Make Your Own Clay Ornaments

Just in time for the holidays!  Kelli Murray shows us how to make your own ornaments and gift tags using oven bake clay!

Supplies: Sculpey oven bake clay, rolling pin, bakers twine, paint (I only used black), cookies cutters, paint pen and paint brushes.  (Not pictured: a straw)

Begin by rolling out your clay into a thin, even sheet (about 5/8" thick).  Using your cookie cutters, cut out shapes in different sizes.  I decided to just use circles but you can use any cookie cutter shape you have in your cupboard!

Next, poke holes in the tops of all your ornaments using a straw.

Bake according to the directions on the package.  If you are using the original Sculpey oven bake clay, it should be on a glass sheet or dish, baking at 275°F for 15 minutes for every ¼ inch of clay thickness.  

After you have baked the clay and let them cool, design to your heart's content!  I originally thought I would use both black and metallic paint but I ended up loving the simplicity of the black paint alone on the clay.  Some I painted with black acrylic paint, and others that required a finer line I used an extra fine point paint pen.  I then finished the ornaments with bakers twine.

The smaller sized ornaments work great as personalized gift tags on a gift box.  And the larger ones are perfect for decorating your Christmas tree! If you love these ornaments....but would rather just purchase them, Kelli is selling the personalized clay gift tags and the ornaments featured in this post in her etsy shop.  Thanks so much Kelli!

Comments

[Margherita]

This is soooo cool!

[Kathryn Shaw]

Love her hand lettering, so pretty!
-K

[Conny]

These would also make for perfect Christmas presents!!
So perfect! :)

[Kristina]

love these! Will try this!

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[kendra genevieve rose.]

Oh my word! These are so cute!!

[also, i love your polka-dotted rolling pin ;)]

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[Edna Loureiro]

So beautiful :)

[Hannah]

I have been meaning to make some clay decorations for a while now, I love how she has decorated hers!

[Pili]

Lovely! :)
xo,
Pili.

[Kim]

Yup, I could spend a sunday afternoon making those. Thanks!

Kim

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[Tonya]

This ornaments are so cute! What a great idea!

[Katie Smith]

These are gorgeous! I love how simple and beautiful that are.

[rachael]

these are beautiful! i especially love the Noel one.

[amber]

These are beautiful! I love making ornaments out of clay--wish I had the same hand-lettering abilities. :) These look like they were made using the translucent clay (or something other than bright white?)--gives them a different than usual look. Really lovely!

[Johanna]

These ornaments are really pretty! And I looove the rolling pin's handles!!!

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[Caroline]

Love it!

[Rachel]

wow, those are adorable! Now if only I was able to draw like that..

[Denisa]

So interesting and great idea. Have a nice day.
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[Sarah Kyle]

awesome idea! i need to do this with my son's handprint

[Natalie / Half Asleep Studio]

Such an amazing idea! Love the way they came out.

[Amanda]

I absolutely love these!!! What kind of paint brushes are those? ...so cool.