DIY Clay Napkin Heart Trinket Dish

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Oven-bake clay is my favorite crafting clay.

It may be a little harder to work with than air-dry clay, but I love that I can use my kitchen oven to dry it out and that it hardens so quickly!

This DIY Clay Napkin Heart Trinket Dish would be such a fun Galentine’s Girls’ Night craft, making beautiful Valentine’s Day decor for your home.

I had a hard time deciding which napkin to use, but I finally decided that this one would be so pretty with a gold edging using my gold paint marker.

You could display your Clay Napkin Heart Trinket Dish on a shelf, use it as a trinket dish on a side table, or place it on a tray as a candle holder.

Do you prefer air-dry clay or oven-bake clay when crafting at home?

Materials (click to shop):

Oven-Bake Clay – also available on Amazon – click HERE

Craft Rolling Pin, here is a similar one (any rolling pin not used for food)

Craft Cutting Board (any cutting board not used for food), optional

Oven Safe Heart Plate

Craft Knife (any knife not used for food)

Paint Brush

Mod Podge

Pink Paper Napkin

Precision Scissors

Gold Paint Marker

Resin

Instructions:

1. First, cut off a piece of clay with a knife and then roll it out to your desired thickness. Mine was ~1/4 of an inch. Place the rolled-out clay on a craft cutting board if you are worried about scraping your counters.

Note: The thicker it is, the longer it will take to dry.

2. Place the rolled-out clay on top of the oven-safe heart plate and press the clay into the heart to form the heart shape.

3. Flip the clay/heart plate over and carefully use a craft knife to cut the shape of the heart.

4. Remove the excess clay from around the heart and flip the plate upright.

5. Carefully remove the clay heart from the heart plate, to make sure it doesn’t bake to the plate, and then place it loosely back on the heart plate.

6. Place the oven-safe heart dish, with the clay heart on top, in your oven and bake according to the Oven Bake Clay instructions.

7. Once baked and cooled, remove the clay heart from the heart dish. Then open a paper napkin and remove all its inner layers.

8. Brush Mod Podge on the top of the clay heart and place the outer (printed) layer of the napkin on the clay heart (print side up).

9. Gently press/pat down the napkin on the clay heart, then add a top layer of Mod Podge on top and let it dry.

10. Once the Mod Podge has dried, remove the extra napkin from the clay heart and cut off the excess with precision scissors.

11. Brush the gold paint marker on the edges of the clay heart.

12. Once dry, apply resin according to the packaging instructions. Let dry/harden.

That’s it! Enjoy your new Clay Napkin Heart Trinket Dish as decor, a candle holder, or to hold your favorite rings and trinkets!