STAEDTLER FIMO liquid tablecloth weights

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Beachy summertime tablecloth weights Sand in your hair, salt on your skin and the smell of fresh sea air. Why not revive that holiday feeling and continue your holiday at home?

With FIMO liquid, you can create great tablecloth weights using shells and other treasures picked up on the beach. And keep tablecloths firmly in their place even when a breeze gets up.

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Product

Colour

Art. no.

FIMO liquid

Transparent

8050-00 BK

1

FIMO classic

Turquoise

8000-32

1

Modelling tools

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8711

1

Blades

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8700 04

1

Acrylic roller or Clay machine

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8700 05 8713

1

Grind ‘n polish set

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8700 08

1

Oven thermometer

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8700 02

1

For crafting:

Quantity

3

Scissors, smooth surface, combi pliers, round nose pliers, round cutters approx. 4-6 cm

For decorating: Tea-light holders, card holders, curtain clips, silver deco wire, gift ribbon For embedding: Shells, snail shells, smalls bits of surf-tumbled glass or other bits

found on the beach

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easy

Level of difficulty

medium

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You can find more creative tips at www.staedtler.com

Instructions 1

Begin by rolling out half a block of FIMO classic in turquoise to a 2-3 mm thick sheet using the acrylic roller or clay machine.

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Place the shaped cutter back over the circular piece of FIMO. Slowly pour in a thin layer of FIMO liquid, taking care not to create any air bubbles as you do so.

Then cut different-sized circles out of the sheet of FIMO using round cutters. Remove any surplus bits.

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Tip: You can create photo holders in the same way. To do so, line the bottom of a small tea-light holder with a cut-out circle of FIMO and add shells, a metal photo holder and FIMO liquid.

Place small, flat shells and stones in the mould as required and press into the FIMO a little.

Cover everything with FIMO liquid and gently tap against the edge of the mould to enable any air bubbles to rise to the surface and escape. The thinner the layer of FIMO liquid, the more transparent it will be.

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easy

Level of difficulty

medium

hard

You can find more creative tips at www.staedtler.com

Instructions 6

Then harden the tablecloth weights and photo holders in the oven for 20 minutes at 130 °C.

TIP: To ensure the clips stay straight in the middle of the tea-light holder, clip them onto the wire shelf of the oven.

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After hardening, allow the tablecloth weights to cool.

Carefully remove the cutters and, if necessary, sand over the edges using the grind’n polish set.

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Wrap silver wire around a pencil and cut off to make an eyelet. Thread it through the drilled hole and attach the clip. Finish off by decorating with a bow.

Use a gimlet, punch pliers or thin electric drill to make a hole for hanging.

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