The
Creative
Zone.
This space is about us all getting involved with clay: activities to make at the kitchen table, fun art competitions, and a community of makers of every age.
Get your hands in it.
Colour, community and connection, the Morris & James way. Now with something to make.
Make
Step away from the screen. Warm the clay, follow the card and make something with your own hands, together.
Share
Every piece is different and unique to the maker. Photograph what you made and enter it. We show the best of it here.
Celebrate
Awards every month, judged by past Morris & James staff, and a Finisher Magnet for finishing three.
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By Klay MasterMake it. Bake it.
Enter it.
Step-by-step clay projects for makers aged 5 and up, enjoyed by thousands of kids in Klay Master school holiday programmes. 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.
3 activities. 3 entries. For 2 people. Fun art competitions.
Presale closes Friday 4 December 2026. Packs post from Tuesday 8 December 2026, in time for the summer holidays and Christmas. Sold and shipped by Morris & James. Klay Master is the maker of the activities and the cards.
Make. Bake. Enter.
Make it
Pick an activity card, warm the clay in your hands and follow the twelve drawn steps together.
Bake it
110°C for 30 minutes in a home oven. Let it cool, then brush on the gloss varnish.
Enter it
Snap five photos and upload them with the private link from your pack. Awards every month.
In the pack.
Seven blocks of genuine FIMO by Staedtler in your colours, a Nightglow block, three activity cards and a bottle of gloss varnish.
- 3Activity cards, A5, one for each activity you choose, every step drawn out in order
- 7FIMO blocks, 57 g each, in the colours you choose: six to make with and one spare for decorating
- 1FIMO Effect Nightglow block, for eyes and details that glow in the dark
- 1Water-based gloss varnish, 10 ml, to finish
- 3Entries to the monthly competitions, with the private entry link
- ✓Free NZ postage
You will also need a home oven, baking paper, a toothpick and a blunt knife.
How it works.
Order your pack, make it together, then enter whenever you are ready.
Get your pack
Choose 3 activities
Any three of the twelve.
Choose clay colours
Seven blocks: six to make with, one spare. Nightglow is in every pack. Each activity gives every maker the chance to swap colours with family or friends.
Reserve your pack
$139 on presale, free NZ postage. Posts from 8 December.
Make it and enter it
Make it together
Pick any activity from your pack and follow the card.
Bake and finish
Bake on baking paper, let it cool, then add the gloss varnish and final details.
Snap 5 photos
Plain background: front, back, both sides and from above.
Enter it
Upload with the private link from your pack, 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
There is enough clay for up to six makers. Split them however suits your crew.
2 makers × 3 activities
A grown-up and a child, side by side, making all three.
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.
Technical skill
Accuracy and technique: smooth shapes and well moulded joins.
Judged monthlyCreativity
Your own flavour: extra details and a fresh twist on the model.
Judged monthlyBest story
Up to 600 words about the piece. A name, a personality, a quest.
Judged monthlyGlow award
Best use of the Nightglow clay. A dark photo is welcome as a sixth photo.
Judged monthlyWild card
The spot prize for the one that made the judges smile. Little makers have every chance.
Judged monthly
The monthly award
Each winner is posted a small bronze Morris & James emblem, with a magnet for the fridge. Winners are announced by Morris & James and posted their awards.
The Finisher Magnet
Anyone who completes three activities, from one pack or several, is posted a Finisher Magnet: a flat fridge magnet with a rosette design. No judging: finishing is the achievement. The design changes often, so they become collectable through the year.
Twelve clay activities.
Choose any three for your pack. Each takes about an hour, in twelve steps, for ages 5 and up.
- Elephant
- Tuatara
- Piggy
Beginner friendly - Lion
- Monster
- Dog
- Cow
- Dino
- Pony
- Cat
Beginner friendly - Sheep
Beginner friendly - Alligator
Reserve your pack.
Three activities, three entries, enough clay for up to six makers. Presale is open until Friday 4 December 2026 and packs post from Tuesday 8 December 2026, in time for the summer holidays and Christmas.
The Creative Zone is a collaboration between Morris & James and Klay Master, step-by-step clay activities enjoyed by thousands of kids in school holiday programmes.