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Bunny 'n Carrot Pencil
Holder
Materials:
Sculpey III in the
following colors:
- Terra Cotta 352
- White 001
- Black 042
- Dusty Rose 303
- Sweet Potato 033
- Green 022
- Index Cards (for
baking)
- Pencil
- Toothpick or wooden
skewer
Directions:
Face:
- Begin by rolling out
two small, identical balls of terra cotta and place them
side-by-side.
- Cut out a small
triangle of dusty rose and place it in between the two balls of
terra cotta.
- Using terra cotta,
create an egg shape at least twice the height of the identical
balls.
- Flatten this egg shape
a a little, and place them above the dusty rose triangle.
- Shape two flat,
identical circles using white, and place them above the dusty rose
triangle.
- Roll out two small
balls of black, and place each one on each of the white circles.
- Cut out two diamond
shapes of terra cotta. Stretch each diamond to make them slightly
longer. Place them on top of the rabbit's head. Bend these slightly
to give a more natural look.
- Roll out a small, thin
snake of terra cotta. Place this right above the eyes for eyelids.
To give the rabbit a personality, change the shape of the eyelids.
Play around with this and have some fun!
- Cut out a flat
rectangle of white. Place this underneath the nose area of the face.
Draw a line down the centre of it with a toothpick. Teeth!
Body:
- Shape an egg out of
terra cotta. This should be larger than the head. Attach this to the
bottom of the head.
Arms:
- Shape two logs out of
terra cotta. These should each be about the same length as the
height of the body. Attach to the top of the body.
Legs:
- Make two slightly
flattened egg-shaped feet out of terra cotta. These could be any
size as long as they are smaller than the head. Attach to the bottom
of the body so that they lie level with the table.
Carrot:
- With the sweet potato
clay, roll out a log. Taper one end. This log should be a little
smaller than the height of the rabbit.
- Take a pencil, and
stick it through the centre of the carrot, but not all the way
through!
- With one hand, hold
the pencil, and with the other, roll out the carrot to make the area
closer to the top of the pencil smaller than the bottom.
- Pull out the pencil to
leave a deep hole.
- With green clay, make
any shape you want, and then flatten it slightly.
- Stand the carrot
upright and place the green clay underneath it so that it sticks out
the side.
This is the carrot foliage or leaves.
- Use a toothpick or
skewer to make scratches into the green to create a leafy effect.
Completion:
- Take the carrot and
place it right next to the rabbit. Put one of the rabbit's arms
around the carrot if you like. Play around with the angles of the
arms, feet, and head to make the rabbit more alive.
- Place your completed
rabbit on an index card and put it into a glass baking dish.
- Ask your parent to use
a separate, metal, oven thermometer to check the temperature of
your oven. You need the temperature to be an exact, 130C degrees in
the centre of the oven.
- The rule of thumb is
to bake Sculpey III 15 minutes per 1/4" of thickness. This means
that you will probably need to bake the rabbit and carrot for about
45 minutes.
IMPORTANT:
The clay can bake
longer, BUT NOT HOTTER!!! Do not turn up the temperature to make it bake
faster. IT WILL BURN!
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