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Why not make the Finger Tips pizza clock? It's one pizza delivery that's always going to be on time!
It's really easy to do, and it'll last forever!
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The clock face is made from salt dough, which tastes disgusting but is great for makes because it's as easy to use as modelling clay.
And once it's been cooked, it will last for ages!
To make salt dough you have to get together a few ingredients. Here's what you'll need.
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200g salt
200g plain flour
100g cornflour
250ml water
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First - put all the ingredients into a large mixing bowl one by one.
Now roll up your sleeves and start to mix the ingredients together!
You need to knead (ha!) the salt dough so that it becomes really smooth.
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When you've made the salt dough, put a handful of it on a clean, flat surface.
Then get a rolling pin, and roll the dough out to a thickness of about half a centimetre.
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When that's done, take a dinner plate and place it in the centre of the rolled-out dough.
Now you need to cut around the plate with a knife - so ask for help from an adult here - to leave a nice circular shape.
Transfer this shape onto a baking tray covered with alluminium foil.
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That's the pizza base done. Now it's time to get cracking on the toppings.
Start with the cheese. Using your hands, roll out lots of pieces of the unused dough into worm-like shapes.
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Lay the worm-like "cheese" shapes onto the base in different patterns.
You can make the cheese look as though it's melted by flattening the shapes with your finger tips!
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You make the onions in a similar way - roll out long, thin pieces of dough but then join the ends up to make a circle.
Flatten down to make them look more realistic.
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The ham pieces come next.
These are also very easy to make, just roll out a small piece of dough and cut square shapes from it.
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Finally, you need to make the olives. These are also made from the salt dough.
Break off a small piece of the dough and roll it into a ball using your finger tips. Just give it a little squash to make it look as though it's been cooked!
You'll need twelve olives.
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The next thing to do is find the exact centre of the pizza base. It's very important to get this as accurate as possible.
A good idea would be to use a ruler to measure the width and height of the base, then make your hole in the exact centre.
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Now it's time to add the toppings to your pizza clock.
The onions and ham can go wherever you like, just be careful not to block the hole that you've just made in the centre.
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It's now time (ha!) to add the olives. These will represent the numbers on the clock face, so position them carefully.
Start by adding an olive at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o'clock, and then add two between each.
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And now you're ready cook the pizza clock!
Salt dough needs to be cooked very slowly on a low heat, and the clock will take between 2 and 3 hours to cook.
Be very careful not to burn it!
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Once the pizza clock is cooked and cool, it's ready for painting.
Start with red paint between all the different toppings. This represents tomato sauce!
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When the red paint is dry, paint the cheese yellow.
Let that dry, then paint the onions white and the ham pink.
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Finally, paint the olives black.
When the black paint is dry, it's a good idea to add a coat of varnish to give the pizza clock a shiny, professional finish.
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Now you need to add the clock workings.
These can be bought from most craft shops, and they go together very easily.
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You could even make your own clock hands.
How about a knife and fork cut from card?
Attach the clock to the base of the pizza - this is where the whole in the centre comes in useful!
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That completes the clock!
Just hang it on the wall, or stick magnets to the back and hang it on the kitchen fridge!
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