Clay
Children should be encouraged to play with clay; Playing with it is very fun and entertaining for them, and it also helps children to use their imaginations, embody their ideas, and develop their creativity. By exploring the forms that they can manufacture using it, it also plays a major role in building the social and emotional aspects of their personalities; It encourages them to share games with others, engage in dialogues, and also gives them space to express their emotions, and it has a great impact on their physical abilities. It strengthens the muscles of their fingers and hands due to the movements used during play such as kneading, rolling, and shaping.
Clay making methods
There are many easy ways to make clay, including:
Making clay from tissue paper
- Materials and tools used:
- A roll of toilet paper.
- One hundred grams of all-purpose flour.
- One hundred grams of cornstarch.
- Two hundred and fifty grams of white building paste.
- One hundred and fifty grams of white glue.
- Forty grams of olive oil or baby oil.
- warm water.
- Container.
- Balance.
- spoon.
- An electric mixer.
- Action Steps:
- Remove toilet paper from the piece of wood.
- Soak the toilet paper in warm water until it absorbs the largest amount of water possible, and then squeeze it to get rid of the excess water.
- Put toilet paper in another container and break it into small pieces, the diameter of which does not exceed two and a half centimeters. So that it is easy to mix with other ingredients.
- Add the glue, then the construction putty, then the flour, then the oil, and then the cornstarch in this order on the toilet paper.
- Mix them together well using an electric mixer until clay forms.
- Some water can be added to the clay if it is dry and mixed again until it becomes coherent.
- Making the shapes to be made from clay and leaving them in the air until they dry and dry.
Making edible slime
- Required materials and tools:
- Two cups of flour.
- A cup of table salt.
- Two tablespoons of vegetable oil.
- Water.
- food colouring.
- spoon.
- big pot.
- Small bowls.
- oven.
- baking tray.
- Action Steps:
- Put the flour and salt in a large bowl, then add the oil, gradually add an amount of water ranging from three-quarters of a cup to a full cup, and stir the mixture well until the consistency of the clay becomes suitable for working with.
- Separate the clay in small bowls, add two drops of the desired color to each part and stir until it mixes with the colors well.
- It can be played with and shaped into certain shapes, then placed on a baking tray and baked in the oven at a temperature of one hundred and twenty degrees Celsius for an hour; Until it freezes, and the time can be increased if the dough is thick, but care must be taken not to burn it.
Make a clay out of baking soda
- Required materials and tools:
- A cup of cornstarch.
- Two cups of baking soda.
- One and a half cups of cold water.
- food colouring.
- Saucepan.
- spoon.
- Cloth.
- Transparent manicure.
- Action Steps:
- Put the starch, baking soda, cold water, and food coloring in the pot, then put it on the gas stove so that the fire is light and mix the ingredients well, and continue to stir until the clay dough is formed.
- Wet the cloth with water and put it on the clay and leave it aside until it cools completely.
- Covering the entire clay with a layer of shellac before use, and then it is ready to be played with and formed.
Making clay from glue
- Materials and tools used:
- A cup of corn flour.
- Three tablespoons of chalk powder.
- Five tablespoons of glue.
- Water.
- Container.
- spoon.
- Saucepan.
- Nylon food packaging.
- Action Steps:
- Put corn flour and chalk powder in the bowl and mix them together, then add glue to them and mix them well.
- Gradually add a few tablespoons of water to the powder until it becomes thin.
- Put the mixture in the pot and put it on the gas, and continue to stir it so that it does not burn, and it must be stirred for two to three minutes until a dough is formed.
- Leave the clay dough to cool completely before using it and playing with it, and if the dough is sticky, you can add a little baby powder and stir it well until it becomes a suitable texture for playing with it.
- Cover it with nylon paper so that it remains usable and not damaged.
Clay made from cream of tartar
- Materials and tools used:
- Two cups of water.
- Two cups of all-purpose flour.
- Three quarters of a cup of salt.
- Four teaspoons of cream of tartar.
- Two tablespoons of vegetable oil.
- Food coloring - optional -.
- Vanilla extract - optional -.
- Non-stick pan.
- wooden spoon
- Resealable plastic bag.
- A great deal.
- baking paper.
- Action Steps:
- Place the flour, yoghurt, and cream of tartar in a non-stick bowl, and stir together with a wooden spoon.
- Add water and oil to the ingredients, and mix them well together until it becomes a homogeneous and moist mixture.
- Put the mixture in the pot and put it on the gas so that the fire is medium, and stir it constantly until a thick ball is formed and then it is removed from the gas, and you should avoid touching the pot or clay at this stage because it is hot.
- Put the clay ball on the baking paper and leave for about two minutes until it cools down a bit.
- Start kneading the clay ball by hand as soon as it becomes warm and can be held, and continue kneading it until it becomes flexible and soft and does not have any lumps.
- Add five to six drops of food coloring to the clay and mix it well until the color is distributed evenly.
- Add a few drops of vanilla to the clay to make it smell nice.
- Place the clay in resealable plastic bags and seal them tightly; So that it remains soft and usable for up to three months.
