A pig made on a cotton ball. All the pieces – except the body – are made from Silk Clay and pushed onto the cotton ball. When dry, paint the pig. Finally, attach the eyes.
We have been experimenting with combinations of cones, balls, Silk Clay and Plus Color Craft Paint. All the ideas are very simple and straightforward for both children and adults. Glue the pieces together using a glue gun and choose if the creatures should be hanging or used as table decorations.
Make a round snout and push it onto the cotton ball. Make ears and attach them to the cotton ball, make a tail. Make two balls and cut them to make pig's trotters. Silk Clay will fix on all absorbent surfaces. Let it dry.
When dry, paint the pig with Plus Color Craft Paint.
Eyes: make two balls with the white Silk Clay, push them flat and push two small black balls in as eyes.
Paint two different sized cones with Plus Color. The large cone is used as a cone and the other one as a hat. Make hands from Silk Clay and put them on the edge of the cone and decorate with a painted mosaic heart or star. Paint a face on a cotton ball, attach some curly hair under the hat and use striped string for hanging. Use a glue gun for gluing everything.
Make the pixie girls using a cotton ball painted with Plus Color. Curly hair, a painted papier-m ch cone and the "foot" (a wooden mosaic) are glued on using a glue gun. The face is drawn on with a marker pen.
Elmo is a humorous moose. His antlers are made from card, his eyes from Silk Clay and his muzzle is a cotton ball painted in two colours. The whole ensemble is mounted onto a papier-m ch cone painted in brown. The hanger is red and white striped string.