Chadis Crafts' Fun Pages Presents:Eileen's Camp Crafts Recycle Project:
Clay Covered Yogurt
Bottles.
Polymer Clay can be baked on to many different materials: glass, wood, metal and
some plastics. As part of my effort to recycle plastics and glass, I tried to
cover a small plastic bottle that Dannon Yogurt now uses for its Drinkable
Yogurts. It worked!
I recently taught a
class of 3 and 4 year olds. We made the little bottles into a mini
vase/container.     Give each child a piece of wax paper to
work on for a clean surface. Also wash their hands before and after project to
keep the project clean and to keep the chemicals off their hands afterwards.
The children first softened the Sculpey by playing with it for awhile, keeping
it on the wax surface. I gave each a small amount of sculpey. (about 1/4 and
ounce of each color.) I try with preschoolers to only give one color at a time
and repeat instructions often when they have more than one color. Otherwise they
tend to put the colors together too soon and you end up with gray etc... They
then rolled many snakes. We then coiled them around the bottle. I was
surprised on how much clay it took. (more than I thought!) I rolled each
bottle in my hand stretching the clay to about a 1/4 inch thick. When done and
the bottle is covered including the bottom,
use a tooth pick or pointed object to carve their name or initials.
Bake on a parchment paper covered pryrex dish (or metal cookie sheet) (follow
clay instructions for baking temp and time.) Sculpey gloss finish was added to protect it. (Or you can use
Future Floor Wax)
 Recycled
Yogurt Bottle:
Polymer Clay Cane Covered Vase
When you have older children the same project cane be done in a totally
different look! Cane slices are gently pressed directly on the Yogurt
Bottle.
| Center Pieces For Special OccasionsFor the family
party after my son's Bar Mitzvah we made our own center pieces.We used single
vases for the small table and a triple vase for the head table.  All of the vases were made with a thin layer of
White Bulk Style Sculpey. Three vases were fused together using clay wedges that
were then covered with canes.
  We made 14 different vases using lots of blues.
We mixed the canes up on some and used all the same on others. We used
satin glaze with a little metallic gold powder mixed in.
Make your
own Jewish Centerpieces. One of the same vases with a Jewish Plastic
stemed Star of David. (Called a star pick) Got it at 1-800-dreidel.com. See my
Jewish resource page for more info.
See my
clay page for more
clay ideas and lessons on how to make canes. Also my
baby food jar page for more recycling
ideas.
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