Work on index cards - once you have your clay ready, just move the index card to the cookie sheet to bake! They are even reusable.
 

 When using cutters to cut shapes from polymer clay, layer a sheet of plastic wrap over your clay sheet and press down through that with your cutter. Peel off the plastic and you’ll have a perfect beveled edge.
 

  A trick I use is for when I'm putting a hole through an unbaked bead. Sometimes, if you hold the bead between your fingers while putting your needle tool through it for the hole, you can leave fingerprints (which are a pain to sand off, or there forever if you're not going to sand). So, instead, I cradle the bead in the palm of my hand. It holds the bead steady without leaving prints.
 

  Sculpting - After you have finished sculpting a head or figure and want to make sure the finger prints and small surface imperfections are gone, slip it into the freezer for a few minutes. (It won't freeze!) After removing, lightly rub a small polished rock over the surface to smooth, then take a small, soft bristled brush and go over the sculpture with Sculpey Clay Softener. Bake!
 

  Poultry needles (found in the kitchen section of the grocery store 6/$2) make the perfect needle tool for drilling your Sculpey beads! You can even make a handle for it from scrap clay.
 

  To reduce air bubbles in clay always stack leftover pieces of clay vs rolling them into a ball. By rolling you're actually adding air to the clay, which produces bubbles. Since using this tip I rarely have any air bubbles in my clay.
 

  Slicing canes - To prevent smashing the bottom of the cane when cutting a cane rod, get a piece of brass pipe that is larger than the diameter of your cane rod and place the cane rod into the pipe and push it out one of the ends, just to the thickness of the slice you want and cut with your Super Slicer
 

  I use foil baking pans to bake my beads by punching holes in opposite sides of the pan. After making holes in my beads I string them on either a bamboo skewer, a long doll needle or a small diameter metal rod and then put the ends of the rod into the holes I have made in the foil pan. I invert an identical pan on top and clip with binder clips then bake as directed on the polymer clay package.
 

  Whenever my son misplaces one or more pieces from his board games, we make replacements using Sculpey clay. That way we don't end up throwing the game out because pieces are missing. We've made quite a few "Trouble" pegs in various colors and some checker pieces and we've even created our own Tic Tac Toe game using our mini Sculpey animals. It's fun!