Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
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Need a simple craft that makes a cute gift? These bookmarks use a small amount of clay and a regular bookmark. Add a book (or a book gift card) and you have a great gift. Renee from Cute Simple Things… Read More ...
Anna Spathari shares these appealing little doodle bowls in her tutorial (English translation). These are made with air dry clays but you could, of course, use polymer clay for the same sort of process.
Use a fun variety … Read More ...
I know it’s a little early to be thinking back to school but maybe not. Then again, you don’t really need an excuse to make a stack of polymer clay pens. This post, a guest post by Suzy of … Read More ...
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 Fimo polymer clay beads. They were lovely marbled beads with white, silver and a pretty teal Fimo colour. The necklace I made with those beads … 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 ...