Out & About Spring 2019

HOW TO...USE FOAM CLAY

FIONA CROOKS SMITH from Rainbows of Newbury in Inch’s Yard shows you how to make an Easter chick using Foam Clay

Foam Clay is a fabulously squishy modelling material with a textured finish that is fun to create and model with, but is also ideal for coating/modelling around craft items, such as polystyrene shapes. It is air drying and amazingly light once dry. It comes in a variety of colours, some with glitter, and even a glow-in-the-dark version. There is also a smooth version called Silk Clay. The instructions here are for an Easter chick, but the possibilities are endless. Use your imagination to create your own creatures.

What you need: Small polystyrene egg shape Foam Clay in yellow and orange (or pink and purple or green and red. It’s your chicken so anything goes.)

Optional items Pair small push-in eyes Wire legs Push in hanger Black felt pen

1 Pull out a small blob of Foam Clay and knead well.

2 Push Foam Clay onto polystyrene egg shape,

smoothing and pressing as you go until whole egg is covered in a thin coat. Don’t make the clay too thick – it will take longer to dry and your shape will be more easily distorted.

3 Once covered, put your egg

shape to one side and make the chicken’s features – two wing shapes in yellow, a small beak and a comb for its head.

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