Clay Ring Dish with a Hand Painted Design

Make a cute little clay ring dish with hand painted accents! These darling dishes are a pretty personalized gift, and are so easy to make.

Skills Required: Beginner. You should have a little bit of crafting experience for this project, but not much. You’ll be cutting out clay to shape a dish and then doing some (very simple) hand painting.

Hi guys! Jennifer from Brave New Home here again to share a sweet little clay craft perfect for ushering in spring.

I’m obsessed with using air dry clay, especially in simple crafts that are cute like this one. This is a great Mother’s Day craft for kids that is going to be fun for elementary and older . . . you don’t need great painting skills to make the abstract florals. Customize with any design you like!

For this clay ring dish project, you will need:

• Air dry clay
• Acrylic craft paint
• Tea cup
• Rolling pin
• Permanent markers
• Clear acrylic spray
• Paintbrush
• Pencil

I started with two small circles of air dry clay on my work surface. You can use just about anything as your template. Roll out with a rolling pin.

After I rolled them out, I smoothed the edges with water and my finger. Then I gently pressed each clay ring dish in a small tea cup to dry overnight.

Once dry, I outlined some simple floral patterns on top of the clay. I’m not typically a flower person, but once spring hits I just get wild about flowers!

Paint in layers, stopping after every color to let each layer dry. This will help avoid mixing paint colors. Then I went back and added some details with permanent markers.

Finally, I gave both sides a coat of clear acrylic spray paint. The spray paint will keep the colors in place and prevent any dirty smudges on the white clay.

I made two of these little ring holder dishes, one for each of my son’s teachers.

These are great clay crafts for kids because they are so simple. I think a clay ring dish will be a nice personalized little present for a teacher, mother, neighbor, hostess, or anyone else who deserves a little something special. It’s definitely unique!

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