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How can i make plastisine from scratch? I was hoping to make some for my kids. I found some in a store, but 85 dollars? No way i'm not that dessparate. Anyway if anybody has ANY ideas would be great! Best idea wins best answer.

Answer 1

I should certainly hope "best idea wins best answer." That's exactly what it's supposed to be. Usually, it goes without saying.

Anyway, I'm not sure which recipe is closer to what you're calling plasticine, so I'll give you both. They both dry when exposed to air for several hours, so keep them in sealed containers when not in use.

Tear the crust from 5 slices of white bread and tear the slices into pieces the size of a quarter or half dollar. Put these in a mixing bowl. Add 3 tbl white glue (like Elmer's regular white glue) and mix thoroughly. Start mixing with a spoon and switch to using your hands when necessary. If the clay is too stiff, add a little more glue. If it's too sticky, have someone tear the crust from another slice of bread and tear it into pieces for you, and add it to the mix. Work it in. This makes a small batch of clay about the size of a tennis ball or a little smaller. It can be colored with food coloring, or it can be painted once it's dry. I used to work with this stuff all the time when I was a kid.

The other recipe is for something like PlayDoh. Take 1 cup salt, 1 cup water, and 2 cups flour. Mix the salt into the water (dissolve as much of it as you can) and then add the flour. a tbl or two of glycerine makes the clay smoother and more pliable. Color this one with food coloring, too. This recipe is better for little kids, while the bread-and-glue clay is better for older kids.

Answer 2

Plasticine is earth clay with oil instead of water that never dries. It has become less popular since sculpy came along. It used to be sold in several colors in sticks like butter in toy sections of stores, but you can get it at artist supply stores in 5 pound and 25 pound packages. I don't know where you found it for $85 and how much but
http://www.fxsupply.com/materials/clay.html jhas 5# for $15 and 50# for $105
this has a recipe for mixing
http://www.acurazine.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-48655.html
this discusses it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_(industrial_plasticine)
colored
http://www.texasart.com/g1182/Van-Aken-Plastalina-Modeling-Clay.htm

Answer 3

Plasticine is not that expensive. The kind that doesn't dry out? or the kind you bake? The kind that doesn't dry out, is made with oil and clay. Dirt clay. Mineral oil I would guess.

2 ingreds.