Vegetables from polymer clay with own hands

Psychologists say that working with natural or artificial clay helps to relieve stress and soothes the nervous system. In addition, molding can become an interesting hobby and help organize useful joint leisure with children. For example, you can try to make vegetables from polymer clay with your own hands. How to do this, our article will tell.

What is polymer clay, and how does it differ from conventional

If before the amateur sculptors could use only plasticine and moistened powder of kaolin minerals, today modern synthetic materials are at their disposal. Among them is polymeric clay (PG). In its properties, it resembles clay, however, depending on the type, it hardens with prolonged contact with air or during firing.

The main difference between polymer clay and ordinary clay is its composition, in which there is a PVC-base and a plasticizer. It provides increased plasticity of this material and the beauty of the resulting products. In addition, the polymer clay does not form cracks during drying, and individual parts are better kept because of the small weight of the PG.

GHG brands

For today it is possible to get polymeric clay of ten manufacturers. However, the most "delicious" remains clay FIMO. Viva DECOR Pardo, Cernit, Kato Polyclay, Sonnet, ClayColor and others also produce high-quality PG. For handicrafts with children, it is advisable to buy inexpensive polymer clay of the domestic production "Tsvetik", "Art Hobby" and "Artifact", which will become a worthy alternative to plasticine .

Vegetables from polymer clay: what will be needed

For the manufacture of such figures from a material based on PVC, you will need:

• Polymer clay of green, yellow, red, brown, white (opaque and translucent), orange and white shades;
• Stationery knife or blade;
• Rolling pin;
• toothpick;
• Cotton wheels;
• Small scissors;
• Brush;
• Brown acrylic paint;
• Crepe paper;
• Varnish (quick-drying);
• Sewing thread for white color;
• Stack with a ball;
• Special varnish for polymer clay.

Carrot

If you are going to make vegetables from polymer clay for the first time, then start with the simplest options. For example, to start, you can make carrots. For this:

• From PG of orange color an oblong drop in 3-4 cm in length;
• In the round part of the workpiece, a wide opening is made with a toothpick;
• From the green polymeric clay a drop of a length of 0.7 cm is formed;
• On the side of its rounded part, several incisions are performed with scissors to obtain a "tops";
• Insert the green part into the hole on the carrot;
• A needle over the entire surface of the vegetable is done by shallow incisions, so that the carrot looks more natural.

Zucchini

Vegetables made from polymer clay are very natural in appearance. The main thing is to choose the shade of the material correctly or to get it by mixing. For example, if they are going to make a zucchini, the PG is white and green, mixed in a 5: 1 ratio. Then:

• In the resulting homogeneous pale green mass, add a bit of brown polymer clay (with the head of the match);
• Vymeshivayut;
• Form an elongated, sufficiently thick drop 3-4 cm in length;
• Take green PG;
• Produce from it an oblong drop of smaller size and diameter;
• Attach from the narrowed side of zucchini stock;
• Cut off excess scissors;
• From the side of a green tail with a toothpick, a few small, shallow dents are made on the zucchini;
• From PG of light yellow color form a tiny ball;
• Flatten it with your fingers;
• Impose in the middle part of the rounded end of the squash.

Pumpkin

If you are interested, what vegetables and fruits from polymer clay are made more often, then the palm tree of the championship, of course, belongs to the symbol of Halloween. Pokes with characteristic cuts can only be made by experienced craftsmen. However, an ordinary vegetable will be obtained from everyone who carefully reads the following instruction. So, you need:

• Form a ball of orange diameter 2 cm in diameter from the PG;
• Push the stack with the ball in its upper part a small depression;
• Make longitudinal grooves with a needle on the entire surface of a slightly flattened forging blank;
• Make a small ball of PG green;
• Flatten it with your fingers;
• Just in the middle of the surface of the main billet attach green shoots of green color;
• Lay the process into the recess of the pumpkin;
• Form a thin strip of green PG;
• Wrap it around the needle to make a mustache;
• Remove it from the needle and lay next to the green process;
• Press the antennae to the side of the pumpkin.

Potatoes

Those who are interested in how to make vegetables from polymeric clay should know that in order to get a good result, first of all you must learn how to properly select and mix the shades of clay. In particular, for making potatoes, you need to carefully mix the PGs of light brown and light yellow colors. Further it is necessary:

• Form an oblong oval 3 cm long from the resulting mixture of PG;
• Blunt object to make rare grooves on the entire surface of the potato.

A tomato

The molding of vegetables from polymer clay is very like your children. To see this, you can make a tomato. For this:

• From a red polymer clay a ball is made in 2 cm in diameter;
• With the end of the brush, push the clay in the direction from the center of the top of the tomato billet;
• Make grooves;
• From green PG make small thin droplets;
• Form a ball from the same clay;
• Flatten it with your fingers;
• Lay small droplets on the edge of an oblate ball;
• Create a slight bending up on their ends;
• Stack a green peduncle in the center of the top of the tomato, in a place where shallow notches are located.

Corn

Now that you know how to mold vegetables from simple polymer type clay, you can start creating more complex shapes. Consider how you can make the ear of corn. To do this, you should:

• From PG yellow, form an elongated cane 3.5 cm long and 0.5 cm thick;
• From the same material roll a lot of small balls of different sizes;
• Lay them in even rows along the surface of the "corn" billet, as the diameter increases;
• Of green color PG form a droplet;
• Flatten it with your fingers;
• Apply strokes on the surface of the leaf with a needle;
• Lay it on the wide tip of the cob;
• Mold a small process.

Cucumber

Such a simple at first glance figure will have a natural appearance only if you achieve the correct color. For this:

• Of a polymer clay of green and yellow color, taken in the same quantity, using a rolling pin a layer with a smooth color transition is made;
• Choose on it a place with a clear boundary of the color transition;
• Form an oblong oval figure;
• Take crepe paper;
• Wrap it around the body of a cucumber;
• Give the texture of the surface of the vegetable.
• From Green PG a small branch is molded;
• Attach it to the rounded side of the cucumber.

Toning

To make the vegetables look more natural, take an acrylic paint, a napkin and a thin brush. They are used for tinting products from PG.

Brown acrylic paint is stained using a brush notches on the surface of carrots, squash and potatoes. Give it a dry and remove the leftovers with a napkin or cotton pad.

Now you know how you can make vegetables from polymer clay. Inserting tiny magnets into them, you can get original souvenirs, and with the help of schwenz - children's earrings, which will bring a lot of joy to your daughter.