Fridge Magnets

Out of impulse, I bought a pack of clay while browsing in a bookstore one day. I really wanna make something durable out of it. But what? It took me several days to make up my mind. Ok set! Fridge magnets it shall be!

Rynae has never toyed with clay before and her first comments about the craft material was that it is heavy and cold. Excellent! Now she knows the difference in texture between home-made doh, commercial doh and japanese soft clay. Maybe I'll let her try plasticine next. The magnets are actually quite easy to make and here's how we did it:

1. Mould clays with a fruit-shape ice maker
   
2. Trim off the extra clays from the edges and leave to dry for a few days
   
3. Colour with acrylic paint and leave to dry
   
4. Glue magnets to the back of each fruit shape clay


5. Lastly, take lots of photos!

Rynae couldn't mould any decent looking fruit-shape clay and I did most of the job then. Good effort there though. Her contribution came when it was time to coat the clays. Being an impatient and non-meticulous person as she always is, she brushed each piece with 1 homogeneous colour and to her, her job is done as long as the clay pieces get a decent amount of paint on them. No thought of esthetics here. Of course Mummy has to do the touch up because there were white patches everywhere!

Besides being Rynae's first clay encounter, it is also Mummy's first attempt in using acrylic paint. I wanted to use this paint because it is fast drying and I need not have to give the clays another varnishing top coat. If you're aware, acrylic paints can be quite costly and this is also one of the reasons why my completion date was pushed back because I do not have the time for purchasing at Bras Basah's ArtFriend. I call myself lucky when I found a box of 6 acrylic colours in Daiso. S$2 only! With these colours, I can concoct more crafts to paint now. And I know what I'm gonna do next.

PEBBLES PAINTING!

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