Mini Clay Erasers: Cute Food Set | Easy Back-to-School Craft

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There is a category of school supplies that exists purely to be traded at lunch, and the tiny novelty eraser has ruled it for generations. Here is the secret that changes it from a thing you buy into a thing you make: eraser clay. It handles like regular polymer clay, you shape it, an adult bakes it, and what comes out is a real, working eraser. The kind that gets guarded in a pencil case like treasure.

This food set is the easiest entry point, three designs, each just a few steps. Little hands can do all the shaping. The baking step belongs to a grown-up, and that split is exactly what makes it a good kitchen-table project.

You will need: eraser clay in white, yellow, blue, black, and pink, a basic set of clay sculpting tools, and baking paper to work on. That is the whole list.

The fried egg (3 steps)

Step 1 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: roll the white base of the egg — Get your white clay and roll the base of the egg.

Step 2 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: make a hole in the middle and add the yellow clay — Make a hole in the middle and put your yellow clay in.

Step 3 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: add a smiling face with white and black clay — Add a smiling face using white and black clay.

The finished fried egg eraser with a smiling yellow yolk face

The popsicles (3 steps)

Step 1 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: shape the tops of the popsicles — Knead and shape your clay into the top part of the popsicles.

Step 2 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: add details with any tool — Use any tool to add details.

Step 3 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: attach an oval stick to each ice pop — Make an oval shape for your stick and attach it to your ice pop.

The milk carton (4 steps)

Step 1 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: shape white clay into a milk carton — Knead and shape white clay into a milk carton.

Step 2 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: roll and flatten blue clay for the label — Roll and flatten blue clay for the label.

Step 3 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: add outlines with blue clay — Add outlines with blue clay.

Step 4 of the mini clay food erasers tutorial: add a smiling face with black, white and pink clay — Add a smiling face using black, white and pink clay.

Bake according to the packet on the eraser clay, let everything cool completely, and test on pencil. They erase. That moment lands every single time.

The three finished popsicle erasers beside the eraser clay blocks they came from

If your crew finishes these and wants more, the animal set uses the same clay and adds a duck, a bear, and a giraffe. If the clay bug has properly bitten, the clay cupcakes are the next level up. And for the crew that prefers mess to precision, the glow in the dark slime is over here.

Production photography and videography by Pauline T. Gamboa for Craft & Bond Supply Co.

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How to Make Mini Clay Erasers: Cute Food Set (Egg, Popsicle, Milk Carton)

The fried egg (3 steps)

The popsicles (3 steps)

The milk carton (4 steps)

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