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Clay Sugar Skulls

  • Completed Project: Clay Sugar Skulls Picture #1

Celebrate Day Of The Dead with some sugar skulls you can keep.

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    Before you begin you will need some sugar skull moulds. You can buy these online, I got mine on ebay, or check your local supermarket around Halloween time.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Tall a ball of polymer clay and push it in to the mould, making sure that it fills the mould completely.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Push the skull out and leave to air dry.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    When the skulls are dry, paint them with a coat of white paint and leave to dry.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    When the white coat has dried, paint on the rest of the features using bright colours of paint.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    If you want, you can dust them with a coat of shimmering make-up powder to give them the look of sugar.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    When they're all dry, decorate your house with them! Happy Day Of The Dead everyone.

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mamachka

mamachka

30 Oct 01:40

Hey Cat you don't have to bake polymer? I didn't think it air dried.

Creativemind

Creativemind

30 Oct 16:15

Yeah, you bake polymer clay, it will not air dry, but cute creations.

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

30 Oct 18:59

No I didn't have to bake it - the package said to let it air dry and it did!

Käpt´n Toasterkopf

Käpt´n Toasterkopf

18 Jan 21:30

After a long time of waiting and not understanding I finally have to ask: What the hell is a sugar skull?
I´ve never heared of that.

Cat Morley Posted By:
Cat Morley »
October 30, 2008 01:32
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