Interesting crafts made of polymer clay

If you like to create and want to carry away your daughter an interesting activity, then tell her about a variety of crafts made of polymer clay. Plastic is very similar to plasticine and is also easy to handle. You can spend a lot of time together, making beautiful jewelry, trinkets, cakes and fruit for a doll house, as well as many other things.

To be able to make small crafts made of polymer clay, it is enough to buy plastic of several colors, rolling pin, medical gloves, small cookie molds and sharp office blade. Let's look at simple artifacts from polymer clay. With their hands, they can even make a child.

How to make a keychain

To make such a simple thing, we need a monochrome polymer clay, a ring and a small chain for the key fob, a sharp blade, an antioxidant, a cotton swab, a toothpick, a colorless varnish, a tile and a picture printed on a laser printer.

We take a small piece of white plastic and thoroughly knead it in our hands. After that, we roll into a thin layer, which is slightly larger than our image. We put the prepared motif on it with a drawing downwards. Thoroughly moisten the entire surface of the paper with alcohol using a cotton swab. Gently roll the thin layers of paper until we remove them completely. If during the work alcohol has time to dry, then we wet the surface additionally.

With a sharp blade cut off excess clay, leaving a small edging from each edge. We lay the workpiece on the tile. With a toothpick, pierce the hole for the chain. Bake our billet for about 20 minutes at a temperature of 120 degrees. We get it and let it cool down completely. Cover with a layer of colorless varnish. After complete drying, insert the prepared chain link in the chain and clamp it with small pliers. We fasten the ring. Our original keychain is ready.

If you want to have a large assortment of earrings, bracelets, beads and charms, then be sure to find out how the costume is made of polymer clay with your own hands. A useful experience you can get by experimenting with different shapes and color combinations. Let's look at how to make simple crafts made of polymer clay that can be used as jewelry items.

How to make beads

This is the simplest element from which you can collect beautiful bracelets and beads. We need clay of several colors, toothpicks and a lump of foil. Let's start making beads. To do this, pluck a small piece of plastic, knead it and give it a round or cubic shape.

From a small piece of contrasting color we form a thin flagellum. We wrap the ball with this cord in a spiral and slightly smooth. Another flagellum is cut into tiny pieces, which are placed on the next workpiece in random order or spread out the pattern. Also smooth the surface. Mnem foil and form a support from it, into which we stick toothpicks. We pierce the beads for them and send our "hedgehog" to the oven for 20 minutes. After complete cooling, cover the beads with a colorless varnish and let it dry completely. We take the thinnest bit, insert it into the drill and make a through hole in each workpiece. The beads are ready, and we can start assembling the conceived products.

If you want to make artifacts from polymer clay, which can be used as elements for earrings and key chains, then you will additionally require special accessories. It can be gold or steel color. In any department for needlework, you will need to buy rings, швензы and pins with a loop. You can use parts from broken jewelry.

Make of plastics a variety of figurines of fruits, flowers, coffee beans or pieces of cake. Carefully insert the pins into them and only then bake in the oven. From such blanks, you can very quickly collect the original earrings or a bracelet on a chain. And for multi-colored key rings, they are simply irreplaceable.

Each time do more complex crafts made of polymer clay, honing your skills and developing fine motor skills. Such products will be a good gift. And having achieved a certain skill, you can earn on your hobby. After all, the original jewelry wants to have all the women, and a beautiful keychain will appeal to a man.