Ploymer clay creations
My kids love play dough. They get to knead and shape and create creatures and people and things! 
But there’s one problem with play dough. It inevitably dries out and the creatures, people and things must be binned.
My daughter recently made a little family of mouse like critters out of play dough and made them a little house our of a shoe box replete with beds, a sink and pictures on the wall.
But she was disappointed when a week later she went back to the house and the critters were cracked, faded and we had to throw them out.
But there’s way to avoid such tragedy and keep your kids creative masterpieces forever! Here’s how…
Use polymer clay instead!
Polymer clay is pliable, malleable, and keepable.
It comes in a wide variety of colours and you can even mix colours together much like you do with paint to create whatever colour you like.
Much like play dough you mould your creations into a myriad of creative shapes, but unlike play dough it doesn’t dry out.
And to keep the creations forever, you put it in your oven on a low heat and it hardens without dulling the colours.
You can buy polymer clay from craft shops.
The Disney Family Fun website has some great polymer clay projects.
And there are lots of great how to videos on youtube. Just search for ‘fimo’ or ‘polymer clay’.
Or just let your child create away. Enjoy!
