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Cornstarch Clay Worry Dolls - 2

by Noreen on April 1st, 2008

Part one of the tutorial gave the recipe for how to make Cornstarch Clay.

NOTE: Cornstarch Clay is remarkably sturdy and long lasting, BUT… you can’t carry these little dolls in your pocket. If you want it to last, you need to be gentle.  Your Cornstarch Clay Worry Doll will need to live on a shelf or in a dollhouse,  rather reclusively.

 Cornstarch Clay Worry Doll Tutorial Part 2                                 by Noreen Crone-Findlay ©

I used a bit too much water in making my clay, so it was a bit too sticky, which made it not as much fun to work with as it might have been.

I probably should have tossed it back in the saucepan and chased it around with a spoon for a bit to dry it out a touch  more.

Dipping my fingers in a bowl of water helped to make the clay less clingie.

 For the body and head, take a peanut size snippet of the cornstarch clay.  Use a darning needle and your fingers to shape the body.  Dampen it to smooth out the creasey bits.

Slide the darning needle through the upper body at the shoulders.

Then slide it through the lower body at the hips.

Make the head and body about 1 1/4 inches (3 cm) tall.

Make 2 little arms 3/4 inches (not quite 2 cm) long.

Make 2 little legs  just a little more than 3/4 inches (2 cm) long.

Pierce holes at the tops of the arms and legs.

Next: Assembling the Cornstarch Worry Doll

The tutorial for the Corn Starch Clay Worry Doll is an original Noreen Crone-Findlay design and is copyright. All images and text are by Noreen Crone-Findlay and are ©

(Please send people the Url to this tutorial, don’t copy and ’share’ the pattern -Thank you!)

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