DIY Lace Clay Bowls

Learn how to make lace clay bowls with air dry clay and lace. Stamping lace on clay is easy to do and it adds a beautiful touch of elegance.

Last week I showed you how to make a clay bowl and I mentioned that I wanted to make a lace version. Making clay bowls is super fun that I couldn’t help but make the lace version right away. Plus I had left over air dry clay to from that project that I could use. Yay!

Before I got started on the lace stamped clay bowls, I had to find lace or a doily to use as the stamp. My search for lace was short, since I had left over lace from the romantic lace candle holders that I made a little while ago.

Ready to learn how to make DIY lace stamped clay bowls?

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How to make lace stamped clay bowls

Supplies:

• Air dry clay – FIMOair air-drying modelling clay – White Clay
• Clay rolling pin
• Lace ribbon or doily
• Bowl or round cookie cutter
• Clay knife
• Bowl
• File or sandpaper
• Wax paper

Instructions:

Step 1: Take a small amount of air dry clay out of the packaging. Enough clay to make a bowl.

Step 2: Put the clay on a piece of wax paper. Use a clay rolling pin to flatten the clay to about 1/4 inch thick.

Step 3: Lay lace over the clay. I used two different pieces of lace to fill the space.

You can also use a doily.

I suggest you place the side that has the most details face down onto the clay (the flatter side up).

Step 4: Use a clay rolling pin to stamp the lace onto the clay. To do this roll the rolling pin over the lace while pressing down.

Step 5: Peel away the lace from the clay.

Step 5: Place a bowl over the clay and cut around it with a clay knife.

The bowl I used was 5 inch in diameter. You can also use a cookie cutter if you have one the size you want.

Step 6: Remove the excess clay from around the bowl.

Step 7: Take the bowl off from over the clay.

Step 8: Place the lace clay circle into a bowl. I used a bigger bowl with a 6.5 inch diameter.

Step 9: Smooth the edges using your fingers.

Step 10: Allow the bowl to dry.

Mine took about 48 hours to dry. It took longer than my previous clay bowl because there was less air circulating around it and it was a larger piece.

Step 11: Use a file or sandpaper to smooth the rough edges.

Step 12: Enjoy your decorative lace clay bowl.

DIY Lace Clay Bowls

Didn’t the lace clay bowl turn out awesome? As you can see I enjoyed making it so much that I ended up making three of them! The packaging of air dry clay I bought was enough to make the first clay bowl and then three lace clay bowls!

My daughters have already claimed them as their new jewelry dishes. I must say that these lace clay bowls make beautiful elegant jewelry dishes!

If you liked working with lace, these lace doily bowls look like a lot of fun to make! I have used the same method to make a gold lace crown for my daughter’s 13th birthday a few years ago.

I hope I have inspired you to create your own lace clay bowl!

Check out these pottery bowl painting ideas if you want to paint a clay bowl!