If you or someone you love is an adventure or nature lover, then you’re going to love these cute Mountain inspired book ends, made with air dry clay.

What you need:

400 g of air dry clay
Ruler
Pen knife
White, Blue and Gold paint
Paint brushes
Wide lolly sticks
Strong glue

First, cut out three rectangles from air dry clay, 1cm thick. The first should be 15 x 15, the second 15 x 12 and the third 15 x 8cm.

Cut mountain shapes out of each triangle, keeping in mind that you’ll be layering them so think about this with your placement of peaks.

Use the end of a skewer to carve out snow lines out of the mountains.

Roughly score the back of each of the two smaller panels, and using a paste made of clay and water, fuse the mountains together, the largest at the back, the smallest and the front. Smooth out rough edges with your finger and some water.

Leave 24 – 48 hours to dry, and then use some sandpaper to smooth out any rough edges.
Paint the mountains different shades of blue, and fill the grooves of the snow lines with gold paint.

First created for Create and Craft TV