Handprint ornament fail

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I bought some air dry clay, rolled it out and cut out circles with a large cookie cutter. All of that looks fine - but it was really hard to press his hand deep enough to make the handprint noticable.

Has anyone had any luck with anything like this? What type of clay did you use? Would it work better if I used a clay that I have to bake? All of the kits  I saw came with air dry clay.

KRMac

I bought this one at Walmart.  https://www.sculpey.com/products/kit/deluxe-handprint-ornament-kit  It is one you bake.

I haven't done it yet though..  They were only $5! 

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.KRM.:

I bought this one at Walmart.  https://www.sculpey.com/products/kit/deluxe-handprint-ornament-kit  It is one you bake.

I haven't done it yet though..  They were only $5! 

That's pretty much exactly what mine look like...you can just barely see the handprint. I felt like I was going to hurt him while I was doing it. I paid $4.20 for the clay with a 40% coupon and already had the cookie cutter. I was going to buy the kits - but I need to make 8 of them and didn't want to spend $40.

mara005

Did you kneed it to warm it up a bit, I have done these kits a couple times, with DS's feet, and they have always worked fine.

Ivana_Stolichnaya

Exactly, warm the clay by kneading it for awhile.

Jeni182

If warming it doesn't work maybe you could try painting the inside of his hand print so it's more noticeable and it has a little color.

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I did kneed it - but my house is pretty cold so that might be the problem.

Thanks everyone!

starryeyeddreamer

I used Crayola model magic - https://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Model-Magic-Single-Packs/dp/B002VBXL6Q/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1292272467&sr=8-17

It worked well - and they are in single packs that are just big enough once you flatten them. I was supposed to make 8 also but only ended up making 4 since Bryce kept clawing at the clay. After 20 attempts to get the 4th one - I gave up. I paid the $8 for the kit - but it is on sale for $4.20 right now! It is really soft too. You can see where he was trying to dig into them with his pointer finger. . . 

They came out okay I thought - these are the ornaments without the ribbon on them yet.

starryeyeddreamer

I used Crayola model magic - https://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Model-Magic-Single-Packs/dp/B002VBXL6Q/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1292272467&sr=8-17

It worked well - and they are in single packs that are just big enough once you flatten them. I was supposed to make 8 also but only ended up making 4 since Bryce kept clawing at the clay. After 20 attempts to get the 4th one - I gave up. I paid the $8 for the kit - but it is on sale for $4.20 right now! It is really soft too.

They came out okay I thought - these are the ornaments without the ribbon on them yet.

KRMac

Twinkletoes86:

We used crayola model magic as well... We used white and after it was dried out, I took paint and painted Wyatt's hand print. It really just makes the hand print pop more. If you wanna take at look lemme know and I will post a picture. 

I'd love to see! I was thinking about painting them but wasn't sure if that would mess it up or not!  LOL! 

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Twinkletoes86:

We used crayola model magic as well... We used white and after it was dried out, I took paint and painted Wyatt's hand print. It really just makes the hand print pop more. If you wanna take at look lemme know and I will post a picture. 

I'd love to see! I was thinking about painting them but wasn't sure if that would mess it up or not!  LOL! 

Yes, AW your craftiness

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Here is a picture of mine - I'm not sure why the handprint shows up so much better in the picture. They do not look this "good" in person, lol



I had to get DH's help - he held DS while I did the handprint. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be. We did handprints/footprints for Mother's Day and the handprints were not easy to do, lol!

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