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

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. 

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

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.

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.  

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!

25. Coat each vegetable with mod podge.

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