DIY Clay Tools
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Making your own handheld clay tools at home is very easy and inexpensive.
This Instructable is using random materials I found in my classroom and modeling clay for demonstration.
BoM
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Clay
Pencils
Hot Glue
Misc. materials around the house (sticks, bottle caps, hard ware, buttons, etc.)
Handheld Tools
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Gluing buttons, hardware and other small objects to the ends of popsicle sticks, twigs, or pencils, makes for a great handheld tool that you can use over and over.
Bottle Caps
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Create a design using hot glue on the top of a bottle cap and you've got an instant stamp! You can glue a stick to the other side to aide your stamping!
Hot Glue
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Hot glueing designs on pencils, cardboard rolls, etc. make for fast and effective texturing tools.
Loop Tools
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Make your own looping tools by hot gluing the round ends of paper clips to a pencil or stick.