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How to Make a Clay Ball

Clay balls are useful in a myriad of crafts such as ornament-making, paperweights and even sculpting. When you want to make a clay ball, you don't really need much time, technique or many materials. In fact, this is something that can be done with clay in the same manner as forming meat and a variety of other shape-able materials.

Things You'll Need

1 cup of clay

Instructions

- 1
  Grasp about 1 cup of clay in the palm of one of your hands. 1 cup is roughly a handful for the average adult hand. You can also use a little more or less depending on how big or small your ball needs to be. Any type of clay can be used this way, even the types that require baking to set.
- 2
  Place your other hand over the hand holding the clay with your palm facing downward.
- 3
  Rub your hands together softly in circular motions, allowing the clay to roll and form between them. Do this for about 1 minute to smooth any lumps and to even out the diameter of the ball.
- 4
  Carefully sit the clay ball down after it has been formed into a ball in this manner. You can now use your clay ball for any purpose that you have in mind.

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