Polymer Clay Birdhouse
Get creative by making a beautiful clay birdhouse to welcome your feathered friends. This step-by-step tutorial will show you just how easy it is to do.
Yield: 1
Equipment
- Plastic roller
- Scissors
- Pencil or paintbrush handle
Materials
- Polymer Clay - Sculpey original
- Grapevine sphere
- Outdoor paints
- Twine
- Wire
- Aluminum foil
Instructions
- Knead the clay until it softens
- Roll out pieces of clay about 1/4 inch thick.
- Place the pieces of clay around the grapevine sphere leaving an opening for the house in the middle.
- Smooth out the edges.
- Poke two holes at the top (with a paintbrush handle or pencil) of the birdhouse for hanging.
- Poke a few at the bottom for water drainage.
- Bake in the oven on some aluminum foil for 15 -20 mins. at 275 degrees F
- Allow birdhouse to cool.
- Paint birdhouse with outdoor paints.
- Attach some wire to the end of a yard of twine to help thread the twine through the top holes. Repeat with the other end of the twine.
- Tie the twine onto a branch on a tree and enjoy.
Notes
You can make this with air dry clay but it would not be functional outdoors. The air dry clay will breakdown at the first sign of rain.
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