• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • DIY Projects
    • Homemade Bath and Body
    • Sewing
    • Flower Crafts/Decor
    • Thrift Store/Vintage
  • Gardening
    • Flower Gardens
    • Container Gardening
    • Houseplants
    • Indoor Gardening
    • Landscaping
    • DIY Garden Art
  • Decorate
    • Room Makeovers
    • Spring Decor
    • Summer Decor
    • Fall Decor
    • Winter Decor
    • Home Decor Projects
  • Recipes
    • Breakfast Recipes
    • Lunch Recipes
    • Dinner Recipes
    • Dessert
    • Salad Recipes
    • Soups and Stews
    • Side Dish Recipes
    • Appetizers and Snacks
    • Healthy Recipes
  • Holidays
    • Valentine's Day
    • Easter
    • Mother's Day
    • Halloween
    • Thanksgiving
    • Christmas
Hearth and Vine
menu icon
go to homepage
subscribe
search icon
Homepage link
  • Home
  • About Hearth and Vine
  • DIY Projects
    • ...Flower/Gardening Crafts
    • ... Bath and Body
    • ...Sewing/Fabric Crafts
    • ...Thrift Store/Upcycle
  • Gardening
    • ...Flower Gardens
    • ...Container Gardening
    • ...Indoor Gardening
    • ...DIY Garden Art
  • Decorate
    • ...Home Decor Projects
    • ...Spring Decor
    • ...Summer Decor
    • ...Fall Decor
    • ...Winter Decor
    • ...Room Makeovers
  • Recipes
    • ...Appetizers and Snacks
    • ...Dinner Recipes
    • ...Side Dish Recipes
    • ...Salad Recipes
    • ...Dessert
    • ...Drinks
  • Holidays
    • ...Valentine's Day
    • ...Easter
    • ...Mother's Day
    • ...Halloween
    • ...Thanksgiving
    • ...Christmas
  • Subscribe
  • Instagram
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
  • ×
    Home » DIY Projects

    16 Air Dry Clay Projects to Try

    August 3, 2022 by Patti Estep 2 Comments

    Collage of clay crafts including a leaf, a tray, candle, planters and dishes.
    Mushrooms, houses, a chain, diffuser and tray made with air dry clay.

    Get inspired with this list of 16 air dry clay ideas. All are inexpensive and easy to create with beautiful results you can feel good about.

    Working with air dry clay is so fun and easy. You may have enjoyed my post about making air dry clay flower frogs recently. They are not on this list but they could be and then you'd have a list of 17 clay projects to enjoy. The only thing I don't like about air dry clay is that it doesn't hold up to the elements so no outdoor projects. You could try substituting polymer clay for the air dry clay but it's a bit harder to work with than air dry clay.

    Either way I hope you enjoy this list and that it gets you excited to try one or more of the projects.

    Newsletter Signup
    Join Our Newsletter List!

    Be the first to receive new posts and get access to our Subscribers Only Page.

    16 Air Dry Clay Ideas for Adults

    This group of easy and inexpensive air dry clay projects will get you inspired to start creating some of your own right away.

    1

    How to Make A Rustic Floral Handmade Clay Tray

    Learn how to create a handmade clay tray with flowers and air dry clay. It's really easy and makes a nice statement in your home.

    2

    How to Make a House out of Air Dry Clay

    Photo Credit: colorfulcraftcorner.com

    Learn how to make this beautiful air drying clay house candle holder.

    3

    DIY Air Dry Clay Ring Dish

    Photo Credit: diycandy.com

    Make a cute little clay ring dish with hand painted accents! These darling dishes are a pretty personalized gift, and are so easy to make.

    4

    Craft Project Idea – Air Drying Clay Cones

    Photo Credit: ahappyhomeinholland.com

    This DIY clay cone craft is so simple and makes a fabulous home decor accent. And they are also perfect to give away as gifts.

    5

    Diffuser Necklace Tutorial - Bring Aromatherapy with You

    This tutorial to make a diffuser necklace is a great way to enjoy the benefits of aromatherapy everywhere you go.

    6

    Sea Glass Mason Jar

    Photo Credit: www.thecountrychiccottage.net

    Put that collection of sea glass from the beach to good use by making one or more of these gorgeous candle holders.

