It was still fun to use!  

Maybe you could make something and cast it in resin like you do to make insects trapped in amber? :)

Fun fact: modeling clay is made for stop motion so the creators can create infinite poses with one piece of clay

As someone who grew up with modeling clay as my favorite toy, I thought everyone knows it doesn't harden 😅

It actually does dry but takes literally years of sitting on a shelf. I have a sculpture of a dog made out of modeling clay that’s turned into a rock because it’s 11 years old

In my country it's called plasticine instead of modeling clay. Since this is based on oil instead of water and mud (yeah i know clay isn't just mud) it literally has nothing in common with clay. Ot still has uses though. On my sculpture lessons we use grey modeling clay/plasticine to sculpt smaller objects that are meant to be displayed for a long time since it doesn't crack and dry out. But i still have no idea who in their right mind would call this clay

I grew up with modeling clay and when I was 4 I thought every other clay thing was like that and was very confused about how cups didnt dent or fall because the ones I made would

yes omg my niece had a lot of leftovers from these and I made so many cute trinkets, left it to air dry and it was just as squishy as new after like 3 months , then I tried baking it and yeah that's when I realised they are different

I loved modeling clay growing up. I always build a littel world with it and played with it until it was time to desroy it and start new. To this day I sometimes miss this temporarity in my artprojekts. The Idear that someday they wont be anymore made them so much more special to me.

Yup! I spent hours one time making a full set of mini super detailed food for my sister‘s Barbie kitchen. It never dried and then I read somewhere that you can put it in water and boil it. tried that and it looked hard until I took it out and everything fell like a bad soufflé 😂. I was so sad but lesson learned lol

It used to be called Plasticine, which is oil based, and while it will eventually dry.... it will t sometimes take years, and when exposed tohear, it will melt.

Yup, I've had a same thing of model in clay for 3 years in the same position and it can still be softened and played with. I do it every once in a while, but it's just crazy to me that it hasn't dried after 3 years, almost 4.

I used modeling clay on a craft I made as a 5 year old, 14 years later and it’s still wet sitting on my parents office shelf

I made three roses with that clay from the dollar store for my dad when I was bored at 12 years old. Here I am, 2 weeks away from being 16, and it’s still not dry lol 😂 I never knew it didn’t dry on its own

What a coincedence,I bought the same exact pack today from the store!

i tried making a cute button out of it and baking it AND IT MELTED INTO A PUDDLE OF PINK :( it was ok tho cuz i had polymer clay and just used that. i also rolled up the puddle into a ball after it cooled off and put it back into a bag

I grew up with this and it’s prolly how I’m really good at clay now but this is called plasticine and it’s not for drying. It’s for re-using so your parents don’t have to buy air dry clay every week

I used to get that all the time, we baked it so my little projects would harden and it worked

in art classes at least at my high school we use the modeling clay for practicing techniques or perhaps to made a tiny version of what we eventually make out of ceramic clay

I just stumbled across your channel and so glad I did! I feel compelled to comment on this particular video cuz this type of clay, what we called plasticine clay back in the day (talking early 60s here!) was what got me into polymer clay later on in life. I used to save my nickels dimes and pennies just to spend it on plasticine at the five and dime store and spent hours creating my own characters and world's with it. So when polymer clay came out I was ecstatic and dove right in! The idea I could make my creations permanent by curing in an oven was a dream come true! Lol so yes, I knew that kind of clay doesn't harden...ever....but I must say the colors today are much brighter and clearer than they were back then.

I literally used to beg my mom for packs of these at the dollar store! Such a blast to play with

when i was a kid i used modeling clay for a claymation school project specifically bc it doesnt dry! makes it easy to maneuver your characters!

At my house, we used those exact same modeling clay kits and we have like 5 sculptures on the top of our fridge that have been there for years! They're still soft!

Hello! I will explain how this doesn’t dry just in case ur confused, so basically it’s called “modeling clay” because kids and adults can model with them so that’s why they don’t dry! It’s sticky so it’s easier to stick them together and mix colors for models :)

THAT TRANSITION IS LEGENDARY

When I was younger I used to make my mom get that clay every time we went to the dollar store and I didn’t know it never dried so I still have some projects from it that I just left to dry at some point they all just melted though

As someone who has played with modeling clay since I was a child, and knows how its made from family experience. Lemme explain. Modeling clay is basically a very thick emulsified oil, since its basically clay made from oil it won't dry. Also its mainly used for molding with plaster or for very young kids (toddlers) to play with.

THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE OMFG

Modeling clay Is for temporary creation so you can see how the product will look to plan out what you wanna make with actual clay

yeah when i was a kid, i made a vase out of this clay for my mom for mother’s day- was super excited to surprise her as i’d spent a while making it, and i stuck it in the oven to bake it (thinking it was like sculpey) and it melted in the oven 😭 i was devistated😭

Wow i had no idea!! You just solved a childhood mystery for me, thank you!!

I used to play with that stuff when I was really little, was a great stepping stone for polymer clay:)

It really never dries, I made a project when I was little and it was the talons of a barn owl, two years later, it still didn’t dry

I acctually buy it like a ton. Its very fun and not exactly sticky, but it doesnt dry. This makes it easy for making dolls

My grandmother has a clay angel I made for her when I was like 8 I’m 26 now it still moldable and soft

I used to use it for stop motion back during quarantine, it’s honestly so handy

We got some of that clay for our granddaughters. They made us the most precious little figurines. But they were upset that they didn’t dry . So I keep them safe on my mantle on doilies and metal saucers . We ordered a compartment shadow box to store them in. We treat them like Tiffany glass !! 😁🩷🩷🩷

We always called it plasticine but I just found out that’s like calling all paper tissue Kleenex. Neat

My daughter made the same mistake after I told the modeling clay would never dry…because I bought it too once not knowing it wouldn’t harden. 😂

That's actually exactly why I buy it. I play with it like slime. It's really fun to squeeze and reshape.

I ❤ that you made a cicada! They're one of my fave insects.

Also if you try to bake it to dry it it melts! I learned the hard way... I made a couple really cool sculptures and my mom tried to oven harden them even though I told her not to and the melted XD

that loop tho omg *chef kiss*

That was the smoothest loop ever

I can confirm, its been out for years on my shelf, not even a bit dry

I didn’t know that modeling clay doesn’t dry. Thanks for sharing this information with us. ❤❤❤❤

this is what i always had as a kid, and because of that i always got pissed when people told me "it'll dry" everytime i used clay: because it never "dried" (hardended)

Found this out the hard way when I had to make a model diorama for my son. They stayed on the shelf for a year and he suddenly wanted to take it off the shelf. Lo and behold I come into the kitchen one day and find all the clay missing from the diorama. The clay I spent 3 hours molding for his perfection state of mind a year prior. A Native American fire pit setting with baskets and hand-carved arrowheads Etc. They became teddy bears. His little brother wanted to wash them after they were dropped on the floor. Needless to say i had to get the drain snake and am still cleaning up clay smears i missed a few months ago (yes its clay not poo) Lol #parenthood

Girl no i thought the same and mixed with polymer-clay let me tell you when I baked it... it just melted like a cookie and was still PLAYABLE!!!

Oml, this reminded me lmao, a friend and I wanted to make cute little sculptures and she bought modeling clay, didn't realize it wouldn't dry until the next day we accidentally smooshed one and it became a pancake 😅😂

I love the way you almost “painted” with the clay!!

They gave me that at school to use and I was so sad bc I made a rly intricate mermaid and it never dried

You can spray it with several coats of hair spray It doesn't exactly dry it but it does preserve it

Is anyone gonna talk about how good the the loop is

When I was younger, my siblings and I would play with modeling clay all the time. Once time, I made a monkey that I was pretty proud of. I don’t remember why, but I ended up microwaving it (maybe I was trying to bake it?) and it melted. It’s very funny to think back on.

I did the same thing a few weeks ago and yes I did pick it up from dollar tree 😅❤

i got some of that brand and it was so hard that none of the pieces would mold out of its original shape into any other shape. after some hesitation, a while later i got a larger pack at walmart, and it was fresh enough to work just fine.

Same I've had mine for like two years

this was my favorite toy as a kid 😊

THAT LOOP WAS PERFFFF

I just went to dollar tree the other day to and I got the same exact clay but I did not know that it drys you just taught me something new

I was leaving these on the heater hoping it would dry and i could keep it. Yeah my mom wasn't happy and modeling clay has been my svore enemy from then on 😂

Same I was waiting for it to dry for like a week and I just saw this video so now I know that it never dries 😆

We played with it in kindergarten and knew it didn't harden, we had air dry clay too sometimes.

