# Big ol block of air drying clay - suggestions to make **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 30, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778 "2012-06-30T04:56:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778/1 "2012-06-30T04:56:06Z")
As the title says. I bought it for specific purpose which is done and dusted so now I have 1 3/4kg block of clay. What can you suggest for me to make folks ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778/2 "2012-06-30T12:40:03Z")
A Loch Ness Monster for the garden?? ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778/3 "2012-06-30T23:44:04Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > A Loch Ness Monster for the garden?? How about I do one for my computer first. Pictures to follow. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778/4 "2012-07-01T01:01:28Z")
Ooh. Can I have it? 🙂 You can make flower pots. That’s what I do with my clay. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778/5 "2012-07-01T04:15:11Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Ooh. Can I have it? 🙂 > > You can make flower pots. That’s what I do with my clay. I have little experience with air drying clay - does it dry water proof? if not how do you waterproof your pots? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778/6 "2012-07-01T13:16:25Z")
Earlier this year I was using the same stuff to make mobile phone stands. Here’s one of the better ones: > **[MediaFire](https://www.mediafire.com/?a2v5fam0em4hbe6,gxm6f6ms1qn6121,bzpegyie0bv1v00,edv5wk4gox4qqnq,c6cbuakhyvqp7cw,kwksjdadfa7doez)** > > MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere. After they dry, I spray stone-finish paint on them and then a clear enamel. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778/7 "2012-07-01T22:51:29Z")
That is very cool ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778/8 "2012-07-01T23:31:30Z")
I enjoy making clay hedgehogs. You take a small lump of clay, mold it into a hedgehog shape (sort of oval-shaped with one end tapering to a point.) Then you take a needle or a pin and etch quills into the back, and poke two holes in the face for eyes. I often then use a needle to put a thread through the hedgehog and make it into a Christmas ornament. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-ol-block-of-air-drying-clay-suggestions-to-make/626778/9 "2012-07-02T01:10:40Z")
> [@madrabbitwoman](#): > > I have little experience with air drying clay - does it dry water proof? if not how do you waterproof your pots? I fire my clay to make it super duper strong. It is still porous, but so is terra cotta. I’ve never sealed my pots, but they sell an aerosol sealant in craft stores that does the trick.