Friday 24 October 2014

DIY Polymer Clay Unicorn




Hello everyone!! I'm here with a new tutorial- make your own polymer clay unicorn! 
Before we start there are a few things you'll need;
~White Polymer Clay (Fimo or Sculpey either will do),
~Pink, Blue and purple polymer clay (these three colours can be any really, these are just the ones that I used in this tutorial),
~Acrylic paint white and black,
~Tools (eg. Exacto knife, rolling pin etc...).


Roll out a large ball of white clay- as this will be your main unicorn body. Also roll out three smaller balls from the other colours of clay that you chose.


Mix pink clay and white together in order to lighten the colour. Then cut another smaller piece of white clay and roll both out Ito a sausage shape. Twist them together like in the image above (this will be the unicorn horn) and cut at a point where the horn will look like a cone shape.
 

Next take about just under half of your white clay, roll into a ball and sculpt so that one end is thinner and more pointed than the other. Add your unicorn horn on top by pressing firmly (make sure you don't squash your creation at this stage).


After that start on the body. Take most of your remaining clay (leave enough for arms and legs) and shape so that, like the head, one end is thinner than the other - make sure that both ends are flat. Add the head to the top of the thinnest side.


Roll out the remaining white clay into a sausage and cut into 4 appropriate lengths. Position them onto the body as shown above.


Once you have done that begin to add hair strands of rolled up clay onto the head and gently curve round to give the impression of waves in the hair. Use your coloured clay to do so.


Once you have completed the hair your unicorn is ready to go in the oven and bake! Make sure your happy with it and follow the instructions on your packaging. Add eyes using acrylic paint and voila!! 

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial, it's been a while since I uploaded a polymer clay tutorial! Sorry about the dust on the white clay on the pictures, it can't really be helped. See you next time, keep the creative juices flowing! ;)

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