Crafts, DIY and Handmade Ideas
Heather Terlalis Dorn has this adorable elephant tutorial on Sculpey.com for everyone to enjoy. The little figure is simple to build with the clever details adding personality. Personalize your elephant with details specific to you (or the lucky recipient of … Read More...
This DIY ‘brass’ air dry clay incense burner with ‘semi-precious’ polymer clay disc is a great take on a much pricier commercial version and easy peasy to make. The perfect, low-key gift for design-savvy fragrance lovers!
This project uses both … Read More...
One of my favourite Mother’s Day gifts are the little (well, not little anymore) succulents my daughter has bought me over the years. I have a moderate green thumb so they’ve mostly continued on and outgrown their first cute little … Read More...
Samantha, of Jessama Tutorials, has a ton of good tutorial videos on her site but today’s fun is a good basic kaleidoscope tutorial to get you started with this fun type of cane. Kaleidoscopes let you use all sorts of … Read More...
Pretty much most of my polymer clay life has been spent making all sorts of beads and I’m partial to beads. Here’s a project from syndee holt, for Sculpey, with a fun variety of beads. After you create your beads, … Read More...
Iris Rodriguez walks us through how to use Activa (an air dry clay with a smooth texture and white finish) and inks to create lovely ring bowls that would be perfect for DIY wedding favours or the main event’s ring … Read More...
If you need a great Mother’s Day gift here’s a kid friendly project from Angela of Projects with Kids. Use your favourite sparkly clay colour and cute little stamps to make block pendants with important words on them. Add some … Read More...
I don’t post much in the way of fan art tutorials because copyright and trademark are such complex topics but sometimes there’s just such fun, cute stuff out there to play with. Here’s some sweet pacman post earrings from MahmurLemur … Read More...
Almost all of my work is done with polymer clay canes and, like a lot of other clayers, I make them to sell too. It’s always been fun for me to see what everyone else is making. I used to … Read More...
Renee, from the blog and YouTube channel Cute Simple Things, wanted to share how to make hoop earrings using polymer or air dry clay and a little paint. She goes on to show you how to customize your favorite pair, … Read More...
Mihaela, from Learn Polymer Clay, has a fancy faux Fabergé egg tutorial to share with us where all sorts of fun extras are used to make the glitzy design. If your Easter egg projects don’t want to be spring pastel … Read More...
With Easter coming up, you can find all the marshmallow peeps in the stores. I’m not a fan of the peep candies – although, melted, they make fun rice crispy squares – but the polymer clay one in Kendall Hoyt’s … Read More...
Here’s a cute little bunny charm to make for your spring / Easter crafting! Add it to a necklace cord or zip pull for someone’s Easter gifts or hang out with the kiddos and make a whole stack of bunnies. … Read More...
I was looking at other work by Meg Newberg – everyone should look at Meg’s great tutorial shop – and stumbled across an oldie but goodie sea turtle project in her generous free projects. The directions to make the simple … Read More...
Kara, from AKailoChicLife, has a good tutorial for a faux malachite air plant holder. It’s one of the better simple faux malachite tutorials I’ve seen and it’s always good to have some good faux recipes. And the little air plant … Read More...
If you make mini foods – and all clayers should give it a try – you may need some syrup for those tiny waffles and pancakes at some point. This same technique makes great sauces and soups as well. Andisa … Read More...
Jessica of MadInCrafts is a brave DIYer and decided she would make some interesting drawer pulls for her cabinet update project. She decided to use clay to cover her knob hardware and went with a nice marbled look. The tutorial… Read More...
Here’s an adorable mixed media project from Rachel Berry. The clay is a small part but it’s a perfect addition. Make a basket or a bucket for your crew at Easter or your own spring-y wishes for some decor.
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Make some fun last minute St. Patrick’s Day earrings with Makin’s air dry clay (or other air dry or oven bake clay). Using Makin’s small heart – from the geo set that was almost my first set of clay cutters … Read More...
One of the mainstays for my shows and my shop are my fairy garden things. I make a lot of fairy doors! Some of them are a little like the one in this delightful tutorial from Jenny Sorensen for Sculpey.… Read More...