Kids' Crafts with Clay & Plaster

Encourage your kids to showcase their creative talents using clay and plaster. The project ideas include mixing homemade clay, creating holiday ornaments, etching on plaster, sculpting homemade jewelry, and making a paperweight. For more activities, visit our activities center.

Recipes for Clay and Dough
There's no need to spend a lot of money to have fun with clay -- make your own!
Make Your Own Clay
Homemade Clay Recipes
Homemade Play Dough
Parent Idea: Kool Aid Play Dough
Parent Idea: Peanut Butter Play Dough
Sculpting Fun
You and your child will have a blast completing these clay projects!
Crafting with Clay: Beads and Buttons
Clay Sculptures
Clay Pot (No Kiln)
Plaster Box Etchings
Beading Basics
Alphabet Playdough
Sculpting Beads
Clay Hearts
Make Clay Letters
Kwanzaa Clay Jewelry
African Animal Necklace
Totem Poles
Decorative Dreidel Box
Arts and Crafts Ideas from Parents
Here are some great ideas for clay projects, from parents like you.
Parent Idea: Heart Paperweight
Parent Idea: Working with Clay and Physical Coordination
Parent Idea: Framed Handprint with Poem
Parent Idea: Handprint Keepsake
Parent Idea: Clay Apple Paperweight
More Parent Ideas: Home Crafts and Gifts
More Crafting Resources
Want more ideas for great arts and crafts projects? Check out these resources.
Arts & Crafts Activities for Kids: Project Ideas
Homemade Gift Ideas
Paper & Fabric Arts & Crafts Activities for Kids
Crafts Projects Using Natural, Recycled, & Found Objects
Arts & Crafts Activities for Kids: Drawing Ideas
Painting and Printmaking Crafts for Kids
Arts and Crafts Activities for Toddlers
Arts and Crafts Activities for Preschoolers

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