Remove crust from white bread and tear into pieces. Place pieces in ziptop plastic bag.
Add 1 tablespoon of Aleene's Original Tacky Glue for each slice of bread. For larger batches, use 1/4 cup of Glue to 4 slice of bread.Knead until smooth.
If after a few minutes the mixture is still sticky, add more small pieces of bread. If it is too dry or still, ad a few drops of Glue.
Place dough in another plastic bag. Knead dough until smooth and pliable.
To color dough, add paint a few drops at a time and mix or wait until dough is dry to paint.
OPTION:
Mix equal amounts of cornstarch and Aleene's Original Tacky Glue and follow the above procedure.
love this recipe. my husband carves carousel horses and adds the roses made from this.
ReplyDeletei made roses and other flower adornments with this recipe years ago and still have them, they never faded, they are incredibly durable, as strong and delicate as porcelain.
ReplyDeletei worked for aleene in buellton and still have the craft club books and creative living mags and was wondering if your interested. thank you
ReplyDeleteThis is a great medium however it goes mouldy if not used in two or three days is there anything that I can add to giv it a better shelf life?
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