AMACO AMA48653D Mexican Pottery Self Hardening Review

We used this for my Girl Scouts to earn their Clay Patch! That was great! We made pots and Christmas decorations!

Excellent clay for pottery or quick work. It dries very quickly, making detailing difficult. I enjoyed using it to get used to working with clay again. Although it's quite loose in places.

I bought these in place of the excavator putty, enlarged. It is much easier to handle, causes significantly less mess and has the same aesthetic appearance when rubbed or mixed with play sand. I won't be buying any more dredged earth - this material is too easy to work with to be worthwhile. + highly recommended.

I didn't expect the first piece I made to fall apart into about six pieces when I experimentally squeezed it with one hand to test its strength. It wasn't that hard to push. Also, I didn't interpret "not waterproof" to mean that if you touch a dry piece with a wet finger, your finger stays with clay on it, so that was a bit of a surprise. On the other hand, if you don't like a piece after it's dried, you can just toss it in a bowl of water and start over once it's dissolved. Nevertheless, I…