Polymer Clay Scarecrow Tutorial

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Roll out some orange color polymer clay into a 1 cm log. Use the palms of your hands to roll out the clay on clean work surface.

Tools used to make the Halloween Fall Pumpkin.

Small embosser 2.Large sewing needle

Razor blade 4. Clean work surface

Text Box: Align the rolled clay log against a ruler. I used the centimeter measurement on the ruler. Create 1 centimeter notches with the razor blade.

Align the rolled clay log against a ruler. I used the centimeter measurement on the ruler. Create 1 centimeter notches with the razor blade.

Roll clay in your palm to form ball.

Roll clay to 3mm and slice off two 2mm sections and form into a ball

Take the sewing needing and mark the center of the clay ball. This will be the location for the eyes.

Shape the clay into tear drop shapes

Place the other tear drop shaped piece of clay next to the other. Try to align the top part of the eyes together.

Place one of the tear drop shaped pieces of clay to the side of the marked location

This is what the finished eye placement should look.

Text Box: Roll out a thin log of black and slice off two specs of clay for the pupils.

Almost the size of pepper flakes. This will be the pupils.

And here is the place of the pupils on the eyes.

Text Box: Roll out the orange color clay into a 4 mm log.

Text Box: Slice 4 mm sections from this log and roll into a ball. This will be the nose of the scarecrow.

Place the ball of clay at the bottom and center of the eyes. Push gently on the ball of clay to secure the clay.

Take a section of yellow clay.

Roll the clay through the pasta machine to flatten it. The pasta machine should be set to the widest setting.

Create several 3mm wide slices in the flatten clay.

Now slice several 5-6mm wide sections. These pieces will be the straw or hair of the scarecrow.

You will next place pieces of the sliced yellow clay around the top portion of the head. The red dash line is a reference of where to place the sections of clay.

This is what you should end up with after placing the pieces of sliced clay.

Lets make the hat for the scarecrow. Take a lump of the brown clay and slightly flatten it with your hand.

Set at the widest setting, run the brown clay through the pasta machine.

Use a 1.5cm and .5cm circle cutter to cut out sections for the hat.

Take the small circle clay cut out and shape into a ball and set aside.

Take the large circle clay cut out and place pieces of different color clays on top. These will be the patches.

Take a sewing needle and score lines to create a sewn look.

Place the small brown clay ball at the center of the large clay circle. Try to place it in the center of the patches. Use the point of a large stitching needle and gently blend the bottom portion of the ball to the flat clay

Use the shaft of the large stitching needle and gently flatten the top of the clay ball using a back and forth rolling motion.

Place additional pieces of clay on the top portion of the hat.

Place the hat on top of the scarecrow head. Gently press down to secure the hat to the head.

Use a large sewing needle to create the mouth.

Scribe a “W” shape with the point of the needle to create the mouth.

Now scribe lines across the “W” shape to create a stitch look.

And there you have a completed scarecrow. Before baking this fellow, take a large sewing needle and pierce beading holes. Follow the baking instructions on your polymer clay package.

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