keepsake turkeys from cinnamon clay

We recently made several keepsake turkey crafts from cinnamon clay. I have to thank my oldest for the idea. He'd commented that he didn't like the way the salt clay we'd just made smelled and suggested adding cinnamon. Along with a little brown food coloring, we found we had turkey-colored clay!

Cinnamon clay recipe:
1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1/4 cup cinnamon
3/4 cup water; you may need more or less
food coloring

1. Combine dry ingredients and stir well
2. Add 10 drops of green, 12 drops of red, and 6 drops of yellow food coloring to 1/2 cup water
3. Mix! You'll probably need to add a little more water - up to 1/2 cup. I found I needed a total of 3/4 cup water.

Like cookie dough, this clay can be a little sticky, If it's hard to use, simply stick it in the freezer for a few minutes.

  

For the first turkey, cut one large and one small circle from the clay. (We have the Wilton cookie cutter set, which has made our clay/playdough play so much fun.) Layer the circles, then decorate with dyed pasta. Bake at 200 degrees until hard, around 90 minutes.

For the second turkey, I traced the kids' hands using a toothpick. After chilling the dough, I cut their handprints from the clay. The kids used dyed pasta (especially ditalini) to decorate their turkeys. Again, bake this at 200 degrees for about 90 minutes.

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