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 This week's Craft of the Week is brought to us by Debby an active
member of our online craft group, Craftzone. Chocolate Modeling Clay is very popular among
craft groups and this is a well known recipe : ). Here's a little more about Debby:
I am a mother of three with another child due in April. I
have a ten year old public schooled son, a three year old, soon to be four year old,
daughter and a two year old son. I am plan to continue home schooling my last three
children once they reach the formal "school age" and this is how I found your
group. I believe I have been a member of Craftzone, Pitter Patter Crafts and the secular
homeschool list for a year or so.
I currently live in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Chocolate modeling clay is made by combining melted
chocolate and light corn syrup. American pastry chefs invented the recipe and have been
using this delicious edible clay to make garnishes and unique decorations. Here is their
secret!
Ingredients and Preparation:
- 10 ounces of chocolate (chopped chunks or chips)
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup
- Note: the chocolate can be substituted with almond bark, or
colored candy disks to create different colored flowers
- Melt the chocolate in a microwave for 1 minute. Stir. If
chocolate is not completely melted, return to the microwave for 30 seconds at a time and
stir until smooth. If you don't have a microwave, place the chocolate in the top of a
double broiler over hot water and stir until melted.
- When the chocolate is melted, add the corn syrup and blend.
- Pour the mixture onto a waxed paper sheet.
- Spread the chocolate with your fingers until it's about 1/2
inch thick.
- Cover loosely with waxed paper and let it stiffen for at
least a couple hours or overnight. The chocolate will become very pliable.
- Making a Chocolate Rose:
- Have the kids roll 10 marble-sized balls out of the
chocolate clay.
- Place the balls on a waxed paper sheet, about 1 inch apart.
- Place another waxed paper sheet on top. Big or little thumbs
can press each marble into a flat disk (about the size of a quarter). Use some pressure!
To form the rose:
- Remove 1 disk and curl it into a "teepee" shape,
narrow at the top and wider at the bottom.
- Wrap the next disk around the opening of the teepee and the
third disk at the back of the teepee. This is the rose bud. Continue adding disks which
will look like petals. Continue to layer them to create a rose in bloom.
- Roses can be used as edible decorations for a cake or to
create a basketful of blooms. They will harden after a few days and can be saved by
storing in a cool, dry place.
- Since this recipe is the consistency of modeling clay, you
can mold any shape you want.
Important note: Adult supervision and participation is required for this activity.
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Fun With Modeling
Clay
(Kids Can Crafts)
by Barbara Reid
 
After assembling everyday household items to use as tools, children can roll
modeling clay into balls, pancakes, and snakes. From such basic beginnings, youngsters are
guided in step-by-step progression to create bugs, birds, cats, dogs, humans, and more.
Just as Ed Emberley's drawing books lead novice artists on to ever more complex
combinations of simple lines and circles, so Reid builds on the fundamentals until young
sculptors are fashioning hockey players, fruit baskets, cars and trains, underwater and
outer space scenes, and limitless other creations from lumps of clay. Colorful photographs
of finished clay projects combine with inviting art that simulates clay's colors and
texture as it demonstrates the lucidly outlined procedures. Aptly titled, this guide is
sure to lead children into much fun with modeling clay.
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