Sand clay recipe perfect for handprint
plaques & tiles
On your next journey to the beach or encounter
with a sand-pit, scoop up a cup of granules and turn the visit into a souvenir
that celebrtates the day as well a child's age. Combine the sand with flour,
salt, a little oil and mix to a soft pliable clay then much like saltdough
preserve your creation by baking it until thoroughly dry and hardened.
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Ingredients for this activity
250gm sand
200gm plain flour
100g salt
100ml water - will depend on how damp the sand is
1 tbs oil
Non-commercial shells - our limpets, whelks,
cockles, periwinkles and top-shells were all shoreline finds from Cornwall
and Denmark.
Sand
clay recipe card
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Roll pieces of the clay into balls and then flatten
to the size wanted.
If you find the dough becomes sticky add a little more flour until
it's smooth to the touch again.
Press a hand, foot or other item into the surface
of the clay and create a personalised pattern & set of impressions.
Decorate any blank space with shells and seaglass
embellishments.
Bake finished plaques for 2 hours at 130c or until
they're become hard and dry.
Disply
the finished plaques using sing plate stands or before baking the clay embed
a hook or fixing that enables it to hbe hung on the wall. |
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