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Skill Level - Easy  
Supplies:
Makin's Clay®
  • White Clay
  • Blue Clay
  • Black Clay
  • Any Clay desired
  • Recommended Makin's® Tools:
  • Clay Mixing Ruler™
  • Clay Tools
  • Other Materials:
  • Clean Water
  • Small Paint Brush
  • Method:
          1. To mix light blue - fill cavity G on the Clay Mixing Ruler™ with white clay, fill cavity D with blue clay. Remove both from measuring ruler and roll together. To mix colors, roll colors together into ball, now roll ball into snake, fold snake into thirds and twist. Roll into ball and repeat process until color is uniform.
        2. Fill cavity G on measuring ruler with the mixed light blue. Roll this piece into a snake and cut into eight equal pieces.
        3. Take 3 of the segments and roll A smooth ball, roll ball into a rounded egg shape.
      4. Now roll 2 segments together and cut into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a smooth ball, then into a tear drop shape. Holding the pointed end of tear drop shape in you fingers, tap rounded end on table to form flat end of legs
          5. Roll 2 segments into a smooth round ball, and then shape into a rounded triangle.
        6. Take the last segment and cut in half. We will only use one half, cut into two pieces, roll each piece into ball and poke indent for bears ears.
          7. With small paint brush and very little water. Water is your glue to stick the pieces together. Dampen bear body and add legs to sides of body.
          8. Dampen top of body and add head, with wide part of rounded triangle as bottom of head. Press to make stick to body.
        9. Add white to cavity B on Clay Mixing Ruler™, remove and roll into smooth ball flatten ball slightly. This will be the bears muzzel. Roll a very tiny ball of black clay for nose.
          10. Add muzzel to front of bears face, low on head. Add nose to top of muzzel. With needle tool poke eye holes. We have a bear!!!
          11. Drill down from top of bear with needle tool to make bead hole, repeat bottom to top, check to see if you can see light through the hole? Let dry!! Dry!!! Dry!! Dry!!!
        12. Now you are ready to use your bear just like a bead along with other beads and embelishments to create your own unique bear bead dangle. Wasn't that Easy?
     
    Designed by - Val Daniels, MAKIN'S CLAY® Design Team
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