| Making a Shaker Egg |
From "DIY Crafts"
episode DIC-148 |
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DIY Crafts host Mary Lyon and young crafter Michael make a shaker egg. Materials:
Raw egg
Safety pin
Small bowl
Polymer clay
Pasta machine (Note: After a pasta machine has been used to condition clay, it cannot be used in food preparation.)
Rubber stamps
Embossing powder
Heat gun
Craft knife
Beads, plastic pellets for shaker filler
Water
- Poke a small hole in one end of a raw egg with a safety pin. Poke another hole in the opposite end of the egg, making the second hole a little larger. Hold the egg over a bowl, and blow the egg out of the shell through the larger hole.
- Run water through the eggshell to remove any remaining egg. Let the shell dry.
- Put small beads, BBs or small plastic pellets into the larger hole of the egg. Organic materials such as rice and unpopped popcorn may also be used but don't produce as crisp a sound as manmade products (figure A).
- Condition the polymer clay by working it in your hands. Run the clay through a pasta machine to make a 1/8" thick sheet. Remember, once you use a pasta machine to process clay, it can never be used in food preparation.
- Wrap the sheet around the egg, covering it completely. This provides a base coat of clay that will be covered with another layer. Smooth the clay completely around the egg (figure B).
- Condition a second sheet of polymer clay in the desired finished color, run it through a pasta machine to a 1/8" thickness, and cover the egg with the second layer. Use a craft knife to cut slits in the clay so it can be shaped smoothly around the curves of the egg (figure C).
- Dip rubber stamps in embossing powder, and stamp images into the clay surrounding the egg (figure D). Poke a hole through the clay and the egg to permit air to escape from the egg while it bakes. You can hide the hole in one of the rubber-stamped designs. Bake at 265 degrees for 25 minutes .
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