Does Michaels, The Arts & Crafts Store sell “Friendly Plastic”?
If not, anyone know where they do? And maybe have a price? And anyone who has used it, is it ok for making things like necklaces in the shape of bats and things like that?
Thanks.
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Yes they do, they are 3.99 for a pack of 3 strips.
My friend uses it to make necklaces , the people who have bought them like it the only thing she says is hard is molding shapes by hand, other than that they are fine..
friendly plastic sort of went out of style, but if anyone has it it would be michaels or hobby lobby, you might check on line.
Not as many craft stores carry it nowadays, but there are lots of links re Friendly Plastic suppliers and how-to’s here:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en&q=%22Friendly+Plastic%22
Friendly Plastic is certainly “okay for making bats and things,” but that might depend on just how you want to make them… as cutouts? 3-dimensional? in molds? … or what? Most of the time you’d need to be working with Friendly Plastic while it’s still hot and melty, so not sure if that’s what you really want to use.
*Polymer clay* however is also a plastic, and it doesn’t need to be heated to shape it (… the heating that’s done to it afterward in a home oven is just to make it harden).
Polymer clay can be sculpted, molded, textured, colored, drilled, and just all kinds of other things.
Some of the brand names for polymer clay are Premo, FimoClassic, Kato Polyclay, and Cernit. (…Sculpey, SuperSculpey, Sculpey III –and FimoSoft to a lesser extent– are also polymer clays but are weaker after baking in any *thin* areas compared to the stronger brands).
Polymer clays can be found at craft stores, hobby stores, art supply stores, etc., and online.
If you think you might be interested in it, check out my polymer clay encyclopedia website, glassattic.com.
For bats, you might want to check out this page in particular
http://glassattic.com/polymer/Halloween_etc.htm
And lots of different things for beginners and for kids are covered on this page:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/kids_beginners.htm
And here are the specific pages for “necklaces” and pendants, in general:
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/jewelry.htm
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/pendants_cording.htm
To see *everything* that’s at the site though, check out the Table of Contents page: http://glassattic.com/polymer/contents.htm
(…scroll all the way down… then when you find a page you’d like to investigate, check on its name from inside the alphabetical navigation bar on the left side)
HTH,
Diane B.