{"id":48505,"date":"2025-01-27T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/?p=48505"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:49:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:49:51","slug":"cactus-trinket-tray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/cactus-trinket-tray\/","title":{"rendered":"Cactus Trinket Tray"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Add a touch of trendy western flair to your d\u00e9cor with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-supplies\/craft-essentials\/clay\">clay<\/a> cactus trinket tray! This charming cactus design lets you hang your rings on the cactus arms while the tray holds your other jewellery. It\u2019s a fun and functional way to bring a bit of southwestern style into your space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add a touch of trendy western flair to your d\u00e9cor with this clay cactus trinket tray! This charming cactus design lets you hang your rings on the cactus arms while the tray holds your other jewellery. It\u2019s a fun and functional way to bring a bit of southwestern style into your space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":78759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,255,794,229],"tags":[687],"class_list":["post-48505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-clay-modelling","category-cowboy-themes","category-themes","tag-clay-modelling"],"acf":{"age":["10+","Adult"],"skill-level":["Advanced"],"time-to-make":["1+ day"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K1849","time":"","skill_level":"","how_to_make":"","shopping_list":"<ol>\r\nRolling pin, Cotton bud, Paint brush\r\n<\/ol>","shopping_list_2":"","top_tip":"Before starting, make some clay slip by adding a little water to some soft clay and mix it with a fork.","image_01":78753,"step_instruction_01":"Firstly, roll out your clay to approximately 0.5cm thick and cut out a circle, ours was 11cm diameter. Slightly turn up the edges of the clay. To help the edges stay in place, you can use smaller sections of foam board or cardboard around the edges.","image_02":78754,"step_instruction_02":"Then, shape some clay into a cactus shape, you can shape the cactus around a cocktail stick or pipe cleaner to make it sturdier. Score the centre of the clay tray and bottom of the cactus.","image_03":78755,"step_instruction_03":"Add some slip to the scored areas of the tray and cactus and firmly stick the cactus to the circle tray. Set aside to dry overnight.","image_04":78756,"step_instruction_04":"When the clay is dry, paint the cactus a lighter shade of green and the trinket tray white, with a gold rim.","image_05":78757,"step_instruction_05":"Add darker green lines to the cactus with a thin paintbrush.","image_06":78758,"step_instruction_06":"Using a cotton bud, create white dots along the darker green lines. When the paint is green, cover the entire trinket dish with varnish.","template":"","related_projects":"48147,48467,48521,48124,48158","latest_idea_content":"most-recent","show_date":false,"adult_supervision_needed":"Yes","youtube_video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/VR31tNZnP0M","products":"FX923,FC743,FN651,AC443,FE585","fbt_products":"","recommendation_products":""},"view_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48505"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87715,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48505\/revisions\/87715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}