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Clay handprint ornaments

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https://www.food.com/recipe/ornament-and-handprint-clay-155960

Has anyone made these?  Did it work well?  Thinking of doing it today for an extra grandparent gift...

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Re: Clay handprint ornaments

  • DeerHunter79DeerHunter79 member

    Ive used the kits before with my first and I'll offer a couple tips to save your sanity

    1. Make sure your start with clean hands (lint etc will stick to it)

    2. Do it when they are sleeping since it really hard to get their little hands open and cooperate :)

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  • MarisaKathleenMarisaKathleen member

    I did it.

    It was stupid.

    My sitter did it and hers turned out awesome.  You need around 3 people to help you if your baby is anything like mine.  LO thought it was awesome to stick her hand in and then ball up her fist and check out the texture of stuff.  It was hilarious.  I have no idea how my sitter got her perfect little handprint other than that she told me there were 3 people who helped her. 

    FWIW, we were gifted a casting kit which I thought was really bizarre, but we cast her feet and they're the cutest things ever.  I painted them and then turned them into Christmas ornaments--one for us and one for my Mom.


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  • LLeeD14LLeeD14 member

    I'd suggest using salt dough. Its much cheaper and easier. And if you mess up it's no biggie. I used this recipe and was able to make 7 foot ornaments from it!

    https://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Salt-Dough-Recipe.html

     

    ETA Yeah I'm a dumaass. I just clicked your link and saw it is salt dough and not actually clay. Ignore me please thank you!

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  • Latham12Latham12 member
    We did it with her foot. Then after we baked and cooled it, I painted the footprint red and the rest of it green with acrylic paint then sprayed it with a high gloss acrylic spray paint. Got those things from hobby lobby, but prob available at Walmart? They turned out super cute! It's what we are giving to grandparents for Christmas too.

    EDIT: we used salt clay.
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  • rarazzrarazz member

    I've made the cornstarch baking soda dough and I am hoping to do hand prints tonight. I hear the cornstarch dough is alot smoother than salt dough.

     https://sunshyne1975.hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Make-Cornstarch-Clay

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  • Mom2Mack1Mom2Mack1 member
    imagerarazz:

    I've made the cornstarch baking soda dough and I am hoping to do hand prints tonight. I hear the cornstarch dough is alot smoother than salt dough.

     https://sunshyne1975.hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Make-Cornstarch-Clay

    sorry no clicky I'm on my ipad 

    I did this recipe.  They turned out okay.  If I did it again I'd make sure they are nice & smooth before cooking, and my edges are clean & straight.  I was able to sand them down to make it look nice but it would have been easier if I paid more attention to the detail before baking it. 

    I just did a circle w/ DS's footprint, and a circle w/ DD's handprint.  I then put glue in the footprint, and sprinkled blue glitter in it.  Also, I tried to write the date w/ a toothpick before baking it...fail!  You can't read it.  It's better to just write on it with a sharpie marker. 

    Overall I'm happy with them.  I tried the salt ornaments a couple of weeks ago & ended up throwing them away.  They got a lot of air pockets and looked awful.

     

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  • brideandbrevebrideandbreve member
    I did salt dough hand and foot prints from a recipe I found on Pinterest. My mom helped out by holding DS' hand and foot open so that we could press it into the dough. It took me forever to get them fully baked/hardened, but then I painted them with green acrylic paint and they look pretty cute.
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  • watercolor5watercolor5 member
    Ok, we made them with the salt dough... No problem getting her hand open, and I got a bunch of hand and footprints, but the recipe I used made the dough take in some air, so some of the prints bubbled up.  I think we still have a few good ones though, so DD and I will be off to get some acrylic paint for the decorating.   
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  • watercolor5watercolor5 member
    imageLLeeD14:

    I'd suggest using salt dough. Its much cheaper and easier. And if you mess up it's no biggie. I used this recipe and was able to make 7 foot ornaments from it!

    https://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Salt-Dough-Recipe.html

     

    ETA Yeah I'm a dumaass. I just clicked your link and saw it is salt dough and not actually clay. Ignore me please thank you!

    No, I'm the dumbass who put "clay" in the title...

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  • kjskjskjskjs member
    I just made my first salt dough ornaments. I used 1 cup salt, 2 cups flour, and 1.5 cups water. I haven't painted the ones I made footprints with but I did paint a star ornament and it came out very cute
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