November - Miniature Thanksgiving Dinner

What you'll need:

* Sculpey III Clay (2 ounce packages)
o White
o Sweet Potato
o Maroon
o Tan
o Green
o 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.

The Turkey
* 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.

The Corn
* 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).