Mid-Autumn Festival crafts made with plasticine are as follows:

1. Make mooncake skin: First, choose a piece of plasticine of your favorite color and roll it into small balls. Then, flatten the balls into the shape of a mooncake crust. To make the mooncake skin more symmetrical and beautiful, you can use a utility knife or molding tool to smooth the edges of the mooncake skin.

2. Add fillings: Next, choose another color of plasticine, roll it into a small ball, and then place it in the center of the mooncake skin. You can add different colors of plasticine to make mooncakes with different flavors. For example, red beans, mung beans, lotus paste, etc. are all common mooncake fillings.

3. Sealing and rounding: Next, wrap the mooncake skin around the filling and seal, and gently round it with your hands to make the shape of the mooncake more symmetrical and beautiful. In order to make the mooncake more realistic, you can gently press some patterns or patterns on the surface of the mooncake.

4. Make a mooncake stamp: While waiting for the plasticine to dry, you can make a simple mooncake stamp. Using a small ball mold or bottle cap, shave off the edges to create a circular groove. Then, place this groove on the dried mooncake, press it lightly, and a beautiful mooncake stamp is completed.

5. Add patterns and text: In order to make your mooncake more unique, you can use a small round stick or toothpick to engrave some patterns or text on the mooncake. For example, engraving a "moon" character or a simple lace pattern are good choices.

6. Drying: The last step is to place your plasticine mooncakes in a ventilated and dry place to dry. Generally speaking, it takes about a day for plasticine to dry completely. During the drying process, avoid direct sunlight and high temperature environments to avoid affecting the quality and color of the plasticine.

7. Make the outer skin: First, choose a piece of white plasticine and press it into a thin layer. Then, use a utility knife or stamping tool to smooth the edges to form a round crust. Add the filling: Next, choose your preferred filling color, roll the filling into small balls and place in the center of the crust. You can choose fillings of different flavors such as jam, bean paste, lotus paste, etc.

The history of moon cakes

1. Moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, small cakes, harvest cakes, etc., are offerings to worship the moon god during the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to historical records, as early as the Yin and Zhou dynasties, there was a "Taishi cake" with thin edges and thick heart in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas to commemorate Taishi Wen Zhong. This was the prototype of mooncakes. When Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty was on his mission to the Western Regions, he introduced sesame seeds and walnuts to add auxiliary ingredients to the making of mooncakes.

2. In the Tang Dynasty, there were already bakers engaged in production among the people, and bakery shops also began to appear in Chang'an, the capital. By the Song Dynasty, mooncakes had become a common food in the market. Song Gaocheng's "Shi Yuan" records: "On August 15th, Zhu Taiguan came down, and every family in Beijing gave food and drinks that night, and played in the moonlight lantern festival." The word mooncake was first seen in Wu Zimu's "Meng Liang Lu" in the Southern Song Dynasty.