    7

    Make Your Own Botanical Clay Wall Art

    Photo Credit: acraftymix.com

    Have fun making this beautiful botanical clay wall art with wire detail.

    8

    DIY Easter Egg Planters with Clay, Live and Faux Flowers

    These DIY Easter egg planters made with air dry clay are perfect for your holiday table and other spring decorating spots.

    9

    These Aromatherapy Closet Fresheners are a Crafty Way to Outsmart Moths

    Photo Credit: gardentherapy.ca

    These easy and pretty closet fresheners are great for hanging in your closets and keeping moths away.

    10

    Mini Coastal Clay Houses

    Photo Credit: craftsbyamanda.com

    These mini coastal clay houses are placed inside a fishbowl with sand and seashells creating a beachy getaway in your own home!

    11

    Easy Air Dry Clay Mushrooms with Polka Dots

    Photo Credit: www.diybeautify.com

    Air dry clay is the perfect medium to craft these simple mushrooms. You'll find tips for painting and displaying mushrooms upright as well as the best way to add polka dots and achieve a glossy finish.

    12

    Air Dry Clay Faux Succulent

    Photo Credit: littleredwindow.com

    Make your own little faux succulent out of air dry clay, you don’t even need to water it!

    13

    Clay Leaf Bowls – Easy DIY Project

    Photo Credit: 2beesinapod.com

    Creating clay leaf bowls are fun to do. Plus it’s a super easy DIY project.

    14

    DIY Decorative Chain Out of Air Dry Clay

    Photo Credit: www.blesserhouse.com

    How to make a knock-off decorative object chain to look like the designer version for much less using air dry clay to style table tops and coffee tables.

    15

    Make Your Own Flower Seed Bombs With Air Dry Clay

    Photo Credit: www.practicallyfunctional.com

    Make your own homemade wildflower seed bombs with air dry clay and a little bit of dirt.

    16

    Air Dry Clay Keychains

    Photo Credit: averageinspired.com

    Learn how to make interesting keychains with air dry clay (basically, PlayDoh for grownups).

    Have you worked with air dry clay? What kinds of projects have you created? If not, hopefully, this list has given you some great new ideas.

    Have fun creating with air-dry clay.

    Patti signature

    More Lists of Craft Ideas

    • 25 Simple Flower Crafts
    • 21 Simple Glass Crafts
    • 10 Essential Oil Crafts
    • 13 Mason Jar Crafts
    Collage of air dry clay projects including a wall hanging, lavender tray, necklace diffuser, flower cones and a large leaf.
    « Easy Air Dry Clay Flower Frogs
    Plum Slab Pie for a Delicious Rustic Dessert that Feeds a Crowd »

    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Michelle Leslie

      August 08, 2022 at 5:27 am

      I love working with air-dry clay, there's just so much you can do with it and now you've given me a whole bunch of new ideas to try out too. Thank you, Patti

      Reply
      • Patti Estep

        August 08, 2022 at 6:47 am

        That's great to hear Michell. I'm sure I've just scraped the surface with ideas for air dried clay. Enjoy.

        Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Recipe Rating




    Primary Sidebar

    Follow Me

    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

    Patti profile pic

    Hi! I'm Patti

    Join me to create lots of fun DIY projects including crafts, gardening, home decor and tasty recipes.

    more about me

    Popular Posts

    Blue jean crossover bag

    DIY Crossbody Bag from Jeans

    tabletop water gardens

    How to Make an Indoor Water Garden

    Echievera planter

    What to do With a Stretched Succulent

    Fabric bowl covers in 3 prints

    How to Make Fabric Bowl Covers

    Long blooming perennials including yarrow, geraniums, black-eyed susan, daisy, coneflower, coreopsis, and russian sage.

    10+ Long Blooming Perennials

    Chicken black bean tortilla casserole

    Chicken Black Bean Casserole Recipe

    Footer

    ^ back to top

    About
    Privacy Policy
    Disclosure Policy

    Sign Up Here!
    for our
    newsletter &
    special offers

    • Shop
    • Web Stories

    As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. i.e. as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

    Copyright © 2023 Hearth and Vine