Thousands of Kiwi kids have tried Klay Master in school holiday programmes. Now we bring it to your home!Presale open, $139

Make it.
Bake it.
Enter it.

Step-by-step clay projects for makers aged 5 and up, enjoyed by thousands of kids in Klay Master workshops. Now also available for your home, with monthly prizes for the best entries in collaboration with Morris & James.

The Family Series For Educators

A child holding a purple and orange clay cat at a Klay Master workshop

Details Glow in the dark

Make. Bake. Enter.

Make

Pick any activity from your pack. Everything you need is in it.

Bake

Thirty minutes in a home oven. No kiln, no waiting weeks.

Enter

Fun art competitions hosted by Morris & James, any month. How it works

Creative Zone For home

In collaboration with Morris & James

Each pack has three clay activities and everything you need to make them. Make one, enter it, and come back for the next whenever you are ready. Sold through the Morris & James shop.

Presale open

Three A5 activity cards fanned out: Elephant, Tuatara and Piggy

Morris & James

The Family Series

Choose three clay activities and your own FIMO colours. Made for a child and a grown-up to do side by side. Clay bakes in a home oven to cure. Water-based gloss varnish supplied to finish. Suitable for ages 5 and up.

3 activities. 3 entries. For 2 people. Fun art competitions.

Ages 5+For 2 makersChoose 3 activitiesPosts from 8 Dec

Presale price · save $10

$149 $139

Includes NZ postage

Reserve on Morris & James

Presale closes 4 December. Sold and shipped through the Morris & James shop.

Inside every card

Each A4 card folds to A5. Open it and every step is laid out in order, with drawings to follow. Shown: the Elephant.

Inside the Elephant card: twelve illustrated steps across two A5 pages

In the pack

3 A5 activity cards for the three activities you choose. See the activity library
6 FIMO blocks (57 g each) in the colours you choose: enough for two people to make all three activities
1 spare FIMO block, a spare piece of clay for decorating
1 FIMO Effect Nightglow block for details that glow in the dark

You will also need a home oven, baking paper, a toothpick and a blunt knife.

Ages 5 and up. Younger children can join in with more help, see the FAQ.

FIMO Soft cherry red

FIMO Soft sunflower

FIMO Soft brilliant blue

FIMO Soft tropical green

FIMO Soft purple

FIMO Soft white

FIMO Soft tangerine

FIMO Effect Nightglow

8 blocks in total. Genuine FIMO by Staedtler. Example colours.

How it works

Order your pack, make it together, then enter whenever you are ready.

Part 1 Get your pack

1

Head to Morris & James

Packs are ordered on the Morris & James website.
2

Choose 3 activities

Any three from the activity library.
3

Choose clay colours

Six to make with, one spare. Nightglow is in every pack.
4

Reserve your pack

$149 $139 presale. Posts from 8 December.

Part 2 Make it and enter it

5
Make it together

Pick any activity from your pack and follow the card.
6
Bake and finish

Bake on baking paper, let it cool, then add the final details.
7
Snap 5 photos

Plain background: front, back, both sides and from above.
8
Enter it

Upload on the Morris & James website, any month to be eligible for awards.

What you'll need

A home oven and a timer
Baking paper and a tray
A toothpick and a blunt knife
A phone or camera, and a plain background for photos
A grown-up for the baking

Entering: the rules in short

The competition runs every month. Enter any month you like
More than one entry a month is fine
Enter any activity from your pack
Every unique design has one entry. Make the same model again and the new piece can be entered
Entries go into the round for the month they arrive

Made to share: one pack, up to six makers

Made to share

There is enough clay for six makers. Split them however suits your crew.

2 makers × 3 activities

A grown-up and a child, side by side, making all three.

or

6 makers × 1 activity

Siblings, cousins or a birthday table, one make each.

Prizes every month

Two ways to win. Five monthly award categories for the best entries, and a Finisher Magnet for anyone who completes three.

Small bronze Morris & James emblem with a fridge magnet

Monthly winner emblem

Five awards every month. Each winner is posted a small bronze Morris & James emblem, with a magnet for the fridge. Tap an award to see what the judges look for.

Technical skillAccuracy and technique.

What the judges look for

Smooth shapes
Well moulded joins
See our top tips for techniques

CreativityYour own flavour.

What the judges look for

Extra details
A fresh twist on the model

Best storyUp to 600 words about the piece.

What the judges look for

A name
A personality
A quest
A character

Glow awardBest use of the Nightglow clay.

What the judges look for

A dark photo is welcome as a sixth photo to showcase the glow effect

Wild card spot prizeThe one that made the judges smile.

What the judges look for

First-timers and little makers have every chance here

How judging works

Each round runs for a calendar month. Entries received by the last day of the month go into that round
Judging happens in the first week of the following month
Each entry can win once per round, and one maker can win more than one category
No age categories: everyone is judged together, and the judges take each maker's age into account
Winners are announced by Morris & James and posted their awards
The first round closes at the end of January 2027

Who are the judges?

Every entry is judged by a panel:

Past staff of Morris & James Pottery
Amanda Penton, head Klay Master tutor
Guest potters occasionally join us on the judging panel

Klay Master Finisher Magnet, with a model in the centre

Finisher Magnet

This one is about progress: sticking with it, finishing what you start and learning new skills along the way. Any child who completes three activities gets a Finisher Magnet: a flat fridge magnet with a rosette design. The design changes often, so they become collectable through the year.

123= Finisher Magnet

How it works

Complete any three activities, entered at any time in the year
Three from one pack, or across different packs, all count
One Finisher Magnet per child, posted once the third entry is in
No judging: finishing is the achievement

Prizes are posted separately, with NZ postage included, and are not part of the pack.

Bring Klay Master to your group

Hands-on clay sessions for holiday programmes, classrooms and after-school groups. Every child goes home with a finished piece they made themselves, and a fair bit of pride.

Enquire about a session Teaching framework

Children at a workshop table with their clay cows

Holiday programmes

One-hour sessions, with time to spare, for groups of up to 40. Kids pick from up to three projects running side by side.

Schools

Classroom and after-school workshops that build fine motor skills and 3D thinking. No oven on site? Pieces go home with baking instructions.

Run it yourself

Printable instruction sheets with full permission to copy for your class, plus our step-by-step teaching framework.

Fundraising

Clay workshops can fund themselves and raise money for a school, daycare or club. Our guide covers budgeting, pricing and promoting a session.

Hundreds of workshops run Groups of up to 40 Ages 5 and up Low mess, cleans up with water

Helpful articles

For educatorsTeaching frameworkRun a session for up to 40 kids, from softening the clay to the big reveal.About the clayPolymer clay for kidsWhy we use FIMO Soft and Effect, and how to spot clay that is too old.Workshop tipsGlow-in-the-dark claySave the glow for the end. It is the best motivator we know.For schools and clubsFundraising with Klay MasterBudgeting, pricing and promoting a workshop that pays for itself.

The gallery

Yellow and green clay dragon

Purple clay elephant

Red clay elephant

Clay crocodiles and lizards on a table

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