#1 this weekPottery
How to Make a Slab Pottery Dish
- Difficulty: Medium
- About 1 hr 30 min, plus drying
- 10 steps
Make a slab pottery dish with no wheel: drape a clay slab over a hump mold, trim it, add a foot ring and smooth the rim.
Updated weekly · Week of Oct 26, 2026
Top 5 Air Dry Clay Ideas (Updated Weekly)
These air dry clay ideas are the five clay projects crafters opened most on Crafting Step by Step this week. Alongside pots and ornaments you can shape without a kiln are polymer clay ideas that bake in a home oven, each with photo steps, a video to follow, and a supply list.
#1 this week
Number 2: Pottery
How to Make Air Dry Clay Ornaments for Christmas
- Difficulty: Easy
- About 30 min, plus drying
- 8 steps
Roll air dry clay, imprint evergreen and lace, cut it with a cookie cutter and punch the hanging hole with a metal straw.
Number 3: Pottery
How to Make a Pinch Pot - Beginner Pottery in 7 Steps
- Difficulty: Easy
- About 25 min, plus drying
- 7 steps
Make a pinch pot in 7 steps - the foundational pottery technique used for 10,000 years.
Number 4: Pottery
How to Make a Coil Pot
- Difficulty: Easy
- About 1 hr 30 min, plus drying
- 10 steps
Roll clay coils, build them up inside a plastic-lined bowl and smooth them into a finished pot.
Number 5: Pottery
How to Make Polymer Clay Earrings
- Difficulty: Easy
- About 30 min, plus drying
- 7 steps
Make your first pair of polymer clay earrings with this beginner guide.
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