How To Make Polymer Clay Mosaic Tiles And Repurpose Empty Morton Salt Can - Tutorial

Remember this cutie from your pantry. I absolutely love these cans. They are so well made and can last forever.





I love to recycle and April 22nd is an Earth Day, so in honor of Earth day, I decided to make a multipurpose container from an empty Morton salt can.






All you need is
Empty Morton salt can

Polymer Clay ( I used Original Sculpey in White, as it is way cheaper and since i am going to make thick sheets for mosaic tiles so they are not going to break easily but for other projects i like to use Sculpey Premo)

 Rubber Stamps

Black Spray Paint

Dimensional Paint

Aleene’s Tacky Glue

Exacto Knife or Utility Blade

 Silver Rub n Bluff.

SO here we go

1. Remove the label from the can and with Exacto knife remove the top part of can.



2. Roll out your polymer clay, I use pasta machine but rolling pin or acrylic rod works fine too





3. lay down your clay on flat work surface and stamp it with rubber stamp,
(TIP: - if you think your clay is sticky, sprinkle some cornstarch)



4. Cut the desired shape with cookie cutter or Exacto Knife






5. Bake it in oven, follow the manufacturer’s instructions.




6. Once tiles are cooled, Spray paint and set it aside until dry.









7. Apply Rub n Bluff to see the magic, this is most fun part. This will highlight the stamping. (You can also use acrylic paints, artist’s pastel mica powder, alcohol inks etc possibilities are endless.)



I used Distress Ink on these tiles :) I love this effect


8. Glue tiles to the can with super glue.


9. Fill in the gaps with dimensional paint.





10. Varnish and you are done :) its really easy.




Decorate and display :)




I made similar can with polymer clay and Morton Salt can, sometime back, I use this one as pen holder, and here I tried basket weave technique with wood blend Polymer clay cane.



Another view






Hope you all will like this project and try your hands at polymer clay mosaic tile making, Do let me know if you have any questions.


Have a Creative Day,

Shahana.