Baker's Clay 4 cups Flour 1 cup Salt 1 1/2 cups Water Mix flour salt and water together into a stiff dough. Knead dough for 5 minutes. Roll out the dough to 1/4" thickness and cut into shapes with cookie cutters. Place on cookie sheets. If making hanging ornaments, poke holes in top of the ornaments with a toothpick before baking. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour or until hard when tapped with a fork. Can be decorated with water color or poster paint and coat with varnish or spray lacquer. This will prevent the ornaments from getting soft over time. Do Not double this mixture and mixture must be used within four hours of making.

Homemade GAK Solution A: 2 cups White Glue 1 1/2 cups water Solution B: 1/3 cup warm water 1 teaspoon 20 Mule Team Borax Mix the water and glue in bowl (solution A). Add food coloring if desired. Dissolve borax in warm water (solution B). Add slowly to the glue mixture, stirring constantly. Remove the lump that will form and knead until soft and pliable. Continue adding 1/3 cup of warm water and 1 teaspoon borax (solution B) to the glue mixture until all the glue is gone. May take 4 or 5 additions. Store in airtight plastic container.

Jewelry Clay For Kids 3/4 cup Flour 1/2 cup Salt 1/2 cup Cornstarch Warm Water Mix flour, salt and cornstarch together. Gradually add warm water until the mixture can be kneaded into shapes. Make beads by rolling the dough into little balls, Make holes by piercing the balls with toothpicks. Allow these to air dry. Paint and string the beads as desired.

Modeling Dough 1 cup Flour 1 cup Water 1 Tablespoon Oil 1/2 cup Salt 1 teaspoon Cream of Tartar Optional: Food coloring Mix ingredients in a pan. Cook over medium heat until mixture pulls away from sides of pan and becomes doughy in consistency. Knead until cool. Add food coloring to desired color. Make different colors of clay into any shape you can imagine. Not edible. May be used over and over again. Keeps for approximately three months.

Peanut Butter Clay (edible) 1 cup Creamy Peanut Butter 1/2 cups Instant powdered milk 3 Tablespoons Honey Peanuts, raisins, chocolate and coconut (optional) Stir the peanut butter, powdered milk and honey together in a medium-size bowl until dough is smooth. If it's dry add a little more honey; if it's too moist add more powdered milk to desired consistency. Kids can form the dough into shapes of their choice, then decorate their artwork with peanuts, raisins, chocolate chips or flaked coconut Store any unused dough in the refrigerator.

Play Dough 1 cup Vegetable Oil 6 cups All-Purpose Flour 1 cup Water Food coloring Mix all ingredients together. This recipe is a little more elastic than the salt / flour blends.

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