From Paulette Vickery's Recipe Collection

Play Clay

crafts

2 cup baking soda
1 cup corn starch
1 1/4 cup water

In sauce pan stir together baking soda, corn starch and water. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture is consistancy of moist mashed potatoes. Turn out on to a plate and cover with a damp cloth until cool enough to handle. Roll clay into 1/4 inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutters. Prick hole near top of each ornament with tooth pick. Allow ornaments to dry on flat surface and harden over night. Paint, decorate and protect with shiny glaze.

Yield: 14 servings