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November - Miniature Thanksgiving Dinner
How clever
to prepare a miniature Thanksgiving dinner to decorate your table
or give as a gift. . . .
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Some
Basic Information:
Sculpey III, Bake & Bend, and Amazing Eraser
Clay should be conditioned before using. To condition, roll
and squeeze each color in your hands until the clay becomes soft
and pliable and an even consistency.
It's important to bake projects for the right amount of time and
at the right temperature. Once your project is complete, follow
these baking instructions for each type of clay:
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Sculpey III bakes in your home oven for 15 minutes at
275 Degrees F (130 Degrees C).
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Bake & Bend bakes in your home oven for 20 minutes at
285 Degrees F (130 Degrees C).
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Amazing Eraser Clay bakes in your home oven for 10 minutes
at 250 Degrees F (130 Degrees C).
Line your
baking sheets with aluminum foil or index cards when using them
to cure (bake) polymer clay projects.
Always assist children during the baking process and never touch
a clay project until it is completely cool. You should use an
oven thermometer to make sure the oven temperature is accurate.
Overheating polymer clay can cause it to become discolored. In
the case of Amazing Eraser Clay, the eraser may not erase
well if it's over baked.
Good working surfaces include a large piece of glass, wax paper,
marble, or an old baking sheet. It is important that you not place
unbaked polymer clay on any good furniture surface. Do not use
everyday cooking utensils with clay if you are going to continue
using them for preparing food.
Shapes:
All
of the projects in this series can be made from the following
shapes:
- Sculpey
III Clay (2 ounce packages)
- White
- Sweet
Potato
- Maroon
- Tan
- Green
- Yellow
- Wood skewer
or toothpick
Instructions
- Prepare the entire miniature meal,
then bake.
The Pumpkin
Pie
Roll a 5/8"
ball of Tan clay. Flatten into a round disk. Using a toothpick
or wooden skewer make a rim on the disk and flute it to look like
a pie crust. Fill crust with a flat round disk of Sweet Potato
clay and top with a tear shape piece of White clay, it's the whipped
cream dollop.
Start with
a 1 1/2" ball of Sculpey III Gold (after all you want a "golden
brown" turkey). Roll the ball in your palms to form an egg shape.
With 2 small balls of Gold ( ½") form elongated teardrop shapes
for the legs, attach to the wider end of the egg shape. Use
2 additional balls of Gold (smaller than ½") to form two short
logs. Flatten the logs slightly and attach to the tapered egg
shape for the wings. Flatten a ½" White ball of Sculpey III
to form the turkey platter.
Start with
a ¾" log of Yellow clay. Crosshatch the "corn" using your wooden
skewer or toothpick. Flatten two teardrop pieces of Green clay
and wrap around the ear of corn.
Peas and Carrots
Flatten a
½" ball of White clay. Using your thumb as a tiny mold, form the
white clay into a bowl shape. Now for the peas and carrots; form
tiny Green balls and Sweet Potato logs. Pile the veggies in the
bowl. It's that simple!
Cranberry
Sauce
Make a ¾"
log with Maroon Sculpey III. It should be a rather thick log.
Make some slices of the cranberry sauce using a dull kitchen knife.
Form a ball from a ½' ball of White clay. Form a dish for the
cranberry sauce. Time to bake All of these items are rather small,
so bake them for 10 minutes at 275 Degrees F (130 Degrees C).
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