I made these last night using Crayola air dry clay - from Target 5# was $9. If you use this stuff, you might want to buy wax paper to roll it with. I tried it on the counter which was disaster, just had to peel it all up with a knife, but then I used foil which wasn't too bad but wax paper would be perfect. I made 6 and I probably have about enough clay to make another 6 or more, but I don't want them all so small and I'm trying to figure out a way to make larger ones. I didn't have a rolling pin so I used a can of air freshener, lol!
I'm going to paint them with texture paint which will hide any imperfections - I have 2 cans of different colors and those run about $8/can. I think once I get them painted they will look nice. They don't look too bad w/out the paint even.