in today’s video we’re showing you a
simple recipe to make your own air dry
clay it only has a couple of ingredients
you can easily change the colors using
food coloring and you can sand it and
paint it beautifully
[Music]
to get started of course we’ll need a
bag of baking soda and some cornstarch
here’s the basic idea
you cook baking soda cornstarch and
water on the stove for a few minutes and
it turns into a soft clay that clay can
be dyed with food coloring and shaped
into whatever you want let it sit out
for a couple days and it will dry
completely hard let’s start out with 1/2
of a cup of corn starch after 1/2 a cup
of corn starch we need 1 full cup of
baking soda now to finish this off we
need 3/4 cups of cold water now without
putting it on the stove yet stir this
all together until it’s one smooth
consistency I think we’ve probably all
seen what happens when we mix water with
cornstarch and so it’s gonna be a little
lumpy at first after your mixture is all
smooth it’s time to throw it on the
stove at medium heat
yes you are you just have to say that
[Music]
after a few minutes of stirring your
mixture we’ll get to something that
looks almost completely
indistinguishable from mashed potatoes
transfer it to a heat-safe surface to
let it cool down while you’re letting it
cool down cover it with a wet paper
towel this clay dries out and that makes
it get hard and unworkable and you don’t
want it to dry out before you get a
chance to sculpt it after our clay has
cooled off we now have something that
can easily be sculpted molded shaped and
coloured it really does look a lot like
mashed potatoes it doesn’t smell like
mashed potatoes of course mostly it
smells like the cornstarch it doesn’t
have as much of the baking soda smell I
think cornstarch just has a stronger
smell in general it’s non-toxic it’s not
going to do anything to is just baking
soda and cornstarch but it’s bad let’s
try adding a little bit of color to some
[Music]
there we go I’m really just gonna run
fat mashed potatoes look this little pad
of butter
[Music]
gently mixing a couple of colors
together can give you a cool marbled
effect if you’re trying to make larger
pieces out of clay it can crack a little
bit as it dries if it’s too thick so I
recommend using some foil as a base
shape and then sculpting the clay around
that
let’s see if we can’t use this clay to
try and make a casting
[Music]
it’s been a few days in our baking soda
cornstarch clay has had time to dry
let’s see how things turned out our Lego
brick molded fairly well but it did
curve a little bit as it was curing I’m
not sure if we’d be able to get that to
clip onto a real Lego brick or not let’s
give it a test that’s a slightly
attached right there curve I think is
gonna make it a harder time attaching to
an entire brick this play does shrink a
tiny bit as it dries so it’s not quite
the same shape as it was before it has
some grip though kind of like knockoff
brand Lego just not as good doesn’t fit
quite as well see how r2d2 is doing you
are too turned out great this silicone
mold is meant for making r2d2 shaped ice
cubes we’ve made a nice little plastic
light figure instead picked up some
really good details in there as well
again these are molds designed for
making ice cubes these ones are of
course shaped like little Lego figures
and again did a good job getting the
details it’s a it’s a pretty good
casting right there tool holder for my
let’s try sanding this play and see how
well that works Sam’s really nicely very
like it’s pretty nice and smooth so
sandpaper does a very good job with this
now this piece I actually just made to
do a strength test so I’m gonna see how
easily I can break this it’s harder than
a cookie I would say that it’s decently
hard to snap something like this would
I’d say you can count on that to be
durable unless you’re deliberately
trying to break it even dropping it a
little bit don’t really have to worry
too much about it it’s not super fragile
one final test let’s see how well this
stuff takes paint we’re gonna hit it
with layer of spray paint and see if it
takes the color nicely I would say that
the paint worked pretty well I only did
a couple of layers of it and it’s nice
and covered it really does a good job of
going on top of the color of clay you
already have if it’s already starting
with white I’m sure you can get even
better coverage than if you’re trying to
go over a contrast in colors baking soda
cornstarch in water it’s easy to make
only takes a few minutes you can add
colors with food coloring you can add
colors of paint it’s pretty durable it
sands really well you can make
decorative pieces you can make useful
pieces this stuff is pretty neat all
around guys the fun doesn’t have to end
that box up at the top of transport you
directly to our last video and you
should go check that out the box at the
bottom will show you what you tube
things need to be watching next and this
bomb in the middle will subscribe to the
channel so you never miss out on a video
don’t forget to ring that Bell and we’ll
see in the next one doc you that [Music]
