Make your own clay at home

The kids will have hours of fun playing with the clay and making their own creations.

Follow this easy recipe to make your own clay at home:

Ingredients:

- 1 cup corn flour

- 2 cups baking soda

- 1 & 1/2 cups water

- Old saucepan

- Cling film

- Optional: add a few drops of food colouring for more colourful clay

How to make:

- Mix all the ingredients (including the food colouring if you're using it) in an old saucepan and cook over a medium heat. Stirring constantly until the mixture is too hard to stir any more.

- Let the clay cool for 15 minutes.

- Remove the clay from the saucepan and knead it until it is smooth.

- Wrap the clay up in the cling film to keep it moist until you're ready to use it.

- When you're ready unwrap the clay and help the kids make all sorts of creations.

- Once they're finished, leave them to dry and harden. It will take approx 1 day for the clay creations to harden.

Compiled by the team at Under 5s www.under5s.co.nz.  Don’t forget to check out some of our other fun activities for kids and easy things to do at home.

Source: idea from make-stuff.com.