Supplies:

• Cookie cutter (heart, wedding ring, house)
• Air-dry clay
• Rolling pin
• A straw
• Parchment paper
• Alphabet stamp set
• Paint + pouring medium
• Cups
• Twine or ribbon
• Scissors
• Painters tape

The Clay

Roll out air-dry clay on parchment paper to a thickness of 1/4 inch.

Press cookie cutter firmly into the clay. Carefully lift clay from the table.

Dip your finger in water and rub on edges to smooth out.

Use a straw to create a hole for the twine or ribbon.

The Stamp

Use alphabet stamps to stamp your wedding date or first Christmas. Press stamps gently beacuse you do not want the stamp to go all the way through the clay. Let dry for at least 24 hours.

The Paint

Measure out half pour medium in one cup and half acrylic paint in another cup and mix together.

Tape off areas you don’t want paint and cut edges.

Pour white paint over entire ornament.

Pour colored paint over ornament as you wish. I like to do it in thinner lines across the ornament.

Use the straw to blow patterns into the paint. Watch the cells come through the white paint to reveal colors underneith.

Move ornament around to make sure the paint falls off the edge or add more paint.

Let dry.

Hanging the Ornament

Cut elbows width distance of twine and fold in half. Put the fringed edges through the hole first then bring through the hoop. Tug tight and tie a knot at the end. Ready to hang on the tree!