Sculpey Premo™ & Sculpey Soufflé™ Pink Christmas Tree Table Decor

Getting Started

Please make sure your work area is covered and you are not working on an unprotected work surface. We recommend working on the Sculpey Oven Safe Work Mat, wax paper, metal baking sheet or disposable foil. Uncured clay may damage unprotected furniture or finished spaces. Be sure to cover your area accordingly.

Always start with clean hands and wear lint free clothing to avoid pieces of lint falling into your clay. Unwrap and knead the clay until soft and smooth or you can condition your clay by running through a pasta machine. We recommend using a machine that is designated specifically for clay use only. When working with multiple colors, be sure to clear your hands with soap and water or use baby wipes
before switching colors.

When baking (also called curing):

Begin by preheating your oven to 275*F (130*C). After you are done creating, for best results bake/cure clay on an oven-safe surface such as metal, aluminum foil, tile, an index card or the Sculpey Clay Mat at 30 minutes per ¼” (6mm) thickness
(according to package directions). For best baking results, use an oven
thermometer. DO NOT USE A MICROWAVE OVEN. DO NOT EXCEED THE ABOVE TEMPERATURES OR RECOMMENDED BAKING TIME.

ARTIST NOTE:

You will need 2 bars of Peony and ½ bar of Antique Gold. Begin to condition your pieces through your machine on the thickest setting. Fold in half and continue to run through the machine to ensure the clay is conditioned and ready to work with. You may need to do this in multiple pieces if your machine cannot handle larger pieces. Put all of the conditioned pieces to the side.

You will need to create a cone shape approximately 6” in height out of your foil. There is no right or wrong way to this step, you can make your tree as thin or wide as you
would like.

Cut long strips about ½” wide using the conditioned Peony clay. You will wrap these around your mold and layer to create a tiered effect. Start at the bottom and continue to spiral the strips up to the top of the tree. You may need to adjust accordingly
as you wrap.

Use your glitter flakes and/or rhinestones and decorate in any way you would like for your tree. For this tutorial, we will do a fading effect starting at the base and work our way up. You will use less decorations as you go up and stop about midway up the tree. You can rub a light layer of the Translucent Liquid Sculpey to the tree to help adhere the decorations better. Set aside for now.

You will now use the Antique Gold clay to make a bow for the top of your tree. Start with cutting a rectangle that is 1.5”x4”, two pieces that are ½”x3” and a small
piece that is ¼”x1.5”.

Using the rectangle that is 1.5”x4”, fold each end in towards the middle until they meet each other and pinch in the middle to form the bow. You will cut a triangle at the end of each of the two equal pieces to create the ribbons coming off of the bow.

You will now use Translucent Liquid Sculpey Clay to piece together and make the bow. The smallest piece will but used to wrap around the middle of the top of the bow and cover the pinched area. The two equal ribbons will be attached to the back
in any way you would like for them to hang down from the bow. This will be
attached to the tree after baking.

Transfer the tree and bow (still separate) to your baking surface and place in the pre-heated oven and bake as directed.

Once your pieces have cooled completely, remove from the baking surface. Slowly and carefully remove the tree of the foil cone form. Use your instant glue to attach the bow on your tree. Allow drying time as per glue instructions.

Enjoy your new
beautiful Christmas decor!