Kids will love playing with clay in this polymer clay pens project!
Theyll learn to marble, and the pens make great gifts for friends and family.
Skills Required: None.Even if youve never crafted before, youll be able to accomplish this project.
Youll be mixing clay, pressing it onto pens, and then baking in the oven.
This is a perfect idea for older children and younger kids with adult supervision.
Looking for a simple way to pretty up some old pens?
Its Leslie from Pink Stripey Socks.
Today Im sharing a really easy and uniqueclay projectthats perfect for kids and adults.
Have you ever made clay covered pens?
My son and I recently made a batch and loved the results.
The marbled pens turned out really beautiful.
Its a great way to use up thoseclay scrapsyou have no idea what to do with.
This is a great way to use up those extra clay scraps from other projects.
If you’ve got the option to remove the ink from the pen barrel, do that.
This was hard for my 5-year-old to do, so I helped him out.
Youre going to marbelize the clay together using various colors.
Step 2: Blend two or more colors of clay together to create a beautiful marbled effect.
Do this by pressing the clay out on your surface and pressing in lighter colors.
Fold and roll several times.
We rolled the pen on the table and between our hands to make it less lumpy.
It doesnt have to be perfect, but youll find that rolling it makes the clay surface pretty smooth.
Bake it according to the directions on the package (typically 275 degrees for 15 minutes or so).
Check your clay pens about halfway through baking just to see to it everything is going well.
Use adult supervision when working with children while baking clay.
Use oven mitts when taking the baking pan out of the oven.
Once its finished baking, wait till your pens cool.
Insert any ink cartridges that you removed.
Then, they should be ready to use.
Writing is definitely more fun when youre using these one-of-a-kind pens!
Kids are going to love this cute clay project.
You might be wondering if you’re able to reuse these pens.
The answer is yes if the cartridge is removable.
you might simply remove the ink and add another cartridge.
Having said that, we dont go through pens very fast around here.
They hang around for quite awhile!
I hope you enjoy making these polymer clay pens with your kiddos too!
hey check out my blog, Pink Stripey Socks for more easy and modern family friendly crafts.
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Happy making, friends!
