Best Craft Storage Boxes for Your Fimo Clay, Premo and Jewelry Beads

A plastic fish tackle box is perfect for storing polymer clay and jewellry findings:

The cool thing about polymer clay is that it keeps indefinitely if it is properly stored. Although polyclay does not dry out, the plasticizers that keep it soft, can be leached out. Because of this, what you store your clay in is very important. Porous items such as cardboard or wood boxes should never be used to store polyclay unless the clay is properly wrapped.

So what should you use to wrap the clay? Choose non-porous materials such as tin foil, wax paper, parchment paper or plastic wrap. With plastic wrap however, it is critical that you choose the right brand. Some types actually bond with the clay, which is not good. To find out which brand of plastic wrap I use, click here:
How to Store Polymer Clay Canes

As mentioned in previous posts, it is important to keep your Fimo, Premo and Sculpey as clean as possible. Lint, dirt, pet hairs and other clay remnants can really be a problem. This is an especially true when making beads using white Fimo clay.

Also be careful of the types of plastic containers you use to store your polymer clay. Just like with plastic wrap, some plastics react with the plasticizers in the clay and will bond with it. When polymer clay causes plastic to go cloudy, that's a sure sign that there's a compatibility issue.

Plastic fishing tackle boxes can work great for storing polymer clay. In this week's upcoming video newsletter, I'll show you the brand of fish tackle box I use. It's made with "clay-friendly" plastic and the internal compartments are a perfect fit for blocks of Fimo, Sculpey and Premo Polymer Clay. These fishing tackle containers also make excellent craft storage boxes for jewelry beads and findings.  You can get a copy of this weeks video newsletter by joining my Polymer Clay Guest List.