Feature

●Create your own unique baby keepsake in the comfort of your own home!
●Create up to 6 different casts for a newborn (or 2-3 casts for a 3 year old)
●Frame size 6x5" with a depth of 2.2" - suitable from newborn and frame is large enough to display a hand cast of a 2 year old
●A beautiful and unique Baby Keepsake product
●All handmade and assembled in the UK!


Description

Little Fingers & Tiny Toes, Create Your Babys Keepsake before they Grow!

Baby Casting KitBaby Casting Kit

3D Hand and Foot Casting - Capture your Babys tiny hands and feet - Suitable from Birth

This great value Baby Hand and Foot Casting Kit contains all of the materials you need to make beautiful 3D plaster casts of your own babys hand and foot and then frame them in a shadow box display frame.

PROFESSIONAL RESULTS

BabyRice casting kits only contain professional casting materials.

CASTING MATERIALS

  • 500g BabyRice Skin Safe Alginate
  • 800g strong stone casting plaster
  • 20ml paint
  • Paintbrush
  • Easy to follow instructions

SHADOW BOX FRAME

  • Glass front, size 5.5x6.5"
  • 1.75" inner depth for casts
  • Display aperture 4.5x5.5" for casts
  • Fixings to put the frame together (frame is in kit form, easy to assemble, instructions provided)
  • Glue - to secure casts to the backing card of the frame

OTHER ACCESSORIES INCLUDED:

  • Cups
  • Wooden sticks
  • Bags

Additional casting materials and shadow box display frames can be bought separately if needed - perfect if you want to make more hand and foot casts or if you want to frame additional casts for grandparents.

EASY TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS

Your casting kit includes step-by-step instructions. Tried and tested by thousands of happy customers, all you need is some patience and a helping hand.

SIMPLE CASTING PROCESS

  • mix alginate with 30 degree centigrade water
  • place babys hand or foot into the mixture for anywhere from 30 seconds to 1 minute before the alginate sets (timing depends at what stage you put babys hand or foot in the mixture)
  • remove babys hand or foot - now you have your alginate mould
  • mix plaster with water
  • pour into alginate mould
  • after an hour or so the plaster has set, gently break away the alginate mould from the plaster cast to reveal a work of art!

And thats it, simple!

BabyRice Alginate and Strong Stone Casting Plaster

BABYRICE ALGINATE FOR MAKING THE IMPRESSION MOULD

Our hypoallergenic Alginate is specifically formulated for body casting and is perfectly safe to use on newborn babies skin. BabyRice alginate undergoes rigorous quality control and regular testing to ensure every single bag of alginate is of the highest quality.

STRONG STONE CASTING PLASTER

A strong, stone based casting plaster is provided in this kit. (Not Plaster of Paris which is too soft and crumbly for making durable plaster casts!).

CREATE UP TO *6 HAND AND FOOT CASTS

With 500g of alginate and 800g of strong stone casting plaster, this kit has enough materials to create up to 6 individual plaster casts of a tiny *newborn baby, or 3-4 casts of a 3 month old, or 2-3 casts of a toddler.

BUYING AS A GIFT?

This kit is nicely packaged and is a suitable to gift for another

Intricate Skin Details are ReplicatedIntricate Skin Details are Replicated

Intricate Skin & Fingerprint Detail is Replicated with a BabyRice Casting Kit

BabyRices Casting Kits only use professional grade casting materials.

BabyRice Alginate replicates the finest, tiniest lines of skin detail.

BabyRices Herculite II Plaster is a strong, stone based plaster. It is a far superior plaster compared to Plaster of Paris. With Herculite II you will get strong, durable plaster casts lasting a lifetime. Herculite II also dries to a nice, white finish, which makes the perfect base for painting your casts.

Once painted, the intricate skin detail is highlighted - the results are incredible!

Baby Hand and Foot Casts in HandBaby Hand and Foot Casts in Hand

Make an Everlasting Keepsake of your Babys Hand and Foot

Babies dont stay small for long and there is no better baby keepsake than 3D casts of your babys tiny hand and foot.

You can easily create a wonderful keepsake which will fast become a family favourite heirloom in the future!

Create your Babys Casts in just a few Simple Steps...

Mix Alginate with 30°C WaterMix Alginate with 30°C Water

Immerse Hand into AlginateImmerse Hand into Alginate

Immerse Foot into AlginateImmerse Foot into Alginate

Fill Alginate mould with PlasterFill Alginate mould with Plaster

Mix BabyRice Alginate with 30°C Water

Alginate must be mixed with 30°C water.

(Warmer water will make the alginate set too quick, cold water will make it not set at all).

Do use a thermometer to ensure the water temperature is correct!

Immerse Hand for Making the Hand Mould

Immerse Hand into Alginate/Water Mix

Immerse Foot for Making the Foot Mould

Or Immerse Foot into Alginate/Water mix

Fill Alginate Mould with Plaster

When the impression mould has been created, fill with the casting plaster. Ensuring all sections of the mould is filled with plaster, to avoid missing sections from your plaster cast

And now the Big Reveal!...

After an hour or so Remove AlginateAfter an hour or so Remove Alginate

Plain Plaster Cast NewbornPlain Plaster Cast Newborn

Paint Casts to Enhance detailsPaint Casts to Enhance details

Easy to create your keepsakeEasy to create your keepsake

Break away Alginate Mould from Set Plaster Cast

After a couple of hours, the plaster has set and you can remove the alginate mould from the 3D cast. This is the fun bit!

Unpainted 3D Plaster Cast

You can remove any plaster bumps from the plaster whilst its still damp - they can be literally picked off! Leave the cast to fully dry out for at least 5 days before painting

Paint your Casts to Protect and Enhance

Painting your cast helps to protect and seal the plaster, the paint also greatly enhances the fine skin details in the cast.

Ta Da!

Ta da! Your finished casts, a beautiful keepsake of how tiny your babys hand and foot once were. And in the future, when your baby is all grown-up, they will be astonished at just how small they once were!

Create your Babys 3D Hand and Foot Cast with our Easy Do it Yourself Casting Kit

Create your babys 3D hand and foot cast and frame them in the shadow box frame. This kit contains 500g of BabyRice Alginate and 800g of Stone Casting Plaster, the frame is handmade in our UK workshop. When you purchase this kit you are supporting British business and employment.

BUYING AS A GIFT?

This kit is nicely packaged and is a suitable to gift for another.