White clay Christmas ornaments

When I made these Christmas ornaments for the first time I was in Denmark.  I forgot my measuring cups at me, and therefore I used just a normal teacup. I thought I had got all the quantities wrong, as the dough was very runny! I threw the whole thing in the bin, complaining to my sister about the measuring cups only to read the recipe again and therefore I realising that I had simply not cooked the dough in a pan on the stove. Dooh! 

The clay is silky and soft, and very nice to handle. I think I will make this for my friends in the future as an alternative to play dough. 

White Clay Christmas Ornaments

Ingredients

  • ½ cup corn flour 
  • 1 cup baking soda 
  • ¾ cup warm water 
  • Saucepan 
  • Cookie cutters 
  • Rolling pin 
  • Lace or stamps (optional)
  • Baking tray
  • Baking paper 

Instructions

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1. Mix the corn flour, the baking soda and the warm water in a saucepan. Stir together until it is alldissolved. 

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2. Put the saucepan onto medium heat and stir constantly, until the mixture starts coming together. It does resemble play dough. 

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3. Move the dough to a clean surface and wait until it cools down. Then kneed until soft using extra corn four if needed. 

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4. Roll out the dough evenly, and use lace or stamps to make patterns in the dough. 

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5. Cut out your ornaments with the cookie cutters and then cut a hole for hanging. I used a straw.  Then pick up gently and lay on the baking tray that has been lined with baking paper.  

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6. I baked half of mine in the oven for half an hour at 75C. But they all cracked! The other half I left to air dry for 24 hours and I turned them half way through. They turned out perfect. I think I will do that in the future. 

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7. Tie a ribbon through the hole and hang on your Christmas three

Notes

The dough seems very small after you have cooked it! But I made 16 ornaments from it! 

Here is a silky and smooth Foam play dough recipe.

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