5 Clay Christmas Tree Decorations to Make

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Personalise your Christmas tree this year with these cute and creative clay decorations.

From a mitten-shaped ornament to your classic Christmas bauble, discover 5 unique decorations that will add a little festive magic to your Christmas tree this year!

This makes for a great activity for the whole family too, as it's a great way to get your little ones crafting!

Project and instructions by Becki Clark

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5 Clay Christmas Tree Decorations to Make

You Will Need

Bauble Decorations:

* Air Drying Clay - White

* A Bauble Cutter

* Rolling Pin

* Dark Green & Sage Acrylic Paint

* Size 3 Paintbrush

* Gold Velvet Ribbon

* Letter Stamps

Candy Cane Decorations:

* Air Drying Clay - White and Terracotta

* Straw

* Velvet Ribbon

Mitten Decorations:

* Air Drying Clay - White

* Knife

* Straw

* Red Posca Pen

* Gold Brush Pen

* White and Red Twine

Star Garland:

* Air Drying Clay - White

* Star Cutters

* Straw

* Rolling Pin

* Twine

Tree Decorations:

* Air Drying Clay - White

* Tree Cutter

* Velvet Ribbon

* Papermania Gold Brush Pen

* Clay Tools

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Free Templates

Mitten Decoration - Lettering:

Download the PDF template here

Mitten Decoration - Mittens:

Download the PDF template here

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Candy Stick - Step 1

Separate out two tennis ball-sized pieces of the white and terracotta clay.

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Step 2

Roll the clay out into long sausage shapes that are equal in length and thickness, ours were about 1.5cm in thickness.

Step 3

Twist the white and the terracotta clay together slowly, making sure your twist is equal along the length of the clay.

Step 4

Cut into the length you’d like your candy stick to be, then bend the top round into a curve.

Step 5

Using a straw, pierce a hole through the clay to thread your ribbon through.

Leave to dry for 24 hours.

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Mitten - Step 1

Roll your clay to about 1cm in thickness.

Step 2

Using your knife, draw a mitten shape into the clay, you can also use the provided templates if you aren’t comfortable working freehand.

Cut the mitten shape out and repeat.

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Step 3

Smooth the edges of the mitten using your fingers, and then add a hole at the top by piercing your straw through.

Leave to dry for 24 hours.

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Step 4

Decorate your mittens by adding a brush lettered capital, and then painting stripes across the mitten shape.

Personalised Bauble - Step 1

Roll out your air dry clay to 1cm in thickness.

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Step 2

Using your cutter, cut your bauble shapes out of the clay and smooth the sides with your fingers.

Step 3

Using the letter stamps, add your personalised names to the clay pushing down to imprint the letters. Using a straw, add holes at the top of the bauble.

Leave to dry for 24 hours.

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Step 4

To add your foliage decoration, use a size 3 paint brush and take the dark green acrylic paint to paint a curved line on the top right of your bauble.

Step 5

Add leaf shapes, working along the line and then repeat the motif in the bottom right hand side of the bauble so they are mirroring each other.

Step 6

Now, using some of the sage green, add three small berry shapes at the end of each of the foliage motifs by painting a circle and leaving a small circle unpainted inside.

Leave to dry before stringing ribbon through to hang the decoration.