25 Best Clay Craft Ideas for Kids and Beginners
Crafting with clay is a hobby for a few, but it looks fascinating to all! Check out these cute, easy-to-make clay craft ideas. From cute animals to trinket trays to making jewellery, there is an idea for everyone.
These clay craft ideas are for all, be it kids, amateurs or pros! Start with the simple one you can make clay crafts your form of leisure activity
1. Clay Frog
When making cute creatures with clay, frogs are the best idea. Roll up three green colour clay balls – 2 for the ears and one for the body. Attach the two small balls on two sides, forming ears. Draw one line from the lower centre to give the illusion of hands. Draw ears and mouth. Your clay frog is ready!
2. Clay Earrings
Girls would love these clay crafts! Also, this is a very popular type of earrings as they are easy to make, cute and go with every kind of outfit. You can make any design of your choice, and just make sure you make a duplicate design for another ear.
3. Cute Vegetables
Choose your vegetables and roll them up to orange clay, red clay or green clay. Use a toothpick to carve lines for texture, and attach small leaves or stems with green clay. Blend edges smoothly with your fingers or sculpting tools.
4. Clay Coaster
Knead the clay to soften and remove bubbles. Roll the clay properly and flatten it. Cut it in a round shape or any abstract shape for a unique look. Press lace, leaves, stamps, or textured fabric onto the clay to create patterns. Use a toothpick to give designs.
5. Clay Flowers
Making flowers is one of the easiest clay craft ideas. Ball up five pieces of clay for the petals and one flattened small piece of clay for the central portion. Add leaves if you wish, and texture the petals with a toothpick.
6. Rainbow with Clay
Take small pieces of each rainbow colour and roll them into thin, even ropes. Give the VIBGYOR colour- violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Gently press the ropes together, cut them even and secure them with cloud clays from the end.
7. Clay Bouquet
A clay bouquet can be the perfect gift for your loved ones. Add clay flowers, clay creatures, clay rainbows, add sticks to all of them and tie them up into a bouquet.
8. Clay Cups
Roll a ball of clay almost about the size of a fist. Use your finger to press into the centre, creating a hollow. Pinch the sides outward while rotating, forming an even cup shape. Smooth the surface with the help of water and your fingers.
9. Clay Textured Pots
Roll out a flat sheet of clay, texture it, and then wrap it into a cylinder. Press leaves, flowers, or lace onto the clay. Use toothpicks, forks or carving tools to draw patterns.
10. Clay Keychains
Make a cute creature of any choice and use pliers to open a jump ring, insert it into the hole, and attach it to a keychain ring. Close the jump ring securely.
11. Trinket Trays
Just like coasters, make abstract shapes and textures with toothpicks and it’s ready.
12. Clay Mushrooms
Roll a small ball of red clay and gently flatten it into a dome shape. Use fingers to slightly curve the edges for a natural look. roll tiny balls of white clay and press them onto the cap. Gently flatten them with your finger or a tool.
13. Cute Wallhangings
Make flattened structures with clay and tie them up with rope to give the formation of wall hanging.
14. Fish Clay
To make a fish clay, take a lump of clay and roll it into an oval or teardrop shape for the fish’s body. Flatten it slightly to give it a more natural shape. Add clay fins and tail.
15. Clay Birds
To make clay birds, flatten out a rolled clay and cut them into a piece of a bird. Use a toothpick to texture them and add colours.
16. Cute Characters with Clay
Making cute characters with clay is a fun and creative project. You can make snowmen, tiny dragons, unicorns, mini humans with heads or small bodies.
17. Small Airballoon with Clay
Take hard paper or cardboard for the platform for the air balloon. Now, stick little rolled-up balls on the paper and press downwards like the image shown above. For this, add the number of balls according to the size of the balloon you want. Add white straws and a clay basket.
18. Cactus with Clay
Take a chunk of green clay and roll it into an oval or cylindrical shape. Slightly flatten it to give it a natural cactus look. Use a toothpick or scrapping tool to create vertical lines down the cactus body. You can add arms or leave it like that.
19. Clay Penholder
To make a clay pen holder, make small flowers and attach them to a cylindrical pen stand, or you can also make a pen standd by just following the steps of making a clay cup.
20. Cute Little Yellow Clay Ducks
To make cute little clay ducks, start with a small ball for the body. Tappen the edge to give the illusion of clay. Draw textured wings on the sides. And now add a small ball for the head. Add a small cone for the beak and draw eyes. Your duck is ready.
21. Ghost Lights
These are the easiest to make. Ball up some white clay, texture them and draw eyes like a cute ghost. You can add a hat for them.
22. Nametags with Clay
To make name tags, you have to write names with clay. You can also follow one easy step, i.e., flatten out one clay piece properly for the body of the tag and then write the name using a toothpick.
23. Clay Rings for Loved ones
To make clay rings cut a strip of clay and wrap it around a ring mandrel and then sculpt it into the desired shape.
24. Clay Bunny
To make a clay bunny, use white clay balls and roll them up into the shape of an egg. Add ears with a touch of pink clay. You can add black bindi for the eyes.
25. Clay Cookies
We all love cookies. So, do you want to make delicious-looking cookies with clay? Ball up clay pieces and give them the appearance of cookies with the help of a toothpick and you are done!
