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My toxic trait is watching diy videos after already attempting the craft! I did great but watching your video was very helpful especially making split! Thank you! 💛

to paint small pieces you can use a tweezer and dip them in the paint

Somewhere I left a bad review on Crayola clay because the first few pieces fell apart. I had so much of it left so I made beads then they hardened hard. I made things thicker after that and if it seemed to be too dry handling itI put some Vaseline on my fingers. Things came out so much better. So now I'm happy with it 😃

My daughter and I enjoyed your tutorial!! We are both are very very new to this 😀

Totally forgot slips! Thanks!

How clever to use cereal and milk!

Interesting. Hmmm - I might try making something like this. I have a question, though - if this is tic tac toe - how do you know who wins since all the pieces are different colors, shapes, and sizes? Also, I have some old crayola air dry clay that I bought probably 5 -7 years ago and it's actually STILL good - I just went hunting for it after seeing all these air dry clay videos. I was sure it would be a dry rock by now, but I just spritzed it with some water and it's good as new after all this time. I said that to say this - air dry clay can be very rough naturally so with a piece like yours with all those curves - you might want to sand the piece to smooth it out. And with the straight pieces - the tic tac toe part - it probably would have been easier if you assembled that alone so you could get all the pieces nice and straight and let it dry completely then attach it to the base with some or glue. Also, you were rolling your clay out on a wooden table and wood is definitely porous - which means it absorbs moisture. That's part of the reason why your clay was sticking to the table. Next time roll your clay on something plastic or roll it on some parchment paper - the paper won't absorb the water in the clay and the back of the clay will stay much smoother because the plastic or parchment will be smooth. Sorry that your piece broke, but you also learned a great lesson in how to rescue a piece so that was awesome. Hope you make lots more clay things and, like I said, this one looked really interesting and made me want to make one like this. It's a simple game that is easy to take on the go and can have many different designs!

I just tried this clay. Its so easy to get cracking everywhere I will try with your slip technique for sure thanks! Scoring the pieces too. Good ideas

This is beyond cute!

I love it! Thank you, very helpful.

What is the varnish you’re using?

I got mine from Walmarts 10 dollars