Switchplates are one of those plain house decor items. Turns out clay covered ones are easy to do and let you add some decorative touches to your space in a fairly unusual spot. This tutorial, from Sculpey.com, covers a … Read More ...
Little Bowls for Mother’s Day
This is a Mother’s Day project for the younger set – little ring dishes embellished to look like flowers or starry skies. These are made from Model Magic
, a really great air dry material from Crayola. It’s fun, easy … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Dragons for Kids
Fimo (Staedtler) has some adorable kid projects including this dragon and castle one. The dragons are perfect for school aged kids and you can totally add complexity with spikes, scales or other details. The same with the castle walls and … Read More ...
Making Miniature Ice Cream Cones
Tiny waffle cones with tiny, perfect ice cream scoops. Use these charms for toys, jewellery, or embellishments. The tutorial is in Russian but here’s an English translation link. You can use your waffle texture to make tiny waffles, of … Read More ...
Miniature Cakes… Polymer Clay Style
Or no calorie version.
ArclyandElo share a few “recipes” in the tutorial to get an adorable miniature cake. Towards the bottom, there’s a few details for trying the lime version of the cake and you get the idea how a … Read More ...
Faux Wood Grain with Polymer Clay
Faux wood is one of those great clay imitators. You can use it to make decorative jewellery pieces, of course, but what I found it best for was dollhouse miniatures and fairy garden pieces. Here’s a tutorial(English translation… Read More ...
Mother’s Day Trinket Dishes
Little trinket holders are one of those clay projects you can do with the most basic of clay steps or pull out all the stops on. This one, by Nell of Ryhthms of Play, uses a little simplicity – … Read More ...
Faux Crystal Jade in Polymer Clay
The basic recipe for a faux jade / aventurine in polymer clay is translucent clay
mixed with a small amount of green (or several greens). Add a little bit of dried herbs, mica powders, paints, or what not if you … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Turquoise
Craftberrybush has a tutorial for a lovely Mexican type faux turquoise. Pair it with silver jewellery blanks and a little sanding and polish for a great faux turquoise presentation. Mix up the inclusions or colour blends in your own faux … Read More ...
Miniature Clay Cactus Decorations
They’re small so they’re extra cute and they’re polymer clay so they’re extra fun. These little cactus decorations, from The Party Parade, tie together the trendy, cute factor of the succulent and cactus thing with the fun of … Read More ...
Faux Agate in Polymer Clay
Agate slices, with the pretty layers of colours and translucence make great jewellery, window ornaments and plain old decor. It’s not surprising there’s a pile of how-to tutorials for making your own faux agate from polymer clay. Here’s an oldie … Read More ...
Paper Clay Chick and Bunny
I’ve used paper clay – the type in this post even, Creative Paper Clay – and appreciate it for a few reasons: it makes a great paint surface, you can use lightweight styrofoam pieces for armatures, and you don’t need … Read More ...
Miniature Easter Bunnies
Kevin has an Easter bunny craft that makes a whole crew of adorable little rabbits for your Easter decor. Depending on the clay you use, you should probably bake for longer than what he recommends in the instructions just so … Read More ...
Strawberries and Polymer Clay
I spend most of my clay life making canes to use. Mostly these turn into beads but you can use canes for a variety of clay projects. My favourite strawberry cane – I posted a basic step through on Instagram … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Daisies
Thanks to Sculpey, we have some adorable daisies. The tutorial mentions gluing these to the shoelace brads on a pair of runners but you could put them on hair clip findings, little adjustable ring findings or magnets. The daisies could … Read More ...