Arty Crafty making! By Katie.

Today I got my fingers stuck into my 'Das' clay and got on with making my little photo holders/ornaments. This took me allllllll day but I think it was worth it as I was quite pleased with the end result!

Firstly, I made this little chap. He is Mr. Apple (How original!), and I decided to turn him into a little photo holder. He is very small, but when I make another of him I will size him up. With 'Das' clay, it dries very quickly, so by the time I made my ornaments/photo holders, they were ready to be painted straightaway.


I used watercolour paints because they go on better and it's quite thick so you don't have to put on lots of coats. Then to make the paint dry even quicker I used my hairdryer, and amazingly the paint would dry in less than literally 20 seconds! This was good to do because I wouldn't get paint all over my fingers whilst trying to paint the other bit of the ornament! I wanted them to be dry for their photo session anyway :D

The wire I used was so easy to bend, so I made some little holders, twisted or bent some to make them look funky, and stuck them into my ornaments heads (poor things!)

Here are the others I made!

Miss. Strawberry

Mr. Tomato
Miss. Ice cream (She's just an ornament)

Charm Bracelet- Cherry cheesecake & a cherry

I hope to make some more of these, and bring in new characters, like Mr. Hot Chilly Pepper and Miss. Banana (Ha, such silly names!!) and start having a collection! :)