This beautiful and easy-to-make baking soda clay is perfect for creating a beach craft for kids. The white baking soda and cornstach clay is fun to sculpt into pretty seashells, starfish, and other favorite seacreatures from your recent family vacation to the ocean. This beach art project is such a fun summer craft for kids of all ages from toddler, preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th garde, 5th grade, and 6th graders too. So whip up a batch of this 3 ingredient white clay recipe today!
Baking Soda Clay
My kids love doing all sorts of summer arts and crafts projects during June, July, and August. Sometimes we make cute crafts or paint a favorite scene, but one of their favorites is digging into this baking soda clay! The beautiful white baking soda clay recipe is fun to shape and great for strengthening hand muscles whiel you are at it! We like to turn ours into pretty beach creations like star fish, sea horse, sea shells, and other things we are looking forward to looking for at the beach. This baking soda cornstach clay is perfect for preschoolers, toddlers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6 students. Whether you are a parent, teacher, or homeschooler – add this fun summer art project to your list of things to try this summer. Your kids will love making beach crafts and seashell crafts.
Baking Soda Clay Recipe
All you need are 3 simple materials to make this easy white clay recipe:
- 2 cups baking soda
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 1 and 1/4 cup water
Baking Soda Crafts
Start by adding baking soda, corn starch, and water to a pot. Cook the mixture, stirring continuously, over medium heat until it thickens to a mashed potato consistency and starts to come together.
Dump out your craft dough onto parchment paper and cover with a damp cloth to keep it from drying out as you wait for it to be cool enough to handle. Keep a damp cloth on the unused dough while sculpting.
Baking Soda Cornstarch Clay
To make the starfish, take the 5 balls and use your thumb and pointer finger to shape and flatten into triangles. Next, take the triangles and combine them together. Make sure to pinch the edges on both the front and back into the shape of a starfish.
Continue sculpting the dough into your favorite sea creatures. It’s important to smooth out the edges where the pieces connect or cracks will form and the seams will show.
Beach Craft for Kids
Put your creations on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake at 175 Fareinheight for 45 minutes to 1 hr. They should set, but not brown.
Beach Art Project
Allow your project to cool completely before you play with your creations, paint your seashells, or use them to decorate shelves with a fun beach theme.
Baking Soda Clay
Ingredients
- 2 cups baking soda
- 1 cup cornstarch
- 1 and 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Start by adding baking soda, corn starch, and water to a pot. Cook the mixture, stirring continuously, over medium heat until it thickens to a mashed potato consistency and starts to come together.
- Dump out your craft dough onto parchment paper and cover with a damp cloth to keep it from drying out as you wait for it to be cool enough to handle. Keep a damp cloth on the unused dough while sculpting.
- Put your creations on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake at 175 Fareinheight for 45 minutes to 1 hr. They should set, but not brown.
- Allow your project to cool completely before you play with your creations, paint your seashells, or use them to decorate shelves with a fun beach theme.
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I added it to a craft recipe card so you can just hit print 😉
Thank you for thus fun recipe/idea!
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