How to Make a Crawfish Hole Out of Clay or Playdough - Scenic Artists' Tips and Tricks

Sometimes you may be putting on a musical such as Oh, Jonah where you want parts of your set to look like they are in a wetland setting. Because of this, you may want to have some crawfish holes. It is easy to make crawfish holes with playdough or clay.

A crawfish hole

You will need the following items:

1. Playdough such as Play-Doh Modeling Compound 10-Pack or clay such as Natural Clay, 10 lb
2. Optional: Earth toned paints such as Jacquard Products Textile Color Paint Set, Earth Tones
3. Optional: Paintbrushes such as BOSOBO Paint Brushes Set, 2 Pack.

Crawfish live on every continent of the world, so there should be no worry about the location of your play. Fake crawfish holes are very easy to make.

1. If you are not going to paint your crawfish holes, choose the color of playdough that you are going to use. If you are using clay, it is probably already brown and it will stay that way unless you are going to have somebody fire it.
2. Once chooseing the playdough or clay that you are going to use, instead of making a mound, make small balls and ovals of different sizes.
3. Put these circles and balls in a circle with a diameter of 3"-5". Again, this does not have to be a perfect circle.
4. Stack the balls and ovals on top of each other, tapering them so that they get thinner towards the top.
5. Let the playdough or clay dry.
6. If the crawfish hole is the color that you want it to be, you are done.
7. If you used clay and are going to have somebody fire it, have somebody fire it once it is dry.
8. If the crawfish hole is not the color you would like it to be, paint it the color that you'd like.

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