How To Make Your Own DIY Plaster Hand Mold

Surprise Your Mom With The Best Mother's Day Gift Ever 🔷🔷🔷 Raising kids is a lot of work, but before you know it they're all grown up — heading off to school, going on their first date, and getting ready to move out. Photos and home movies are great ways to preserve that short time between birth and adulthood for all posterity, but why not add something a little different... like a family hand-casting made from gypsum!

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You'll Need:

- 3 cups alginate molding powder
- water
- measuring cup
- bucket
- spoon
- dishwashing detergent
- gypsum powder
- cutting board
- box cutter
- dotting pens (alternatively tweezers or toothpicks)

Here's How:

1. Mix 3 cups of alginate molding powder with one gallon of water in the bucket. Stir the mixture with a spoon for about 45 seconds until it's thick but well mixed.

2. Now pour the mixture into a large measuring cup. Decide on how you want to hold hands and then dunk your hands into the molding compound. Now comes the tricky part: hold this position for about four minutes to make sure you create an accurate and detailed impression. If you're doing this with young children, you might want to hold their hands still to make sure.

3. When the mixture has firmly solidified, carefully remove your hands from the compound.

4. To wash out loose compound and prevent the gypsum from sticking to the compound later, pour some dishwashing detergent into the holes your hands made and fill them with water. Shake the measuring cup lightly to mix the detergent and the water.

5. Now it's time to mix the gypsum powder with water according to the manufacturer's recommendation. When it's well mixed, pour the gypsum compound into the mold and let it harden for 24 hours.

6. When it's dry, turn the measuring cup over onto the cutting board.

7. Use the box cutter to remove the molding compound bit by bit. Be careful not to damage the cast while doing this.

8. To remove the molding compound from those "hard to reach" places, you can use the dotting pens.

9. The result is a detailed and personal cast that represents the special bond between parents and children.

This kind of cast also makes a great keepsake for couples. Or if you want to include more family members, simply use a bigger container and more molding compound. Whatever combination you choose, you're sure to end up with a very unique souvenir of a special time in your life!

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[brandonhixson]

If you remove the mold first and make a bunch of diagonal slices from one side to the other you can preserve the mold and remove the plaster much easier

[la-codeband]

The hardest part of this would have been getting your toddler to hold their hand still for 4 minutes lol great work

[jadecope]

Where can I buy the sodium alginate? I can only find small (expensive).jars. Not enough for a whole hand or two.

[AS-siju]

What is the first powder you used for the casting

[sunrise]

Whats the other name of this Molding powder?

[preetibaranda]

If i had to colour it, what type of paint colours should i use to preserve it for long time??

[mattkaczmarczyk]

How much does 3 cups alginate power WEIGH?

[sue]

WHERE do u purchase all the ingredients needed??

[vanessaugochi]

Please is the aginator same with dental own

[RogerM]

What did you add to Gypsum powder? Water?

[maxbas]

How much gypsum powder are you supposed to use

[smileinamile]

How am i going to keep still a todlers hand for 4 mins? Is there anyway too make it faster?

[markissboi]

1970s my bro put his hand in the ground as he withdrew it we pressed with our feet Then he Poured Hot melted Led in it -Stand back as it erupted like a volcano 1 hr l8tr we dug it out👆
basically you could use a box of sand but we did things with what we had the hand was a peace sign be worth a few $ now days maybe think he melted it down & made sinkers fishing🤦‍♂️

[jianerguo]

for mixing the alginate should I follow the instruction on the package???

[valeriepinette]

Could I pour cement into the mold? Or would that ruin it completely?

[ATRTAP]

It’s weight.. 1 pound of powdered, 7 pounds of water.

[cherylmansell]

how much is a gallon of water google telling me 3, 000 odd 😂

[chloeelmy]

That doesn’t look like a gallon of water...

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