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Clay Sloth Magnet Craft
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Polymer Clay Sloth Magnet Craft

This polymer clay sloth magnet craft is fun to create and makes the cutest little magnets that you have ever seen!  Follow the easy step by step photo tutorial...
Active Time30 minutes
Additional Time20 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Craft Tutorial
Yield: 1
Author: Heather Painchaud

Materials

  • parchment paper
  • baking sheet
  • polymer clay in blown tan, red and black
  • clay cutting and shaping tools
  • white glue
  • white paint
  • mod podge
  • paint brush
  • magnet

Instructions

  • 1. Begin by forming the clay into soft, malleable balls.
  • 2. Roll a brown 6cm ball for the body, four  brown 1 cm balls for hands, 1cm tan ball for the mask, two ½ cm brown balls for eyes, four ¼ cm tan balls for claws and three tiny black balls for the nose and eyes.
  • 3. Form the brown ball into rounded rectangular shape.
  • 4. Form the small brown balls into hands.
  • 5. Form the tan ball into a mask and place it on the front of the body near the top.
  • 6. Form the two smaller brown balls into almond shaped eyes and press them to the mask.  Use a stylus tool to press a circular indent into each eye.
  • 7. Place a tiny black ball between the eyes for the nose and black balls in the eye indents.
  • 8. Form each of the tiny tan balls into claws using a cutting tool and press to each of the hands.
  • 9. Press the hands to the body of the sloth.
  • 10. Make three, ½ cm red hearts out of clay (optional).
  • 11. Bake as directed on the package.
  • 12. When the clay cools, seal with mod podge and glue a magnet to the back.