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Making these doughnut earrings out of polymer clay is easier than it looks!

Posted by Mona S. from Umeå, Västerbotten County, Sweden • Published See Mona S.'s 7 projects »
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  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 1
    Step 1

    The materials you need are three different colours of polymer clay. You need a pencil or paintbrush (we're going to use the back or it), a blade or a knife, two eye pins and two earring hooks.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 2
    Step 2

    Start by rolling out the colour you've chosen for the actual doughnut (beige in this case) into two small round balls.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 3
    Step 3

    Flatten your two balls to two discs.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 4
    Step 4

    Use the back side of your paintbrush and make a hole in the middle of the discs.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 5
    Step 5

    It should look something like this.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 6
    Step 6

    Now take the polymer clay you intend to use as the frosting (pink) and roll it into two balls.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 7
    Step 7

    Flatten out the pink polymer clay.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 8
    Step 8

    The pink polymer clay should be made really thin.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 9
    Step 9

    Place the thinned out pink clay over your doughnut and fix the edges so it lies down on the doughnut.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 10
    Step 10

    Use your paintbrush again and make a hole also in the frosting.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 11
    Step 11

    Do the same thing with the other doughnut.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 12
    Step 12

    Roll out the third colour (white) of polymer clay into a really really thin snake or cylinder. This will become your sprinkles.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 13
    Step 13

    Cut out short pieces of the white clay.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 14
    Step 14

    And place the short pieces of the white clay, the sprinkles, on the frosting of the doughnut.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 15
    Step 15

    Cut your eye pins so that they are an appropriate length, and place them into the doughnuts at an angle.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 16
    Step 16

    After you've placed the eye pins in the doughnuts, bake the polymer clay doughnuts according to the polymer clay packaging. This differs between different brands of polymer clay, so make sure to read on the packaging.

  • How to make a pair of clay earring. Doughnut Earrings - Step 17
    Step 17

    Add the earring hooks to the eye of the eye pins, and your earrings are ready to be worn.

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