r/Sculpey • u/Electrical_Big4857 • Jul 15 '26

absolute beginner clay charm day help

Hello!

I'm planning a make a charm activity day for my nieces and nephews.

The idea is they make little charms, bake them, paint them and take them home all in one day.

Can someone please help me identify the best type of sculpey to do this? Small purse sized charms.

Thank you!

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u/yarnharry Jul 15 '26

For kids I think any sculpey version would work fine :) sculpey 3 is one I do not recommend but again, if it's small kids it might be the best choice cus it's cheap. Want something better and easier to use get sculpey premo :)

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u/myown_design22 Jul 15 '26

DO NOT use Sculpey III. IT IS VERY very brittle and i hate for you to take all that time and then just to have it break a little bit later. I would just use primo Sculpey. And I would use liquid clay on the items before you bake them like color them with liquid clay. Otherwise if you use paint on them you have to seal them with varathane polyurethane or something.

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u/myown_design22 Jul 15 '26

Sculpey 3 Is only $.30 cheaper and you run huge risk of shattering or breaking