simple recipe to make your own air dry
clay it only has a couple of ingredients
you can easily change the colors using
food coloring and you can sand it and
paint it beautifully
[Music]
to get started of course we’ll need a
bag of baking soda and some cornstarch
here’s the basic idea
you cook baking soda cornstarch and
water on the stove for a few minutes and
it turns into a soft clay that clay can
be dyed with food coloring and shaped
into whatever you want let it sit out
for a couple days and it will dry
completely hard let’s start out with 1/2
of a cup of corn starch after 1/2 a cup
of corn starch we need 1 full cup of
baking soda now to finish this off we
need 3/4 cups of cold water now without
putting it on the stove yet stir this
all together until it’s one smooth
consistency I think we’ve probably all
seen what happens when we mix water with
cornstarch and so it’s gonna be a little
lumpy at first after your mixture is all
smooth it’s time to throw it on the
stove at medium heat
yes you are you just have to say that
[Music]
after a few minutes of stirring your
mixture we’ll get to something that
looks almost completely
indistinguishable from mashed potatoes
transfer it to a heat-safe surface to
let it cool down while you’re letting it
cool down cover it with a wet paper
towel this clay dries out and that makes
it get hard and unworkable and you don’t
want it to dry out before you get a
chance to sculpt it after our clay has
cooled off we now have something that
can easily be sculpted molded shaped and
coloured it really does look a lot like
mashed potatoes it doesn’t smell like
mashed potatoes of course mostly it
smells like the cornstarch it doesn’t
have as much of the baking soda smell I
think cornstarch just has a stronger
smell in general it’s non-toxic it’s not
going to do anything to is just baking
soda and cornstarch but it’s bad let’s
try adding a little bit of color to some
[Music]
there we go I’m really just gonna run
fat mashed potatoes look this little pad
of butter
[Music]
gently mixing a couple of colors
together can give you a cool marbled
effect if you’re trying to make larger
pieces out of clay it can crack a little
bit as it dries if it’s too thick so I
recommend using some foil as a base
shape and then sculpting the clay around
that
let’s see if we can’t use this clay to
try and make a casting
[Music]
it’s been a few days in our baking soda
cornstarch clay has had time to dry
let’s see how things turned out our Lego
brick molded fairly well but it did
curve a little bit as it was curing I’m
not sure if we’d be able to get that to
clip onto a real Lego brick or not let’s
give it a test that’s a slightly
attached right there curve I think is
gonna make it a harder time attaching to
an entire brick this play does shrink a
tiny bit as it dries so it’s not quite
the same shape as it was before it has
some grip though kind of like knockoff
brand Lego just not as good doesn’t fit
quite as well see how r2d2 is doing you
are too turned out great this silicone
mold is meant for making r2d2 shaped ice
cubes we’ve made a nice little plastic
light figure instead picked up some
really good details in there as well
again these are molds designed for
making ice cubes these ones are of
course shaped like little Lego figures
and again did a good job getting the
details it’s a it’s a pretty good
casting right there tool holder for my
let’s try sanding this play and see how
well that works Sam’s really nicely very
like it’s pretty nice and smooth so
sandpaper does a very good job with this
now this piece I actually just made to
do a strength test so I’m gonna see how
easily I can break this it’s harder than
a cookie I would say that it’s decently
hard to snap something like this would
I’d say you can count on that to be
durable unless you’re deliberately
trying to break it even dropping it a
little bit don’t really have to worry
too much about it it’s not super fragile
one final test let’s see how well this
stuff takes paint we’re gonna hit it
with layer of spray paint and see if it
takes the color nicely I would say that
the paint worked pretty well I only did
a couple of layers of it and it’s nice
and covered it really does a good job of
going on top of the color of clay you
already have if it’s already starting
with white I’m sure you can get even
better coverage than if you’re trying to
go over a contrast in colors baking soda
cornstarch in water it’s easy to make
only takes a few minutes you can add
colors with food coloring you can add
colors of paint it’s pretty durable it
sands really well you can make
decorative pieces you can make useful
pieces this stuff is pretty neat all
around guys the fun doesn’t have to end
that box up at the top of transport you
directly to our last video and you
should go check that out the box at the
bottom will show you what you tube
things need to be watching next and this
bomb in the middle will subscribe to the
channel so you never miss out on a video
don’t forget to ring that Bell and we’ll
see in the next one doc you that [Music]
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