Sheep made of polymer clay

Everyone knows very well and probably everyone is already looking forward to the coming of the next 2015 - the Year of the Sheep. This animal brings a lot of joy and good mood, so you need to greet it properly on New Year’s Eve. A festive family atmosphere, a beautiful New Year tree, a luxurious festive table, and of course many, many different gifts. You can give absolutely anything on New Year's Day, even any trifling thing, but it will seem like a rather valuable gift on this holiday. Well, what do they mostly give for the New Year so that it is both pleasant and inexpensive: magnets, figurines, piggy banks, Stuffed Toys, Christmas tree balls with the image of the animal that comes in the coming year. Since next year a sheep will visit us present- small things should be in the form of a sheep. For example, you can make a small figurine from polymer clay, it is also called plastic. It will be interesting for you and at the same time it will be nice to receive a special handmade gift in the New Year.

If you have ever sculpted a little from plasticine, then you can easily learn how to sculpt from polymer clay.The difference in sculpting is that clay is not as viscous as plasticine, it is very hard and requires effort to knead, and in the end, after sculpting, the product must either be baked or welded so that the plastic hardens and the product holds its shape. We will try.

We take sheep for sculpting:
Plastic of four colors: black, soft pink, flesh-beige and white, we take warmer shades, sticks 8-9 cm long and 10 mm in diameter;
Board for plasticine;
Knife and stick for working with plastic;
Cooking container (an old saucepan that is not used for food purposes);
Decoupage varnish and brush to add brightness to the product.




Let's start with the body of the sheep. Cut off about 2 cm of body clay and begin to knead until completely softened. We kneaded it and sculpted an oval for the body, flattening it a little. Cut off about another 1 cm from the flesh sausage and knead and roll into a circle for the head.




We attach the head to the body. We press well.




We cut off 4 more pieces of 1 cm, knead each one and shape it into barrels for the sheep’s legs. We attach the legs to the body.




We make ears from two more pieces, attach them to the head and round them to the top. We make a bow from pink clay and attach it to the head.




We roll two small circles of 5 mm in diameter from white clay and two circles from black clay, 2 mm in diameter. We press the black circles to the white ones, we get eyes that we attach to the head. We attach another small pink bow under the head on the body. We draw a smile on the face with a knife.




Now we roll 4-5 mm balls from white clay and attach them to the body. This will be a sheep's coat. The modeling is finished. Boil water in the prepared pan, throw the lamb into the boiling water and cook for 12-15 minutes. Remove, cool and coat with varnish to add color.




Let it dry and the gift sheep is ready! If you want to make a keychain, then before cooking it, make a metal loop, insert it into the sheep and cook it together with the loop, and only then you can put the blank under the keychain.