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,

Snoopy

Everyone's favorite cartoon dog Snoopy!  Easy to make...great for beginners (kid-friendly)....just follow these step-by-step photos (from an Asian website).  If you

Easter Bunny Tutorial

Step by step photo demo to make this Balancing Bunny cake topper from Rouvelee's Creations. Uses Styrofoam balls for body armature and Styrofoam eggs covered in clay.  Fondant was used here but cold porcelain or any of the softer types of air dry clay would be suitable.

Mario & Luigi, Step by Step

Create the video game character Mario in just a few easy steps!   Luigi would be done same way, just taller & slimmer!  ;-)

Update 2/16/2013:   This tutorial was initially found on a site other than the original (and some parts were missing).  With some research, the original tutorial was located which includes additional instructions for modeling the head.   Credit goes to  this Chinese site for this Mario tutorial.  Computerized translation doesn't work well with Chinese, so I've included a rough translation to English below the photos.    Please see original if you speak Chinese.

Flop-Eared Bunny

Use air-dry clay to make this Flop-Eared Bunny.  This is a beginners tutorial and is suitable for many types of air-dry clays.   The softer clays are suggested, such as Makin's Clay, Hearty Clay, Model Magic, Cloud Clay and homemade cold porcelain.  This tutorial is kid-friendly and, with a little help, very young hands could make this bunny!

Another easy owl!

About 6 months ago we featured a super simple semi-abstract owl. Today we have another easy owl from same author.  This owl would make a great pendant, focal bead or charm.   Tutorial suggests using Model Magic clay but many other brands of clay would work as well, including Cloud Clay & Creative Paperclay. Plain white is shown for this owl but Model Magic comes in many colors giving you the option of making a whimsical or natural appearance to your owl.

Make a Cute Reindeer

Today we have a video demo showing you how to create a cute little reindeer with polymer clay.  But Air-Dry-Clay.com is suppose to be about air-dry clay, right?   It is.   This demo is a good one to use as an example of how to modify a polymer clay tutorial when using air dry clay.   The types of air-dry clays that work best for

Create a Christmas Star with Cold Porcelain

Today we have another excellent video demo from Marisol Romero, showing us, step-by step, how to make a pudgy Christmas star using cold porcelain & a foam ball.  Other air-dry clays would also work well for this easy project, especially the softer pre-colored brands.

How to Make a Cute Polar Bear

This video demo from Linda Peterson features a whimsical winter Polar Bear made with air-dry Cloud Clay. Cloud Clay is very soft and easy to use but dries to a hard, durable and matte finish in 24 hours or less.

Make This Cute Scarecrow

This video tutorial from Linda Peterson shows us how to use several different colors of Cloud Clay to make an autumn scarecrow.  Cold Porcelain would also be a good air-dry clay for this project or Hearty Clay or maybe Crayola Model Magic.

Bookmice make a nice gift!

This cute (and useful) bookmark is a great little craft to make with the kids or a quick and easy gift for all your friends!

You'll never lose your place with these easy-to-make bookmarks!

Make a Cute Kitten in a Flower Pot

This tutorial to create a cute kitten sitting in a flower pot is from French artist Brigida Clement.    She has allowed translation to English, with proper credits to her original, of course.   Please visit her website at Babou Bricole.

Cute animal figures like this kitten can be made with just about any type of air-dry clay

Make an Easy Owl with Model Magic

A super simple semi-abstract owl. Quick and easy. A great project to get you started with air-dry clay. A great kids project also! Make a large one for a paperweight or a smaller one for a

How to Create this Puppy with Cloud Clay

Isn't that a cute face?    In this video demo, Linda Peterson shows us how to create this little dog with Cloud Clay, a soft air dry clay. This would be a good cold porcelain project too, and a good beginners project!  Cloud Clay is kid-friendly and very similar to Model Magic.

Make Some Colorful Funny Bunnies

Video demo from TatyanaBel  doesn't say what kind of clay she's using but this would be a good project for the pre-colored air-dry clays such as Cloud Clay, Makin's Clay, Hearty Clay and Model Magic. Cold porcelain should work well for these bunnies also.  Bunnies are colorful