Made for beginners to start their creative journey. Three experiences in one kit: pottery, painting & candle making.
Not just a fun experience - a unique candle to love
Zero experience needed, but also perfect for any level!
No kilns needed just air-dry at home
Mindful, relaxing & incredibly satisfying
What's in the kit
What's in the kit👉🏽 Instruction and inspiration booklet
👉🏽 Air-dry clay (enough to make one candle holder)
👉🏽 Sculpting tools
👉🏽 Sponge
👉🏽 Paint brush
👉🏽 White paint
👉🏽 Sealant
👉🏽 Vanilla pod or french pear scented oil
👉🏽 Soy wax flakes (50 hours burning time)
👉🏽 Wick
📞 SOS helpline with resident potter Krissy
💙 We have hundreds of video tutorials on our Instagram and pottery portal so you can follow these to make different candles.
And no kilns are required! Simply model your shape at home and let it air dry.
Kiln free, fuss free!
Kiln free, fuss free! No kilns are required- that’s the fun of our clay. Model your shape at home and let it air-dry and it will be a beaut decorative water resistant piece. Scroll down for examples of things you can make.
Our clay is a special hybrid clay, so if you do want to make a ceramic candle - just add glaze to your order and then fire it in a kiln.
Shipping info (FREE OVER $100)
Shipping info (FREE OVER $100)New Zealand:
$8 or FREE over $100 for tracked shipping. Orders are sent on the same day of purchase during the week and usually take 1-3 days to deliver.
Express overnight shipping: $15.50 (delivered next business day)- order before 1pm. Excl rural.
Australian orders:
$35 tracked service for one pottery kit. If you'd like to purchase more than one kit please email us to get a shipping quote.
For all other international shipping: please contact us and we can look into shipping for you.
C H R I S T M A S C O U R I E R D A T E S
AUSTRALIA - Friday the 2nd of Dec
NORTH ISLAND - 18th of Dec
SOUTH ISLAND / RURAL - 19th of Dec (CHCH 20th of Dec)
Click and collect 24th of Dec
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Viral videos of what you can make
HOW DOES IT WORK?
create A mindful experience & unique candle
order a Candle kit
The best gift with three experiences in one kit. You or your loved one can have hours of fun making.
make the candle
Make the holder out of clay & have a relaxing pottery experience, paint it when its dry then pour the scented wax!
display & burn
Display the unique candle in the home. Enjoy 50 ours of burning time.
200+ five STAR reviews ACROSS ALL KITS
Let customers speak for us
We took this kit away for the weekend - it was such a fun afternoon creating!
Beautiful product. Website was easy to use and communicating with the owner was a breeze when I had questions.
I’m based in Hawke’s Bay so when I found somewhere to fire it, it was great to know they had a relationship with Modeletto so they knew how to work with the clay and glazes I had used
Such amazing clay to work with 😍
Loved making this tray to go along with my Modeletto purchase. They look so cute together - thanks for the inspiration
Learning a new skill as an adult has been both deeply humbling and wildly inspiring … ✨
Thank you for the pottery kit that got this vase started and the inspiration to keep creating 🌹
This was honestly such a fun experience! So easy to follow and the French pear scent is gorgeous. I will be doing more of these kits with some girlfriends and a glass of wine! Loved it. Perfect gift too <3
Inspiration
At Amanda's (my mum) place! Yep she spends hours making up your kits with so much love including cutting the clay, pouring paints into pottles and more!
Absolutely! We love solo potting and you will too.
Our pottery kits are completely beginner friendly and have easy to follow instructions and video tutorials.
Being an eco-friendly and sustainable brand was non-negotiable for us.
- Our clay is natural, non-toxic and made right here in New Zealand.
- Our packaging is home compostable, recyclable and reusable.
- Stickers are made with PVC free products
- Clay is wrapped in a compostable cling-wrap + compostable kraft pouch
- Paints come in reusable glass jars
- Paint brush handles + sculpting tools are wooden
- Mailer boxes are craft cardboard and can be reused
- Each box is packed with reused wool insulation
- Compostable mailer bags
Drying time is 24 hours to a week depending on thickness (for best results leave for 1 week).
It looks great in its natural state with 2 coats of sealer, or paint with white acrylic paint (and colours if you wish), let the paint dry and apply 2 coats of sealer.Don't put your piece in your oven, or apply heat to try to speed this process up, because it will likely cause your shape to crack. If you'd like to work on your piece then take a break, no worries! Just wrap it in an eco-friendly bag i.e bin liner and come back to it when you feel like it. We don't recommend leaving it for too long though.
NB: Our air-dry clay is not food or water safe, so if you want to make a bowl to eat out of, or a mug to drink out of, you must get your creations fired in a kiln after its dried for at least 2 weeks. It must not have our paint or sealer on.
500g of air-dry clay - enough to make one candle holder.
