Cookie Cutter Ornaments

Step 1: Tear off a sheet of wax paper and lay it on your work surface. After working the paperclay in your hands to thin it out, put it in the middle of the wax paper.

Step 2: Fold the wax paper over the paperclay and use the rolling pin to flatten and spread it out. You want the paperclay to be fairly thin (about 1 to 2 centimetres).

Step 3: Take a cookie cutter and firmly press it into the paperclay.

Step 4: Gently pull the excess away from the outside of the cookie cutter. Pulling toward the front of the cookie cutter helps to get a cleaner edge.

Note: crayola paperclay is not a good medium to sand. If you use this, be sure to smooth the edges while it's still soft. You may also wish to extend and thin some of the edges (for example, the cat ears or the edges of the bat wings) because crayola paperclay has a tendency to shrink into itself as it dries.

Step 5: Create a hole (I used a wooden bbq skewer) near the top of the shape. This will be used to run the ribbon through later. With Crayola's paperclay, it is so spongey that you can actually run the skewer through after it has dried but there is a risk that you can rip some of the clay free from the surrounding surface.

Step 6: Once the paperclay is dry, paint the ornaments as desired. Finish with a spray enamel.