Candy Cane Mouse

A Christmas ornament tutorial from the makers of Hearty Clay.   Supplies needed:

White & Black Hearty Clay (to make gray mouse)
Red Hearty Clay
Hearty (Activa) Color Scale tool  (optional)
3" of red 1/8" ribbon
Low Temp Glue Gun (or white glue)

For a pin (optional): 1 pin back
Ornament (optional):  1 eye pin for hanging and/or 4" of thin cord

Apple Earrings, Charms and Magnets

Gosh!  It's September already!   In our town that means back to school for the kids.   Here's some gift ideas for a teacher.   An apple for the teacher in the form of clay charms, earrings, pendants or magnets.  

Personalization Made Simple

A short video from Glenn and Debi of Deb & Co shows how to personalize your clay Christmas ornaments with simple, easy to learn techniques that give your ornaments a professional look.   Tips on how to fit lettering in a small space plus how to correct errors.

Miniature Ice Cream and Cones

Very nice tutorial for making miniature ice cream scoops using air-dry clay.

These mini ice cream cones and sundaes are great for charms, earrings and other jewelry plus dollhouse miniatures.   You might have to make them a bit smaller than shown if you want 1:12 scale.

Quick and Easy Looped Flower

The cold porcelain flowers shown in the tutorial below look like they'd be quick and easy to make. The small, looped flower is very pretty and can be used to make a necklace, earrings, keychain or cell phone charm.

Bows, Bows, Bows

A few different ways to make some great little clay bows!  These are all demonstrated with polymer clay but technique would be exactly the same for air-dry clay... just no baking (or cat hair getting into your clay...LOL).

Angry Bird Tutorial: Yellow Bird

Here's a tutorial showing us how to make one of the Angry Birds out of clay.   In this video, Cecilia shows us how to make the Yellow Bird out of polymer clay.   This is one of the best demonstrations I've seen for making the Angry Birds and, so, even though she's using polymer clay, that's why I'm featuring it here.   I'm going to make mine out of air-dry clay and you can too.

Paperclay Apple Ornaments

Amanda Marks ("Who Are You Calling Crafty") shows us how she made 130 apple ornaments using Creative Paperclay.   I think these are quite attractive and would be a perfect little item for those "extra" holiday gifts!  The

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 a Rainstick with Paperclay

Make your own rainstick following this tutorial from Creative Paperclay.

What is a rainstick, you ask?

Wikipedia defines a rainstick as:
"A percussion instrument made from a

Cute Monster Keychains, Magnets or Brooches

Create these cute and comicial monster charms with a little Creative Paperclay and a lot of imagination.  Gather your found pieces of hardware and watch parts to give your monster that steampunk look!

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 Miniature Teddy Bear

This video demo from sugarcraft artist Aine shows us how to make a tiny miniature teddy bear. This demo is using gumpaste to create figure, but the process is exactly the same for air-dry clay. Just use regular glue where she calls for edible glue.

Make Some Mini Tennis Shoes

Learn how to make miniature tennis shoes in this video tutorial from "Moldando".   Artist is using cold porcelain (biscuit) but almost any air-dry clay would be suitable.  

Air Dry Clay Name Tags or Ornaments

Stephanie shows us a no-calorie way to use candy molds. She uses air dry clay (Creative Paperclay) to create name tags or ornaments.

Make This Tiny Polar Bear Charm

Cute polar bear charm made with air-dry clay.

Video demo by CuteTanpopo.

Santa Claus Ornament

Small Christmas ornament made with Makin's Clay (air-dry); uses a mold to create Santa's body. Easy and suitable for beginners. Click here for Santa Ornament tutorial.

Angel Ornament

Small Christmas ornament made with Makin's Clay (air-dry); uses a mold to create Angel shape.  Easy and  suitable for beginners. Click here for Angel Ornament tutorial