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Spooky Halloween Clay Crafts: The Complete Materials Kit for Air Dry Clay Decor
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items I have spent the last few weekends working through every single project in this Halloween clay craft roundup, and these are the exact materials I reached for again and again. This list covers everything from the basic clay block to the specialty cutt...
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Essential Clay & Sculpting Basics
Painting, Finishing & Sealing Supplies
Cutting, Stamping & Specialty Tools
Lighting, Hardware & Display Finishing
Essential Clay & Sculpting Basics
The foundational clay, rollers, and tool kits you need for every single project in the roundup.
This is the clay I used for every single project in the roundup. One block makes about 9 ghosts or 16 ornaments, so it goes further than you think.
Crayola Air-Dry Clay | BLICK Art Materials
The 2 lb block is what you need for the haunted house and the bare tree centerpiece. Grab this if you plan to make the larger statement pieces.
Crayola Air Dry Clay (2 lb)
This roller is non-stick and the perfect width for rolling slabs. It shows up in almost every project instructions, and honestly you cannot make clean tiles or ornaments without one.
Sculpey Acrylic Clay Roller (8-inch)
The needle tool in this kit is how you carve windows, star details, and mummy bandages. It is the single most-used tool across all 15 projects.
Kemper Pottery Tool Kit (8-piece)
Painting, Finishing & Sealing Supplies
The paints, brushes, and sealants that turn raw clay into polished, sellable Halloween decor.
This set gives you the black, white, grey, orange, lavender, and teal you need for ghosts, sugar skulls, and cauldrons. Two thin coats give the most professional finish.
Blick Studio Acrylic Paint Set
You need both flat and detail brushes for these projects. The detail brush is what paints tiny ghost faces and sugar skull flowers without going outside the lines.
Blick Essentials Craft Value Brush Set
The matte finish gives every piece that soft, professional sheen that makes people think you bought it at a boutique. Two thin coats is the magic formula.
Mod Podge Matte Finish (8 oz)
You need the gloss version for the bubbling cauldron project. Two coats over the green bubble mound create that wet, shiny boiling potion look that stops shoppers in their tracks.
Mod Podge Gloss Finish
Every single project says to sand with 400 grit before painting. This pack lasts through dozens of projects and the wet-or-dry formula gives a glass-smooth finish.
3M WetOrDry Sandpaper 400 Grit
These fine-tip markers make the sugar skull floral details so much easier than a brush. The fine tip gives you control for marigold petals and tiny dots without any brush skill needed.
DecoColor Acrylic Paint Markers (Fine Tip)
Hot gun glue that helps harden and stick together crafts for stronger hold
Glue Guns and Hot Glue Sticks
Cutting, Stamping & Specialty Tools
The knives, cutters, and stamps that add precision details and professional touches to your clay projects.
This is what you use to cut clean walls for the haunted house and carve the spider web pattern. A sharp blade makes all the difference between a clean edge and a torn slab.
X-Acto #1 Craft Knife with #11 Blades
The bat and moon shapes from this set are what you use for the hanging ornaments and magnets. Press, twist, lift and you have a perfect shape in seconds.
Sculpey Mini Metal Clay Cutters (12-piece Set)
These stamps are how you make the BOO letter tiles and address number plaques. Press straight down for a deep, even imprint and wipe the stamp between letters.
Hero Arts Woodblock Letter Stamps (Set of 40)
The gold leaf is what makes the crystal ball and moon phases look like premium boutique pieces. A tiny bit on the carved stars creates that magical glow that doubles your selling price.
Mona Lisa Composition Gold Leaf Kit
Lighting, Hardware & Display Finishing
The LED lights, twine, magnets, and ribbons that finish each piece and make it ready to sell or display.
The warm glow behind the haunted house windows is what sells the piece. Include one with every purchase and say so in the listing it adds a dollar to cost and five dollars to the price.
12pcs LED Flameless Timer Candles Long Lasting Battery Operated Tea Lights for Christmas Halloween Wedding Table Decorations Warm White 2026 - $14.11
This natural jute twine is what you thread through ornaments and the address plaque for hanging loops. It gives a rustic, handmade look that matches the clay aesthetic perfectly.
Jute Twine Spool
Use this for stringing the moon phase discs and tying the tiny bats onto the bare tree branches. It is thinner than jute and works better for delicate hanging pieces.
Hemptique Bakers Twine
These are the magnets for the Halloween magnet set. Hot glue them to the back of each clay shape and you have a set that costs pennies to make and sells for $8-14.
Round Ceramic Magnets (3/4 inch, Pack of 50)
The orange ribbon is threaded through the sugar skull ornaments for hanging. It signals the Day of the Dead tradition instantly and makes the piece feel complete.
Orange Ribbon Spool