Materials:

• Premo! Sculpey in the following colors:
  • Raw Sienna 5392
  • Beige 5093 (small amount)
  • Black 5042
  • Color of choice for bow on bear's neck
• Paint brush with rounded end of handle
• Bic Stic pen
• #2 pencil with eraser pulled out
• Cup hood that screws into wood
• Round magnet for back
• Craft knife, X-Acto knife

Instructions:
Use copy paper or index cards for work surface, or tape waxed paper to table.

• Knead the raw sienna Premo until nice and pliable.
• You will need two (2) ¾" diameter balls for the body and the head.
• You will need two (2) ¼" diameter balls for the ears.

• Take the ¾" diameter ball for the body. Roll it into a teardrop shape.

• You will also need two (2) 5/8" diameter balls for the arms.
• Take the 5/8" diameter balls and roll into elongated teardrops. Do this by rolling the ball into a fat log. Then, keep your finger on one end while you roll some more. This will taper the log into the elongated teardrop.

• Attach the teardrops to the smallest end of the body teardrop. Push these onto the body shape by taking your first two fingers and pushing towards each other on the body teardrop.

• Place the head ball on the body and arms. Place this slightly over the top of the arms and body and with both of your first fingers, press down towards your work surface and down towards the body and arms. This will give you ear indents on the head.

• Take the small ¼" diameter ear balls and place them into the indents you have made on the top of the head. Now, use the handle of your small paintbrush to make the indentation in the ears. Push into the ear ball and down towards the head at the same time.

• Now, for the rest of the bear!
• You will need one (1) ¼" ball of beige for the muzzle.
• You will need two (2) 1/16" balls of beige for the pads of the paws.
• You will need six (6) 1/32" balls of beige for the toes on the paws.
• Place the ¼" beige ball on the face of your bear, right in the middle of the head. Press on the bottom of the ball with the side of the pad of your thumb.
• Take the pencil with the eraser pulled out and use the brass fitting to cut a mouth. Hold the pencil on an angle and press into the muzzle to cut a mouth. Do not cut all the way through the clay, just make an impression. Take the two (2) 1/16" balls and place one on the bottom half of each paw and flatten to the paw. Next, take the six (6) 1/32" balls and place three over each paw pad.

• Take your Bic Stic pen and poke two holes for the eyes. The space between the eyes is about 1 hole apart. The two holes are placed directly over the muzzle and close to it. You need to poke these holes past the brass pen tip. Then they will be deep enough.
• For the nose and eyes: you will need one (1) 1/16 ball of black for the nose and two (2) 1/32" balls of black for the eyes.
• For the nose, take the 1/16" ball and roll into a little coil and place firmly across the high point of the muzzle.
• Place the two (2) 1/32" balls into the eye holes you made with the pen.
• For the bow: You will need two (2) ¼" balls and one (1) 1/8" ball of the color of your choice.
• Roll the two (2) ¼" balls into little coils, flatten and fold over. Then, wipe off pencil lead from point of pencil and use the pencil to place each half of the bow on the neck of the bear.
• Roll the 1/8" ball and place it on top of the two halves of the bow for the knot.
• Screw cup hook into bottom of the body of the bear. Bake bear in a household or toaster oven (calibrated) at 275 degrees F (160 degrees C) for 30 minutes per ¼" of thickness.
• When bear is cooled, glue ¾" magnet to the back. Add your favorite pot holder and you have a handy and cute kitchen ornament!!!