Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
Our summer has been torrential rains, beautiful sun, huge winds, and everything in between. It doesn’t keep me from cranking through my summer clay projects. Here’s some fun, summery clay charms on YouTube from FlyingMio. She has a whole channel… Read More ...
Long ago – about 20 years – I made one of my first batch of polymer clay beads. They were lovely marbled beads with white, silver and a pretty teal Fimo colour. The necklace I made with those beads is … Read More ...
If you do any amount of polymer clay… you end up with oodles of scrap clay. And scrap clay is useful for a ton of projects. Sometimes, though, you just want more clay to use and that’s what spurred my … Read More ...
“Terrazzo is the new marbling!” says Jen Walshaw of MumInTheMadhouse and she’s not wrong. Terrazzo is another one of the faux techniques polymer clay does pretty darn well with. Try out Jen’s take on it with her terrazzo earring tutorial… Read More ...
Janet, of Crystals and Clay, has a lovely tutorial for a necklace that incorporates pretty crystals in a fringe and a delicate little polymer clay succulent. The overall piece is great with gentle colours and movement. Her site is full … Read More ...
Making a quick stack of boomarks – perfect as a teacher gift or for your book reading dad heading into Father’s Day – can be really simple with a little bit of clay and some oversized paperclips. This tutorial from … Read More ...
Brown Paper Fox has a simple Father’s Day Project video that’s a good gift for the kiddo’s to make. Use a kid drawn picture as a template to create a clay dangle. Paint it – avoid the spray paint in … Read More ...
Polymer is a pretty great jump right in medium if you want to try making cake toppers. For best practice, make the base of your topper something that is more food safe than clay (clay isn’t topic but it’s not … Read More ...
One of the reasons polymer clay is such a great crafting medium is how many things you can do with it. By borrowing techniques from plaster crafts, you could totally turn this tutorial for cactus decorations(English version) … Read More ...
Heather Terlalis Dorn has this adorable elephant tutorial on Sculpey.com for everyone to enjoy. The little figure is simple to build with the clever details adding personality. Personalize your elephant with details specific to you (or the lucky recipient of … Read More ...
This DIY ‘brass’ air dry clay incense burner with ‘semi-precious’ polymer clay disc is a great take on a much pricier commercial version and easy peasy to make. The perfect, low-key gift for design-savvy fragrance lovers!
This project uses both … Read More ...
One of my favourite Mother’s Day gifts are the little (well, not little anymore) succulents my daughter has bought me over the years. I have a moderate green thumb so they’ve mostly continued on and outgrown their first cute little … Read More ...
Samantha, of Jessama Tutorials, has a ton of good tutorial videos on her site but today’s fun is a good basic kaleidoscope tutorial to get you started with this fun type of cane. Kaleidoscopes let you use all sorts of … Read More ...
Pretty much most of my polymer clay life has been spent making all sorts of beads and I’m partial to beads. Here’s a project from syndee holt, for Sculpey, with a fun variety of beads. After you create your beads, … Read More ...
Iris Rodriguez walks us through how to use Activa (an air dry clay with a smooth texture and white finish) and inks to create lovely ring bowls that would be perfect for DIY wedding favours or the main event’s ring … Read More ...