Mihaela of LearnPolymerClay.blog has a tutorial for lovely festive earrings, perfect for your holiday events (or to whip up as a gift?). The tutorial includes picture step-outs and a video. The rest of her site has other projects to try … Read More ...
Sleepy Polymer Clay Mice
This little mouse looked like it fell asleep after a quick snack. With fun Christmas colours, this tutorial by Sculpey and Helen Terlalis Dorn, makes an adorable decoration. Since the boot is a found item for the project you’ll need … Read More ...
Classic Candy Canes in Polymer Clay
When I’m asked by people unfamiliar with polymer clay to explain canes… I often use candy canes. Candy canes are made like polymer clay canes, with big design logs, that are then pulled and stretched to the final size. And, … Read More ...
Reindeer Jewelry Holder Gift Idea
Dyana, of Shine Crafts, sent us a link to some good seasonal projects on her blog. She says, “This funny looking Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer Catch All is a wonderful handmade gift idea that you need to give everyone this … Read More ...
Angel Wing Christmas Ornament
Donna Herron wrote up a great tutorial for making a framed angel wing ornament on HubPages. She uses pearl Sculpey 3 but you could do this with any clay and colour combo – I’d probably go with Frost White Glitter, … Read More ...
Mini Poinsettia Wreath
This fun mini poinsettia wreath tutorial works with all sorts of holiday decor – change up your picks or embellishments accordingly – as Jessa of the Sparkle Living blog commented. She also remarked to be careful to use the same … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Gift Tags
Gift tags and simple ornaments like these are pretty much the instant gratification polymer clay project for Christmas embellishments and token gifts. This tutorial from Movita of MovitaBeaucoup uses white Sculpey, paint, stamps, stencils and fun twine. You could do … Read More ...
Paisley Christmas Ornaments
I sort of like paisley. There is a great paisley scarf in my closet and one of my favourite craft stamps is a fabulous paisley. Here’s a fun paisley ornament by Sculpey and Amy Koranek. I haven’t tried painting an … Read More ...
Oven Bake Snowflake Christmas Winter Salt Dough Ornaments
I’m an oven bake polymer clay girl but long ago, for the rare treat, my favourite sitter would make us a batch of salt dough. We’d cut up shapes and bake them. Decorating them was so much fun. Turns out, … Read More ...
Air Dry Clay Ornaments
Emma, from Gathering Beauty, used thickly rolled air dry clay to make these ornaments. She left them white and simple and added bakers twine to hang them with. I like the plain whiteness with cute messages and they would … Read More ...
Fingerprint Clay Ornaments
Jessica of Cutesy Crafts has a simple heirloom project: fingerprint ornaments. She discusses how even well conditioned Fimo Soft was too firm for her kiddos to use but I’d still recommend it or Sculpey 3 for kids anyways. Younger … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Marbled Christmas Tree Ornaments
Marbling clay is one of those little treats. You pick a couple of colours – or scraps – and twist and mix. Flatten it out and use cookie cutters. Sarah of Sisoo covers her whole process in the tutorial.… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Poinsettia Ornaments
Poinsettia ornaments made with little poinsettia leaf canes and a bit of sculpting. Simple but pretty elegant. Sandy has many other videos on her channel. If you want to do more traditionally red poinsettia bracts / leaves make the … Read More ...
DIY Fancy Christmas Balls
This tutorial, by Debi Beard of Debi’s Design Diary, uses air dry clay, dollar store plastic ball ornaments, good decorative paint and molds. You can use oven bake polymer clay and I’d suggest grabbing the inexpensive glass balls (which … Read More ...
Original Polymer Clay Ornaments
I taught a lot of kid’s clay classes this fall! Towards the end we made ornaments and while I demonstrated ornament designs from my regular line – snowmen and penguins mostly – the kids had their own idea. There were … Read More ...