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Unusual Baking Ideas
When you think of baking things in the oven, things like cookies and casseroles probably come to mind. However there are many other interesting, non edible things that you can make in the oven as well. The oven can be a useful tool for arts and crafts applications.
Making Record Bowls
Give old, scratched vinyl records new life by making them into attractive bowls. For this project you will need an old record, a medium sized stainless steel or Pyrex bowl, and a baking sheet. Place the bowl upside-down on the cookie sheet and place the record centered on top of the bowl.
Records melt at a very low temperature, so set your oven at its lowest setting. Allow it to preheat, then place the baking sheet. Check the record frequently and wait for it to melt. The time will vary from record to record, but should be about 5 minutes. When the record begins to droop over the bowl, it is ready to mould.
Take the baking sheet out of the oven. Carefully life the record (it will be hot) and flip the bowl right side up. Place the hot record inside the bowl and use it as a form for shaping the record. Work quickly so that the vinyl is shaped before it has cooled. If needed, the record can be reheated and moulded again.
Other Vinyl Record Projects
Heating vinyl records to the point of pliability also allows them to be cut and shaped into many things. Heat the record on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Look for the record to warp and you will know that it is ready. Use scissors or a razor blade to cut shapes and pieces out of the record, which can then be moulded if desired. Try cutting bows, flower shapes, stars, or other shapes. The pieces can be attached to each other with glue to create more complex projects. They make wonderful magnets or brooches.
Recycled Bottle Cap Necklace
Some types of clay, like polymer clay, are made to harden when heated in the oven. This makes them good for crafts like making a necklace charm out of a bottle cap. Fill the back of the cap with polymer clay. Make a loop for hanging out of wire and embed it in the clay. When baked and cooled, clay will stay inside the cap and secure the loop in place.
Shrink Film jewellery Charms
Shrink film is a kind of plastic that, when heated in the oven, becomes much smaller and thicker. This makes it a good material for creating small jewellery charms. Rubber stamp or draw images onto the shrink film. Use a hole-punch to make a small hole in the plastic. Shrink according to package directions, then feed jump rings through the holes to create finished charms.
Dough Christmas Ornaments
A popular and delightful Christmas decoration can be made with some DIY dough, made from things you likely already have in your pantry. Basic dough can be made by combining one part salt, one part water, and two parts flour. Blended together and mould into shapes or use cookie cutters to make shapes. Poke holes for hanging before baking at a low temperature for 2 hours. Once cooled, the ornaments can be painted. Hang with a length of ribbon.
Wax Paper and Crayon Stained Glass
Wax paper and crayon shavings can be made into window decorations that look like a lot like stained glass. Place a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet followed by a piece of wax paper with the waxy side facing up. Arrange a layer of crayon shavings over the wax paper, then cover with another sheet placed waxy side down. Add another sheet of parchment paper, then place a couple of bricks or other flat, heavy objects on top. Bake on a low heat setting for several minutes to bond the two layers of wax paper and allow to completely cool before continuing. Cut shapes from the fused wax paper sheets. Punch a hole at the top of each shape and add a ribbon for hanging.
About the Author
The article is written by Chelsi Woolz the topic unusual baking ideas. Discover how you could turn ordinary objects such as records into creative bowls, simply by baking it in the oven.
Do you speak SPANISH?! Wanna Help Me?!?!!?
(I posted this before, and even after stating ‘NO TRANSLATORS!!’..That ended up being all I got…=/)
[NO TRANSLATORS! I COULD DO THAT MYSELF!]
So can someone who actually speaks Spanish, PLEASE help me!?
*Ok. In Spanish, how do you say….*
1.) I went shopping at a jewelry store, and bought my boyfriend a watch last week. I payed 200 dollars. I think I payed way too much!
2.) Last Summer, I went to Wisconsin with my boyfriend.
We went to a amusement park, the zoo and saw a lake. We spent most of our time riding horseback, and buying souvenirs.
3.) I did voluntary work around my neighborhood for camp. My friend, and I separated all the cardboard, and plastic. Older people picked up the recyclable items from the park, and took them to the recycling center.
Nice answer.
no AUTOMATIC translators!
I *need* a SPANISH SPEAKING translator in this department. 
When I said.. No Translators..
I meant the automatic ones..
Don’t try to fool me…
1.La semana pasada fuí a la joyería de compras y le compré a mi novio un reloj por el que pagué 200 dólares. Creo que pagué demasiado.
2.El verano pasado fuí a Wisconsin con mi novio. Fuimos al parque de diversiones, al zoológico y vimos el lago. Pasamos la parte de nuestro tiempo cabalgando (also you can say “…corriendo a caballo…) y comprando recordatorios. (many countries use the word souvenirs with a Spanish connotation, like this “suvenirs”)
3.Hice trabajo voluntario en mi vecindario. Mi amigo (if male)/amiga (of female) separamos todo el cartón y el plástico. Las personas mayore recogían todo los artículos reciclabes en el parque y los llevaron al centro de reciclage.
In Spanish when you say “cabalgando” is more than undertood that it was a horseback riding. So that means that when write “cabalgando” you don’t need to write the word “caballo”
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