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How To Make Your Fimo Colored

If you can't buy all that crazy colors you need - make your own colored clay!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/how-to-make-your-fimo-colored • Posted by aneniine

I have this problem that sometimes i need various polymer clay colors,but i can't afford them all! So i came up with this great solution.

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

0 h 05

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

I have this problem that sometimes i need various polymer clay colors,but i can't afford them all! So i came up with this great solution.

Instructions

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    To start,gather your light colored polymer clay and pastel crayons.For this tutorial,i used oil pastels.

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    Oil pastels are more oily than simple pastels.You can buy them in most craft stores.

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    Pastels are more dry than oil pastels.When i went to Art school,we were drawing with these on special surfaces. I think you can buy them in art stores. But you can also use pastels to make fimo cakes or other stuff to make them look more realistic.

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    To start making your own colored clay,gather some light colored clay and crayon of your choice.

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    Scratch some crayon onto polymer clay and mix in.

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    This how your clay will look after the crayon is added.

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    Make us much colors as you like!