

While you're thinking about what to make, knead the clay until it stretches when you pull on it.

I'm going to show you why white is the superior choice for both your personal projects and for students. Yes, the purchased colors are fun and easy, but you'll have a lot of waste and spend a lot of money to get all the colors you need. I prefer the smaller packs, but I have some large packs leftover from before I discovered the versatility of the small packs, so that's what I'll be using for this instructable. With smaller packs, it's just a little bit of waste when you have to open a new pack. Then there's the struggle of what to use the rest of the pack on when I'm finished with my current project, because it doesn't last in a baggie for very long after the initial package is opened. With the large packages, I often found myself needing just a little bit more than what was in my last pack. I've purchased just about every type of color and package and have come to the conclusion that the small packages of white are the best way to go. There are large (8 oz) packages that are usually sold individually or bulk boxes and small (.5 oz ) packages that most often come in kits or teacher classroom packs. It comes in a wide variety of colors and two primary sizes. Model Magic can be obtained at just about any store that sells an assortment of Crayola products.