I remember using modeling clay to make earrings and it hurt me so much when it squished

I feel like you are unfortunately the only one who managed to get through childhood without knowing that 😂

Oh my gosh my siblings and I were obsessed with this clay! We would set up shops with our neighbor and sell the things we made 😂

My nephew is so good at using modeling clay to create REALISTIC FNAF figurines. I’m talking 8-10 years old, creating the most detailed, amazing figurines you’ve ever seen. I love art- so naturally, I knew about modeling clay for many many years.

i ate so much modeling clay when i was a kid idk how im alive. why do they make it smell so good

Thank you for the save! I would have been so so disappointed 😮

THATS THE PERFECT LOOP :O

I found that out when I had to do a project on ancient Egypt and I had to make hieroglyphics out of clay(they came out awesome) but it never dried so my teacher didn’t allow anyone to touch them even though it was a pass around project 😅

Oh yeah! Ive bought that before too but i was dumb enough to try it in the oven 😂

Some of them can be baked! It's easy to do in a home oven, just make sure you have the right brand of modelling clay

it’s made out of wax, that’s why if it’s cold it’s harder and when you use it it’s softer, i used to use this a lot for school projects when i was younger

The loop is so good I'm ngl

I made a frognout of modeling clay when i was 7. Im in my mid 20s, and it's still soft.

That looks really cool

I used it for a project and I was like why won’t it dry my trees fell.

My son uses this from dollar tree, if he let's his little art sit out for a few days it sets up pretty good

Just found this acc and I already want MORE of this sweet little dude 😭

Omg my whole childhood is in that one dollar pack 😂❤

Ha ha. I learned this the hard way. I asked my mom for oven baked clay to make charms as a kid. I went to get them and didn't bother reading labels. So I got home to make said charms and was like "this doesn't feel right" Made charms that were never able to be used as the play never dried and intact made it too heavy on the little keyring holder. Was still fun to play with. Just sad it didn't dry nor could you put it in the oven to harden it.

its dryes ! you just have to wait a week or so :D i made some figures out of my kids modelingclay for halloween . and they are hard ! but maybe we have some kinde of other type of kids clay here in Denmark .

I found a box of dollar store modeling clay from about 7 years ago, so I can tell you firsthand- it does. It might take a while, but I now have a dozen hard sticks of clay in my drawer

I made something out of that clay waited YEARS thinking that and now realizing😅

okay, now this is the perfect loop

It's great for casting though. You can sculpt something and then cover it in paper mache. Once the paper is hardened, you cut the clay out and have a paper shell... well it works better than it sounds.

In Poland non drying modeling clay is called "plastelina" and drying one is "modelina". Clay is "glina". Way less confusing. :D

I never knew that, I also never played with this when I was younger....we barely even got playdough.... had lots of Barbies and baby dolls though....lots of colored pencils and crayons ...no paint or markers...my mom didn't like a mess.

I love modeling clay cuz i would make small ppl as a child

You can protect anything you make from it with children's glue, when it dryes it turns transparent and what you make looks shiny, it can still be easyly scuashed if you put to much pressure, but youll be able to move it around without destroing it

Omg she has the same pack of clay as me i got it from dollar tree too

I found out after using it for a project with my class and they were not happy when we came in the next week and they grabbed their items and they fell apart.

I once grabbed some by mistake when i wanted polymer clay. I made a cane design and created a blue ring octopus that was in and around this glass cup, a very detailed and difficult design. Modeling clay also melts in the oven, on top of never drying

ive had this same clay pack for 6 years💀still as good as new

It’s just plasticine. You can bake it in the oven to harden it, however it melts into a puddle and releases fumes in the process. Source: me and my mom baked stuff when I was little confusing it with polymer clay, so I ended up with a bunch of slightly burnt puddles that vaguely resembled what we had made.

You can use clear nail varnish or clear resin to make it harder.

Amazing 🤩

Omg same and it's sucha shave because those coats are the most variety of color i have for sculpting and i thought i wouldn't have to paint anything

I was that annoying kid in my art classes reminding everyone that modelling clay is for modelling and it never dries But funny enough! I still have some clay works I made when I was really little, it was the cheapest stuff around that didn't ruin like Play-Doh. If you wait like.. at least 6 years (LMAO) it will dry out completely. Hard as a foam rock.