designing your own projects.
Amazon.com's Books On Silver Art Clay and Precious Metal Clay
I hope to have
lessons on the different types of silver jewelry that can be made from Silver
Art Clay and Precious Metal Clay. But for now, here are some books.
Books on Polymer Clay
recommended by Amazon.com
| Precious Metal Clay, Art Clay and
more!Working with Clay that turns to real silver
or goldLevel: Adult
My New Year's resolution was to learn about the different clays that
fire into real silver or gold. For now I am listing links and supply sources
as I learn about this advance clay on my clay pages. My goal is to find out
enough to make a page for only these metal clays. These clay can be fired in
various ways to harden into silver or gold. Some can be fired using a butane
torch, a "hot Pot", top of a gas stove or a kiln. The clay is worked similiar to using a single
color of polymer clay to make jewelry or and object. The clay is a binder to
the silver that disolves leaving behind a silver object. Some metal clays
shrink more than others. There is liquid metal clay in syringes to add depth
or to repair cracks. There are many books explaining the art of metal
clay. I have listed a few from amazon below. Because of the expense, this is
probably best as an adult project. Teens may be able to work in a class or
with a parent with these clay but because of the dangers in using a butane torch etc best left
to the teacher or adult to fire.
Links to metal clay
lessons
Many of these sites also sell supplies.
PMC
GUILD's getting started
Includes video clips, projects for beginners and
more.
Society of American Silversmiths's Precious Metal Clay
Information Pages
Lapidary Journal.com's Alchemy of Precious Metal Clay
They
also have some step by step lessons for making jewelry.
Silver-clay.com
Firing precious metal clay and art
clay
Forming clay
Finishing clay
Delphiglass.com's getting started with silver clay
They
sell supplies and starter kits plus have some great projects with step by step
lessons.
Riogrande.com's what is PMC
Firemountaingems.com"s Art
Clay Lessons
Has great tutorials and videos to teach you how to use Art
Brand Clay
Artclayworld.com's "what is art clay" pages
Many projects
and lessons.
The Bead Shop
PMC Basics Using Slider Bead
PMC Supply.com's How to
use PMC
They also sell supplies including wholesale for
businesses.
PMCer.com's What is PMC
About.com's Metal Clay Jewelry
Whole Lotta Whimsy's Tutorials on PMC3
Making metal beads
BeadFX's ART CLAY Frequently asked questions
Where to buy
Clay Products and Books
Joann.com has Silver Art Clay back
in stock!
 Including Starter Kits!
Search on Art Clay Silver Starter Kit, Art Clay Silver 650, Art Clay Silver Low
fire Syringe
Dick Blick Offers For Sale:Clay, Clay Tools Including Pasta Machines, Art
Supplies and Craft Supplies.
They carry the Sculpey 24 pound boxes in white
and Terra cotta.
Number 332190-1024
Dick Blick also sells:
Art Clay Silver Slow Dry ClayArt Clay Silver Standard
ClayArt Clay Silver Standard ClaySilver Clay Paper
typeArt Clay Starter KitsArt Clay Tool Kitsand
more! Plus PMC Clay!
10% off all orders!
Code CCDQ now throught March 24, 2008
click on picture
They carry 1 1/2, 8 and 24 pound classroom packs
Dick Blick sells Sculpey's new
Shape and Bake Activity
Sets
I just got the Game Maker Set.
I love the set and the paper game boards!
Click on picture for full description
More sets available in this new activity series:
Eraser Maker Set,Clay Bears Set,Clay Babies Set,Butterflies Set and Wizards,
Knights, and Dragons Set
Dick Blick
Free 624-page Art Supply Catalog!
Also has catalogs for teachers and crafts.
They carry the bulk packs of
Sculpey in white 8 lb. box. Create for less product number 52737300.
Plus
most Scupley/Polyform products including Sculpey, Superfex, Eraser clay and
more,Check out Polyform Sculpey Mold Maker & Clay Condition- Neutral.
Make
your own flexible molds or recondition old clay. Create for less number 69511895
Clay from Joann.comThey sell Sculpey,
Premo, Molds and more!
Sculpey and Premo sold by individual bars and
some multi bar sets.
Back in stock and on sale
too!
 
Click on these pictures but you will have to enter
Amaco clay oven in their search box.
Amaco Polymer Clay
Oven
The Amaco Polymer Clay & Craft oven is designed specifically
for baking polymer clays and other projects. It has a maximum
temperature of 300 degrees, and a 30 minute timer that prevents over
baking. I just ordered mine can't wait to get it. My new house oven
seems to over bake some items even when using a Sculpey oven
thermometer as a guide. So I will try this oven out next. They also
sell the Amaco bead baking rack for beads.
Plus you can use the special coupons for my website
visitors
Super Sculpey Ceramic-Like Sculpturing Compound
Sculpey 1.75 Lb. Pack
Sculpey 1.75 Pound Pack - Terra Cotta
Sculpey III Multi Packs-Pearls
Stepping Stone Numbers and Designs can be used on clay too
Pasta/Clay Machines and tools
 
Makin's Ultimate Clay Machine and Motor
Now available at
Joann.com
Just put Makin's into the search engineMade for their clay but I
use it with polymer clay.
I bought my motor at Joann.com for the machine I
already bought at Michael's. My machine came with lots of goodies:
Texture
plates, metal cutters, metal pointy tool (to put holes in the clay for a bead
etc) But this was for a limited time for Michael's only. Info on care of this
machine.
I have a couple of the
pasta machines below and will now use these for my preschool class and use my
motor one for home.
My preschool kids wait excitedly in line to use the crank
on the pasta
machine.
Joann.com has more clay and molds!
Amazon.com has great polymer clay
books.
Here are a few helpful books can buy.
Help support Chadis Crafts's Fun Pages
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Polymer Clay Jewelry Techniques from Amazon.com
 
 
 
 
 
Liquid Polymer Clay
My first and favorite polymer
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