Make this cute owl

Make this cute owl from your favorite air dry clay.  Easy to make...great for beginners (kid-friendly)....just follow these step-by-step photos (from the "Cake Duchess").  If you have any trouble with the clay notsticking to itself,

How to Make a Clay Butterfly

This tutorial creates lacey butterflies using cookie cutters for shape and other implements to cut lacey holes.   This is actually a gumpaste tutorial from cake artist Nurainie Tan, but the steps would be exactly the same for creating these sweet butterflies from Creative Paperclay, cold porcelain or any other air dry clay that is easy to roll into a flat sheet.  You can skip the step where she dusts

Easy Roses to Make with Clay

Here's a step by step photo tutorial for making roses.   It was written for a gumpaste cake topper but the technique is exactly the same for air-dry clay.  However, for clay flowers you can use glue, wire and other inedible products that probably wouldn't be used with gumpaste creations.

Usually the best air-dry clays to use for making flowers are the softer formulas like DecoClay, Hearty Clay, Martha Stewart's Claycraft and similar clays which are often sold pre-colored.  Cold porcelain is also great for making flowers.   I love the idea shown here of using spoon to shape the petals.