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DIY Clay Vegetable Garden Markers

March 19, 2021 | Heather Painchaud | 6 Comments

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clay vegetable plant markers

These DIY clay vegetable garden markers are fun to make and perfect for identifying seeds that you have planted in the garden this spring.

How cute are these clay vegetables?!  Too busy to make them right away?  Pin this post for later!  Pin this project to your favorite craft board on Pinterest and it will be there when you’re ready.

clay garden markers

 Life has been all about gardening lately.  Be sure to check out my How to Plant a Salsa Garden post or How to Make a Bee Friendly Planter for more!

clay vegetable plant markers

When planting seeds in the spring it’s super easy to forget what you’ve planted once the seeds are under the soil.  So we created these darling little vegetables to act as our plant markers.

clay vegetable plant markers

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Supplies that you will need:

  • parchment paper
  • baking sheet
  • polymer clay in green, dark green, orange, red, yellow and black
  • clay cutting and shaping tools
  • toothpicks
  • black sharpie fine tip marker
  • white glue
  • white paint
  • mod podge
  • paint brush

clay vegetables process

How to make clay vegetable garden markers:

  1. Begin by forming the clay into a soft, malleable ball.

clay vegetables process

2. For the corn: form a 2 cm yellow ball into a cylinder shape and form a ½ cm yellow ball into a thin rope.  

3. Form two 1 cm green balls.  Shape the balls into teardrops about 3 cm long. 

clay vegetables process

4. Wrap the yellow rope around the yellow cylinder.  Score with a clay tool to make kernels.

clay vegetables process

5. Press the green leaves to wrap around half of the yellow corn. Form two indents for eyes with the stylus. Pierce a hole in the bottom with a toothpick.

clay vegetables process

6. For the peas: form a 1 1/2 cm dark green ball and press it into a teardrop shape about 5cm long.  Form 5 – ½ cm green balls.  

clay vegetables process

7. Place the balls in a line and wrap the dark green leaf behind them to form a pod. 

clay vegetables process

8. Form two indents for eyes into each of the peas with the stylus.  Pierce a hole in the bottom with a toothpick.

These might be my favorite!

clay vegetables process

9. For the broccoli: form a 2 cm green ball into a cylinder shape, form ten ½-1 cm dark green balls. 

clay vegetables process

10. Press the dark green balls to the top of lighter green cylinder.  

clay vegetables process

11. Form two indents for eyes with the stylus.  Pierce a hole in the bottom with a toothpick.

clay vegetables process

12. For the pepper: form a 1 ½ cm dark green ball into a cylinder shape about 1 ½ cm long and score lines with a clay tool.  Form ¼ cm dark green ball and attach it to the top as a stem.  Form two indents for eyes with the stylus.  Pierce a hole in the bottom with a toothpick.

clay vegetables process

13. For the carrot: form a 2 cm orange ball into a cone shape and form three 1/4 cm green balls into teardrop shapes.  Attach the green leaves to the top of the carrot.  Form two indents for eyes with the stylus.  Pierce a hole in the bottom with a toothpick.

clay vegetables process

14.  For the pumpkin: form a 2 cm orange ball into a circle shape and press it slightly to squash the shape to look like a pumpkin.  Score lines with a clay tool. Form two ¼ cm green balls.  Roll one into a green rope.  

clay vegetables process

15. Loop the rope into a gentle coil and attach it to the top of the orange pumpkin.  Place second green ball on top for a stem.  Form two indents for eyes with the stylus.  Pierce a hole in the bottom with a toothpick.

More clay details…

clay vegetables process

16. For the hot pepper: form a 1 ½ cm red ball into a cylinder shape about 2 cm long.  Form ¼ cm dark green ball and attach it to the top for a stem.  Form two indents for eyes with the stylus.  Pierce a hole in the bottom with a toothpick.

clay vegetables process

17. For the tomato: form a 1 ½ cm red ball into a circle shape.  Form a ¼ cm dark green ball into a tear drop shape.

clay vegetables process

18. Attach the green leaf to the top of the tomato.  Form two indents for eyes with the stylus and pierce a hole in the bottom with a toothpick.

clay vegetables process

19. For the cucumber: form a 2 cm dark green ball into a long cylinder shape about 4 cm long.  Form two indents for eyes with the stylus.  Pierce a hole in the bottom with a toothpick.

clay vegetables process

20. Form 26 tiny black balls for eyes.  Tip: make more of these than needed as they can get lost or be the wrong size.

21. Place the clay vegetables on a parchment lined baking sheet and bake as directed on the package.  For me this was 20 minutes at 220 degrees.

Almost done!

clay vegetables process

22. Once cooled draw a smile on each vegetable with a sharpie.

clay vegetables process

23. Glue the tiny black balls into each indent for eyes on each of the vegetables.

clay vegetables process

24.  Paint a white dot onto each eye to create a pupil.  Tip: using a toothpick to paint dots on the eyes makes it easy!

clay vegetables process

25. Coat each vegetable with mod podge.

clay vegetable plant markers

26. Finally, insert a toothpick into each vegetable to use as a garden marker.

clay vegetable plant markers

These clay vegetable garden markers are adorable!

clay vegetable plant markers

Corn Clay Garden Marker

clay vegetable plant markers

Peas Clay Garden Marker

clay vegetable plant markers

Broccoli Clay Garden Marker

clay vegetable plant markers

Pepper Clay Garden Marker

clay vegetable plant markers

Carrot Clay Garden Marker

clay vegetable plant markers

Pumpkin Clay Garden Marker

clay vegetable plant markers

Hot Pepper Clay Garden Marker

clay vegetable plant markers

Tomato Clay Garden Marker

clay vegetable plant markers

Cucumber Clay Garden Marker

clay vegetable plant markers

All of our darling clay vegetables!  I can’t get over how cute these turned out and how fun they were to create.

My essentials for clay crafts:

  • We love using this Sculpey Polymer Oven Bake Clay for all of our projects.
  • This clay shaping tool kit is a must have for clay crafting!
  • These paint brushes are ideal for most craft surfaces and a great price!
  • This rolling storage cart helps to keep our craft supplies organized.

clay vegetable plant markers

If you love these DIY clay vegetable garden markers, please help me share them on Facebook and Pinterest!

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