When you see videos about this they can be quite complicated - they talk about a "core" which includes stuff like straw or hair, and then a shell. If you're ma

When you see videos about this they can be quite complicated - they talk about a "core" which includes stuff like straw or hair, and then a shell. If you're making dorodango you can ignore all of that. You'll just need to dry it out slowly to avoid cracks. When you make them you'll want to experiment with burnishing at different stages of dryness or with different tools. If you live in a place with low levels of clay in the soil you can just dump a load of dirt in a bucket, fill the bucket with water and swirl it around. That gets clay from the dirt into the water. You then pour the water off into another bucket and let the water evaporate to leave the clay.