Here are the supplies I used, plus a little cup of water. You can use oven baked or air dry clay, but I chose air dry clay this time - I like the Sculpey brand best. It seems softer and easier to work with than other brands I have tried in the past.
I just cut about 1/2" off the block of clay. I have had these little clay tools for a long time that my daughter uses now, but any round object that rolls and a regular knife/pizza cutter would be fine as well!
I found this little 6" ruler that I decided would be a good size for my stocking tags, so I rolled my chunk of clay out until it was a little larger than my ruler. I used a piece of plastic wrap on my table to prevent any sticking when I was rolling out the clay. I put my ruler on top of my rolled-out clay and cut around my ruler.
I kept my scraps in a pile until I had enough scraps to use for another stocking tag.
I wanted my tags to look like a piece of cut ribbon, so I added a little upside-down V to the bottom by cutting around the ruler with a butter knife.
To make my labels stand out a little bit, I dipped my letter stamps in a blank ink pad first before pressing the stamp onto the clay.
I used a baby wipe to wipe off any ink that got on the stamp around the actual letter, so the extra ink didn't copy over to my tag.
To create a hole for hanging the tag, I used the end of a paint brush and just twirled it through the clay gently. I smoothed out any imperfections with a paint brush dipped in water - I went around all the sides and lightly over the front of the tag. I made sure to transfer the tag to a cookie sheet where it would air dry before brushing it with water, since the water makes it a bit more pliable, and I didn't want to mess with it after this point.
If you aren't interested in this DIY, you can purchase HERE!
I love that the stocking tags are big enough to be seen under my garland too!
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